Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan Italiya ta shiga Yaƙin Duniya na II a ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1940, an ba shi mukamin Manjo Janar a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1941, kuma an ba shi umurnin Rundunar Sojoji ta 24 Pinerolo. A wannan watan ne aka tura "Pinerolo" zuwa yankin Albaniya
kuma, bayan mika wuya na Girka a watan Afrilu, ya kasance a matsayin mai kula da zama a Thessaly. A watan Agusta na wannan shekarar an maye gurbinsa a matsayin kwamandan Rukunin "Pinerolo" da Manjo Janar Licurgo Zannini, kuma a ranar 14 ga watan Agusta 1941 an tura shi zuwa Libya a Babban Kwamandan Sojoji a Arewacin Afirka, kuma a ranar 25 ga wannan watan ya karbi umarnin Rukunin Motoci na 102 na Trento. Tare da wannan rukunin ya shiga cikin kewaye Tobruk da Operation Crusader, har zuwa 20 ga Janairu, 1942, lokacin da aka ba shi umurnin Rundunar Sojoji ta 132 Ariete wanda ya jagoranci yayin yaƙe-yaƙe na Gazala, Tobruk, Bir Hakeim da Mersa Matruh. Saboda nasarorin da ya samu, an ba shi, a ranar 26 ga Mayu, 1942, Babban Jami'in Sojan Sojan Savoy.