On November 24, 1940 he was transferred with his division on the Albanian front, where five days later he was badly wounded during a reconnaissance and temporarily replaced by General Luigi Trionfi. After recovering from his wounds, he retook command of the "Modena" Division on February 1, 1941, leading it till the end of the operations against Greece and receiving a final Bronze Medal of Military Valour. On 5 May he temporarily assumed command of the XXVI Army Corps; on 25 August 1941 he was transferred to Libya and given the command of the 25th Infantry Division Bologna, which he led during the siege of Tobruk, Operation Crusader, the battle of Alam Halfa and the second battle of El Alamein; in October 1942 he was also temporarily given command of the XXI Corps, of which the "Bologna" Division was part. After the destruction of his division at El Alamein, he was repatriated on 6 December, and nine days later he was promoted to Lieutenant General, remaining at the disposal of the Ministry of War until 9 January 1943, when he was given command of the V Army Corps operating in Dalmatia.