Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna Chikumi 1940 kusvika muna Chikumi 1941 Legnani, semutungamiriri we8th Naval Division, akapinda muhondo dzeCalabria, Taranto uye Cape Matapan
, uyewo mukurwisana nemabasa eBritain "Hats" (29 August-1 September 1940) uye "MB 5" (29 September kusvika 2 October 1940), yakanangana nekugovera Malta. Mushure mekusiya kutungamira kwe8th Division, musi wa10 Zvita 1941 akagadzwa kuve mutungamiri wezvikepe zveItaly zvikepe (achitsiva Admiral Mario Falangola), basa raakachengeta mushure mekusimudzirwa kwake kuita admiral muna 1942. Akatungamira mauto eItaly muMediterranean kusvika musi wa 8 Gunyana 1943 armistice; munguva iyi akashongedzwawo neGerman Iron Cross yechipiri kirasi, pamwe neOfficer's Cross yeMasoja Order yeSavoy.