He continued his studies, but at the outbreak of the Second World War he volunteered to be assigned to a more destructive unit, the Genio Guastatori and was sent to the Libyan front.
hiː kəntˈɪnjuːd hɪz stˈʌdiz, bˌʌt æt ðɪ ˈaʊtbɹeɪk ʌvðə sˈɛkənd wˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ hiː vˌɑːləntˈɪɹd təbi ɐsˈaɪnd tʊ ɐ mˈoːɹ dᵻstɹˈʌktɪv jˈuːnɪt, ðə dʒˈiːnɪˌoʊ ɡwˌɑːstɐtˈɔːɹi ænd wʌz sˈɛnt tə ðə lˈɪbɪən fɹˈʌnt.