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{{otheruses|Kingdom of Italy}}
{{Infobox Former Country
|native_name = ''Regno d'Italia''
|conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Italy
|common_name = Italy
|continent = Europe
|region    = Italy
|country   = Italy
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[[Image:Awm 005392 2nd11th.jpg|200px|thumb|left|[[January 22]], [[1941]]. Australian soldiers regroup on the south side of Tobruk harbour after penetrating Italian outer defences and anti-aircraft positions. (Photographer: [[Frank Hurley]])]]
Italy had been driven far back into Libya by the [[British Army]] coming from [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]] in 1940. 
Once again to the displeasure of Hitler, tThe German army sent a detachment to join the Italian army in Libya to save the colony from the British advance. German army units in the [[Afrika Korps]] under General [[Erwin Rommel]] were the mainstay in the campaign to push the British out of Libya and into central Egypt in 1941 to 1942. The victories in Egypt were almost entirely credited to Rommel's strategic brilliance and the subordinated Italian forces received little media attention in North Africa due to its dependence on the superior weaponr(contracted; show full)
[[de:Königreich Italien]]
[[hy:Իտալիայի Թագավորություն (1861–1946)]]
[[ko:이탈리아 왕국]]
[[it:Regno d'Italia (1861-1946)]]
[[ja:イタリア王国]]
[[nl:Koninkrijk Italië (1861-1946)]]
[[zh:意大利王国]]