 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kubva muna September 1936 kusvika muna December 1938, akapinda muHondo yevagari vomuSpain. Pakutanga akabatsira Galeazzo Ciano nekubatsira kutungamira rubatsiro rweItaly kuNationalists zuva nezuva. Muna 1936 Ciano akabudirira kunyengetedza Mussolini kuti Roatta apiwe kutungamira kweCorps of Volunteer Troops Corpo Truppe Volontarie, CTV. Pakuvamba kwaMarch 1937, Roatta neCTV yake yose vakaendeswa kuSpain pakati nokuda kweHondo yeGuadalajaraOperation Folgore nechinangwa chokutora Madrid uye kukonzera kuparara kweSecond Spanish Republic. Roatta akazotsiviwa naEttore Bastico semutungamiriri. 