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 Meanwhile, the Australian Tank Corps was superseded following the formation of the Australian Armoured Corps in July 1941.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 Albania of years very difficult for the Italians in Albania, mainly under the communist dictator Hoxha regime. No Italian colonists remain in Albania. The few who remained under the communist regime of Enver Hoxha escaped (with their descendants) to Italy in 1992, and actually are represented by the association "ANCIFRA". Following the economic crisis of the late 2000s in Italy, it is estimated that nearly 20,000 Italians (and Albanians with Italian passport) have moved to Albania in order to open up businesses, attend university, or retire. However their number seems to be a lot smaller, because the officially registered Italian citizen