I te tau 1936, i whakaponohia ia e te Rōpū Kaunihera o Wīwī ki te whakauru ki roto i nga International Brigades o te Pakanga Tangata o Spain me te whawhai ki te roopu o te iwi. I te 30 o Noema, ka tae ia ki Spain ka uru atu ki te Rōpū Communist Spanish. Whai muri i tana whakatairanga ki te taumata o te rangatira i Albacete, i te 23 o Tihema ka noho a Morandi hei rangatira mo nga kaimahi o te XIV International Brigade, i tukuna tonu ki Andalusia. I tae ki te mata o Madrid
I te 14 o Hui-tanguru, i tohua ia hei rangatira mo te 21 me te 24 o nga roopu i uru ki te Pakanga o Jarama, i te wa i kii ai a Morandi i te whara i te taumata o te huha. I muri mai, ka noho ia hei rangatira mo te 86th Mixed Brigade me te 63rd Division i tohaina ki Córdoba.