Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - 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" n'ihu ndị Albania
ma, mgbe ndị Gris nyefere onwe ha n'ọnwa Eprel, nọgidere dị ka otu ndị na-arụ 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.