Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Site na June 1940 ruo June 1941 Legnani, dị ka onye isi nke Ngalaba nke 8 nke Naval, sonyere n'ọgụ Calabria, Taranto
na Cape Matapan, yana ịlụ ọgụ na ọrụ ndị Britain "Hats" (29 Ọgọstụ-1 Septemba 1940) na "MB 5" (29 Septemba ruo 2 Ọktọba 1940), ezubere iji nye Malta. Mgbe ọ hapụsịrị iwu nke Ngalaba nke asatọ, na 10 Disemba 1941 a họpụtara ya onye isi nke ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri nke Italy (na-anọchi Admiral Mario Falangola), ọrụ ọ nọgidere na-arụ mgbe ọ buliri ya n'ọkwa admiral na 1942. Ọ duziri ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Italy na Mediterranean ruo mgbe nkwekọrịta nke 8 Septemba 1943; n'oge a, e nyekwara ya ihe nrite nke German Iron Cross nke abụọ, yana Officer's Cross of the Military Order of Savoy.