 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1939 akatora kutungamira kwe1st Infantry Division Superga, iyo mushure mekupinda kweItaly muHondo Yenyika II musi wa10 Chikumi 1940, yakatora chikamu mukurwisa kupfupi kweFrance. Muna September 1940 akava mutungamiri we1st Army Corps, yakavakirwa muTurin. Musi waJanuary 1, 1942, akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant general, uye musi waMarch 3 wegore rimwe chetero akagadzwa kuva Chief of Staff weHigh Command muNorth Africa, achitsiva General Gastone Gambara, uyo akanga adonha nemutungamiri weAfrika Korps, General Erwin Rommel. MunaAugust 1942, zvichitevera shanduko musangano rehurongwa hwehutongi hwakaitwa naMarchal Ugo Cavallero, akaiswa kumusoro kweDelease, Mumiriri weItaly Supreme Command kuNorth Africa uye hukama hwayo hukuru naRommel. 