Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika II akava mutungamiriri we2nd Alpine Group muHondo yeWestern Alps. Muna September 1940 akapiwa murairo we11th Infantry Division Brennero, iyo yaakatungamirira munguva yeGreco-Italian War. Muna September 1941 akasimudzirwa kuva Major General uye akava mukuru wevashandi veSeventh Army. Muna 1942 akanga ari mutungamiri we12th Infantry Division Sassari muYugoslavia; akazoiswa mune runyorwa rwevatadzi vehondo vaitsvakwa neAllies nekuda kwemhosva dzakaitwa nemauto ake muYugoslavia (CROWCASS). MunaJanuary 1943 akasimudzirwa kuva Lieutenant General ndokutumirwa kuTunisia, kwaakatungamira XXI Corps. Nokuda kwechikamu chake muhondo dzeMareth Line neWadi Akarit
akapiwa menduru yesirivha yeushingi hwechiuto. Akakuvadzwa uye akabatwa nemaBritish musi wa12 Chivabvu 1943, ndokuzoendeswa kuEngland semusungwa wehondo.