Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 25 Eprel 1940 a họpụtara Brivonesi ka ọ bụrụ onye isi nke 5th Naval Division, nke gụnyere ndị agha agha "Duilio" na "Andrea Doria", ọrụ ọ ga-arụ ruo November 7, 1941. Italy banyere Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ na June 10, 1940, na Brivonesi nyere iwu na 5th Naval Division na ọtụtụ ozi, gụnyere Agha nke Calabria; ngalaba ya sokwa na
Agha nke Taranto, ebe "Duilio" merụrụ ma merụọ ahụ nke ukwuu. N'otu oge ahụ, Brivonesi jikwa ọnwa ole na ole were ọkwa onye isi ndị isi nke 1st Fleet. Mgbe ọ hapụsịrị iwu nke Ngalaba nke ise na Nọvemba 1941, e kenyere ya Supermarina dị ka onye nyocha nke ndị agha mgbochi ụgbọ mmiri. Ọ nọ n'ọfịs a ruo Eprel 1943; na 1 Jenụwarị 1943 e buliri ya n'ọkwa Admiral. N'agbata afọ 1940 na 1942 ọ bụkwa onye otu Kọmitii Mmemme Ngwá Agha Mmiri na Kọmitii Kasị Elu maka ịhazi ọrụ teknụzụ. Na 10 Eprel 1943 e nyere Brivonesi iwu nke Ionian na Southern Adriatic Naval Department, na isi ụlọ ọrụ na Taranto.