Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'ụbọchị 25 nke ọnwa Eprel afọ 1940 a họpụtara Brivonesi onye isi ndị agha mmiri nke ise, nke mejupụtara ụgbọ agha "Duilio" na "Andrea Doria", ọrụ ọ ga-arụ ruo ụbọchị 7 nke ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 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" dara ma merụọ ya 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.