Tanks in the Australian Army forces during the World War II. Meanwhile, the Australian Tank Corps was superseded following the formation of the Australian Armoured Corps in July 1941. In October 1941 two independent light tank squadrons had been formed for service in Malaya; however, neither was deployed due to a lack of vehicles to equip them. In North Africa in 1941, Australian troops were part of the force which captured Tobruk on 22 January as part of Operation Compass, yielding over 25,000 prisoners along with 236 field and medium guns, 23 medium tanks and more than 200 other vehicles. During the capture of the
Italians in Paraguay (1993 - 1998) and Luis Ángel González Macchi (1999-2003). Even some misses of Paraguay are descendants of Italians, like Fiorella Migliore. According to prof. Fernando Constantini, 40% of the Paraguayans are descendants (in some blood percentage) from the Italian immigrants: the Italians were 15% of the male population on Paraguay in 1875, after the devastating Chaco war, and now they are fully assimilated because of the many mixed marriages. In 2012 there were 8.502 Italian citizens residents in Paraguay, according to the "Ministero degli Interni" of Rome.. Italians in Paraguay Italian Paraguayans are one of the most prominent ethnic minorities