<prompt> Pashure pokunge Italy yapinda muHondo Yenyika II musi wa10 June 1940, akasimudzirwa kuva Major General musi wa1 January 1941, uye akapiwa kutungamirira 24th Infantry Division Pinerolo. Mumwedzi mumwe chetewo iwoyo Pinerolo yakatamiswa kunzvimbo yokurwisana yeAlbania  <response>: uye, pashure pokuzviisa pasi kweGreece muna April, yakaramba iri seboka rokugara muThessaly. Muna Nyamavhuvhu wegore rimwe chetero akatsiviwa pakutungamira kwe Pinerolo Chikamu naMajor General Licurgo Zannini, uye musi wa14 Nyamavhuvhu 1941 akaendeswa kuLibya kuHigh Command yeArmed Forces kuNorth Africa, uye musi wa25 wemwedzi mumwe chete iye akatora kutungamira kwe102nd Motorised Division Trento. Nechikamu ichi akapinda mukukombwa kweTobruk uye Operation Crusader, kusvika Ndira 20, 1942, paakapihwa kuraira kwe132nd Armored Division Ariete iyo yaakatungamira panguva yehondo dzeGazala, Tobruk, Bir Hakeim uye Mersa Matruh. Nokuda kwokubudirira kwake iye akapiwa, pana May 26, 1942, Officers Cross yeMasoja Order yeSavoy. 