Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mekusimudzirwa kune rear admiral musi wa9 Mbudzi 1936, akagadzwa kuve mukuru wemauto eDodecanese, aine dzimbahwe muRhodes. Musi wa7 Kurume 1938 akasimudzirwa kuva Vice Admiral ndokupiwa kutungamira kwe1st Cruiser Division, ichitora chikamu mu
kukunda kweAlbania muna April 1939; muna 1940 akava mutungamiri wemauto ose ehondo muSardinia, nzvimbo yaakanga achiri kubata panguva yekupinda kweItaly muHondo Yenyika II. Muna Gumiguru 1940 akagadzwa kuve mukuru wemauto eAlbania, aine dzimbahwe muDurres, achiraira mauto emauto panguva yeHondo yeGreco-Italy nekupinda kweYugoslavia. Nokuda kwounyanzvi hwake hwokushanda mukutarisira zviteshi zveAlbania, akarumbidzwa zviri pamutemo naBenito Mussolini uye akapiwa Knight's Cross yeMasoja Order yeSavoy.