 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa1 Zvita 1940 Royal Italian Army Engineer Chikoro muCivitavecchia chakasimudza 3rd Engineer Company Folgore Thunderbolt uye 4th Engineer Company Uragano Hurricane. Panguva imwe cheteyo chikoro chakasimudzawo makambani ayo aizoenderera mberi kuumba VIII, XXX, uye XXXI sapper battalions. Musi wa14 Ndira 1941 makambani maviri aya akatumirwa kuLibya, kwavakaumba battalion yenguva pfupi pasi pe1st Special Engineer Grouping. Sechikamu cheAfrica Korps yaRommel, chikwata ichi chakabatanidzwa mukutanga kweRommel Operation Sonnenblume. Musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu 1941, zvinoenderana nekumisikidzwa kwePanzer Army Africa, iro batachoni rakatumidzwa zita rekuti XXXII Sappers Battalion uye vakapinda muhondo dzese dzeWestern Desert Campaign kudzamara batachoni rakaparadzwa musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu 1942 mushure mekurohwa zvakanyanya muhondo yekutanga yeEl Alamein.. Vakapona makumi manomwe vebhataiyoni vakaendeswa kuXXXI Sappers Battalion, iyo yakabatanidzwa ku185th Paratroopers Division Folgore yeChipiri Hondo yeEl Alamein. Mushure mokukundwa paEl Alamein, XXXI Sappers Battalion yakadzokera shure pamwe chete nemamwe mauto eItaly-Germany kuTunisia, uko yakapa pakuguma kweTunisian Campaign musi wa 13 May 1943. Nokuda kwebasa rayo muNorth Africa XXXII Sappers Battalion yakapiwa Bronze Medal of Military Valour. 