Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 20th Infantry Division "Friuli" yakaumbwa musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu 1939 nekutumidza zita iripo 20th Infantry Division "Curtatone e Montanara". Chikamu chakakurumidza kupatsanurwa kusimudza 44th Infantry Division "Cremona". Raiva simba rokudzivirira muValle Germanasca nePellice mapani mukati mekupinda kweItaly kumaodzanyemba kweFrance muna June, 1940. Kubvira pakutanga kwaApril, 1941, yakabatanidzwa muInvasion yeYugoslavia muna 1941 sechikamu cheItaly VI Corps. The "Friuli" weboka akanga basa mberi kuna Gorenja Vas, Gorenja Vas<unk>Poljane nharaunda. Yakavhura moto musi wa6 April 1941, ndokupinda muYugoslavia musi wa11 April 1941. Yakasvika Municipality of Loška Dolina uye Municipality of Loški Potok 12 April 1941. Kurwisana kwakaguma musi wa 18 April 1941, uye musi wa 5 May 1941, divi re "Friuli" rakarayirwa kudzokera kuItaly. Apo Italy neGermany zvakapamba Vichy France pashure peAllied
Kubuda muFrance kuchamhembe kweAfrica, divi rakarairwa kuchamhembe kweCorsica musi wa8 Mbudzi 1942 kuti vatore chitsuwa ichi, vachipedzisa kuchinjiswa musi wa20 Mbudzi 1942, apo 44th Infantry Division "Cremona" yakatora Maodzanyemba eCorsica. Kubva musi wa8 Gunyana 1943, kusvika musi wa4 Gumiguru 1943, yakarwisa maGerman kuCorsica, nehondo dzakakosha dzakaitika pa, Bastia uye. Pashure pacho, boka re"Friuli" rakaendeswa kuSardinia kuti riite mabasa okuchengetedza.