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The ''Trento'' arrives in North Africa in March 1941 and takes part in the [[Siege of Tobruk]]. On August 3rd, reinfocements from the 7th Bersaglieri Regiment help the German 104th and 115th Regiments defeat the 2/43rd and 2/28th Battalions, in a final Australian attempt to recover the lost strongpoints outside Tobruk that had fallen into Italian hands in May 1941.  As a result of heavy casualties, the 8th Bersaglieri Motorcycle Battalion is disbanded in September 1941.  

The ''Trento'' arrives in North Africa in March 1941 and takes part in the [[Siege of Tobruk]]. On August 3rd, reinfocements from the 7th Bersaglieri Regiment help the German 104th and 115th Regiments defeat the 2/43rd and 2/28th Battalions, in a final Australian attempt to recover the lost strongpoints outside Tobruk that had fallen into Italian hands in May 1941.  As a result of heavy casualties, the 8th Bersaglieri Motorcycle Battalion is disbanded in September 1941.  

The 7th Bersaglieri Regiment's successful defence of the Gazala Line on December 15th 1941, was absolutely vital in defeating the British 1st Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (''The Buffs'') and other units from the British-officered 5th Indian Brigade, with over 1,000 British Commonwealth soldiers killed, wounded or captured during the Italo-German counterattack.<ref>"So, on the afternoon of 15 December, the Ariete with some 30 M13’s and with Bersaglieri motorcycle troops in close support, counterattacked along with the remaining 23 tanks of the 15th Panzer Division, and the attack was successful as the 1st Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) and other troops of the 5th Indian Brigade lost over 1,000 men killed, wounded or taken prisoners."  [http://www.comandosupremo.com/bologna-division.html/6  The Bologna Division: 19 November – 10 December, 1941]</ref>  

The 7th Bersaglieri Regiment's successful defence of the Gazala Line on December 15th 1941, was absolutely vital in defeating the British 1st Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (''The Buffs'') and other units from the British-officered 5th Indian Brigade, with over 1,000 British Commonwealth soldiers killed, wounded or captured during the Italo-German counterattack.<ref>"So, on the afternoon of 15 December, the Ariete with some 30 M13’s and with Bersaglieri motorcycle troops in close support, counterattacked along with the remaining 23 tanks of the 15th Panzer Division, and the attack was successful as the 1st Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) and other troops of the 5th Indian Brigade lost over 1,000 men killed, wounded or taken prisoners."  [https://web.archive.org/web/20201119170024/http://www.comandosupremo.com/siege-of-tobruk/ The Bologna Division: 19 November – 10 December, 1941]</ref>  

The capture of Mersa Matruh and Fuka by the 7th Bersaglieri Regiment and German 90th Light Division followed, and some 10,000 British Commonwealth prisoners were taken in late June 1942.  

The capture of Mersa Matruh and Fuka by the 7th Bersaglieri Regiment and German 90th Light Division followed, and some 10,000 British Commonwealth prisoners were taken in late June 1942.