 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, Alberico Da Barbiano yaiva chikamu che4th Cruiser Division. Pana 9 July 1940 Da Barbiano akanga aripo paHondo yeCalabriaPunto Stilo. Muzhizha ra1940, akabatanidzwawo mune dzimwe nhume dzokufambisa uye dzokuisa zvimbambaira pakati peItaly neNorth Africa. Nemhaka yokushaya simba kwekirasi yacho, musi wa1 September 1940 akapiwa basa rokuva ngarava yokudzidzisa muPola, asi musi wa1 March 1941 akadzorerwa kubasa. 