<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuba i-Italy ingene eMpini Yezwe II ngoJuni 10, 1940, wakhushulwa waba uMajor General ngoJanuwari 1, 1941, futhi wanikwa umyalo we-24th Infantry Division Pinerolo. Ngaleyo nyanga iPinerolo yathunyelwa e-Albania  <response>: futhi, ngemva kokuzinikela kweGrisi ngo-April, yahlala njengeyunithi ehlala eThesalia. Ngo-Agasti walowo nyaka wathathelwa isikhundla sokuba ngumholi weDivision Pinerolo nguMajor General Licurgo Zannini, kwathi ngo-Agasti 14, 1941 wathunyelwa eLibya e-High Command of the Armed Forces eNyakatho Afrika, kwathi ngomhla ka-25 enyangeni efanayo wathatha isikhundla sokuba ngumholi we-102nd Motorised Division Trento. Ngalesi sigaba wabamba iqhaza ekuvinjezelweni kweTobruk kanye ne-Operation Crusader, kwaze kwaba nguJanuwari 20, 1942, lapho anikwa khona umyalo we-132nd Armored Division Ariete ayeyihola ngesikhathi sempi yaseGazala, eTobruk, eBir Hakeim naseMersa Matruh. Ngenxa yempumelelo yakhe wanikezwa, ngoMeyi 26, 1942, i-Officers Cross of the Military Order of Savoy. 