<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-25 April 1940 uBrivonesi waqokwa njengomlawuli we-5th Naval Division, eyayihlanganisa imikhumbi yempi iDuilio ne Andrea Doria, indima ayezoyibamba kuze kube nguNovemba 7, 1941. I-Italy yangena eMpini Yezwe II ngoJuni 10, 1940, futhi uBrivonesi wayala i-5th Naval Division emisebenzini eminingana, kufaka phakathi iMpi yaseCalabria; isigaba sakhe sasibandakanyeka nase  <response>: Impi yaseTaranto, lapho i-Duilio yahlaselwa khona ngama-torpedo futhi yalimala kakhulu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uBrivonesi wabuye wabamba izinyanga ezimbalwa isikhundla sokuba ngumphathi wabaphathi be-1st Fleet. Ngemuva kokushiya umyalo we-5th Division ngoNovemba 1941, wabelwa eSupermarina njengoMhloli wamabutho alwa nemikhumbi-ngwenya. Wabamba lesi sikhundla kwaze kwaba ngo-Ephreli 1943; ngo-1 Januwari 1943 wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-admiral. Phakathi kuka-1940 no-1942 wayephinde abe yilungu leKomidi Lezinhlelo Zokukhiqiza Izikhali Zasolwandle kanye neKomidi Eliphezulu lokuxhumanisa amaphrojekthi wezobuchwepheshe. Ngo-10 Ephreli 1943 uBrivonesi wanikezwa umyalo woMnyango Wezasolwandle wase-Ionian naseNingizimu ye-Adriatic, owawunendlunkulu eTaranto. 