Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1938 an daukaka shi zuwa Laftanar Janar saboda kyawawan halaye, kuma a wannan shekarar an tura shi zuwa Gabashin Afirka ta Italiya inda ya dauki mukamin Shugaban Ma'aikatan Sojoji a cikin mulkin mallaka, tare da yin aiki a matsayin mataimakin gwamnan karkashin Pietro Badoglio. Har yanzu yana aiki a wannan matsayin, yanzu a ƙarƙashin Duke na Aosta, lokacin da Yaƙin Duniya na II ya ɓarke, kuma ya umurci sojojin Italiya a lokacin yakin Gabashin Afirka. A watan Mayun 1941, a karshen kewaye da Amba Alagi
, ya mika wuya ga Birtaniyya tare da Duke da Janar Luigi Frusci, Pietro Pinna Parpaglia da Marino Valletti-Borgnini. Daga nan aka tura shi zuwa Burtaniya a matsayin fursunonin yaƙi, kuma daga baya aka tura shi zuwa Amurka, da farko a Camp Crossville kuma daga baya a Camp Monticello.