The same year, in 1936, he applied for the certification on Applied mechanics and electromagnetism. In 1937, he was called back by the Minister of Education of Albania, and was appointed director of the French Lyceum. He kept that position until 1940. In August 1940, during the Fascist Italy occupation, he had to leave that position because his records shows he hadn't fulfilled the military service. He was sent in Pesaro in a school for artillery. This was a harsh period for due to isolation and lack of contacts. Few letters that managed to receive were always rare and censured. With the Allied invasion of Italy, his military studies were interrupted. In early 1944, he went south to Bari, trying to find a way to return to Albania. Meanwhile, he kept giving private science lessons to support living. An Albanian military delegation encountered him and brought him back home.