<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 25 April 1940 Brivonesi akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri we 5th Naval Division, yakaumbwa ne Duilio uye Andrea Doria, basa raaiita kusvikira November 7, 1941. Italy yakapinda muHondo Yenyika II musi waChikumi 10, 1940, uye Brivonesi akatungamira 5th Naval Division mumamishinari akati wandei, kusanganisira Hondo yeCalabria; chikamu chake chaibatanidzwawo mu  <response>: Hondo yeTaranto, apo Duilio yakaputitswa uye yakakuvadzwa zvikuru. Munguva imwecheteyo, Brivonesi akabatawo kwemwedzi mishoma chinzvimbo chemukuru wevashandi ve1st Fleet. Mushure mokusiya kutungamira kweChikamu chechishanu munaNovember 1941, akapiwa Supermarina seMutariri wemauto anodzivirira pasi pemvura. Akabata chinzvimbo ichi kusvika muna Kubvumbi 1943; musi wa 1 Ndira 1943 akasimudzirwa kuva Admiral. Pakati pa1940 na1942 aivewo nhengo yeNaval Weapons Projects Committee uye yeSuperior Committee yekubatanidza mapurojekiti ehunyanzvi. Musi wa 10 Kubvumbi 1943 Brivonesi akapihwa kutungamira kweIonian neSouthern Adriatic Naval Dhipatimendi, nemuzinda muTaranto. 