The British Commonwealth victories achieved during Operation Compass received much press coverage in Great Britain and the Allied countries and the victors became known as "Wavell's Thirty Thousand", which was used as the title of a 1942 British documentary chronicling the campaign. The Italians on their part made a movie called "Giararub" in 1942, that honoured the stand Major Castagna and his men had made during the British offensive. | The British Commonwealth victories achieved during Operation Compass received much press coverage in Great Britain and the Allied countries and the victors became known as "Wavell's Thirty Thousand", which was used as the title of a 1942 British documentary chronicling the campaign. The Italians on their part made a movie called "Giararub" in 1942, that honoured the stand Major Castagna and his men had made during the British offensive. |