Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na II ya zama kwamandan Rukunin Alpine na 2 a Yaƙin Yammacin Alps. A watan Satumbar 1940 an ba shi umarnin Rundunar Sojoji ta 11 Brennero, wanda ya jagoranci a lokacin Yaƙin Girka-Italiya. A watan Satumbar 1941 an daukaka shi zuwa Manjo Janar kuma ya zama shugaban ma'aikatan Sojoji na Bakwai. A cikin 1942 ya kasance kwamandan Rundunar Sojoji ta 12 ta Sassari a Yugoslavia; daga baya an saka shi cikin jerin masu aikata laifukan yaki da Allies ke nema saboda laifukan da sojojinsa suka aikata a Yugoslavia (CROWCASS). A watan Janairun 1943 an daukaka shi zuwa Laftanar Janar kuma aka tura shi zuwa Tunisiya, inda ya jagoranci rundunar XXI. Domin rawar da ya taka a yakin Mareth Line da
Wadi Akarit an ba shi lambar yabo ta azurfa don ƙarfin soja. Ya ji rauni kuma Birtaniyya ta kama shi a ranar 12 ga Mayu, 1943, sannan aka tura shi Ingila a matsayin fursunonin yaƙi.