The rapid British advance Self_motion during Operation Military_operation Compass ( 9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941 ) forced Causation the Italian 10th Army to evacuate Emptying Cyrenaica , the eastern province of Libya .

Between Benghazi to Agedabia , the British took Conquering captured Conquering and of the Operation Compass totals of and On 9 February , Churchill ordered Request the advance Self_motion to stop Process_end and troops Motion to be dispatched Sending to Greece to take part in the Greco-Italian War Military_operation ; `` Unternehmen Marita '' , a German attack Attack through Macedonia was thought imminent .