Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Ịtali banyesịrị n'Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ na June 10, 1940, e buliri ya n'ọkwa Major General na Jenụwarị 1, 1941, ma nye ya iwu nke 24th Infantry Division Pinerolo. N'otu ọnwa ahụ, e zigara "Pinerolo" na
Albanian n'ihu na, mgbe nnyefe nke Gris na Eprel, nọgidere dị ka otu ọrụ na Thessaly. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'otu afọ ahụ, onye isi ndị agha Licurgo Zannini nọchiri ya n'ọchịchị nke Ngalaba "Pinerolo", na 14 Ọgọstụ 1941 a kpọfere ya na Libya na High Command of the Armed Forces na North Africa, na 25 nke otu ọnwa ahụ o weere iwu nke 102nd Motorised Division Trento. Ya na nkewa a, o sonyere na nnọchibido nke Tobruk na Operation Crusader, ruo mgbe Jenụwarị 20, 1942, mgbe e nyere ya iwu nke 132nd Armored Division Ariete nke o duziri n'oge agha nke Gazala, Tobruk, Bir Hakeim na Mersa Matruh. N'ihi ihe ịga nke ọma ya, e nyere ya, na Mee 26, 1942, Cross Officer nke Military Order nke Savoy.