The IV Corps was overrun by German forces during Operation Achse, and on 21 September Spatocco was captured and transferred first to Germany and then to officer POW camp 64Z in Schokken (now Skoki) in Poland, where most Italian generals and admirals captured during Operation Achse had been imprisoned. In January 1945, with the Red Army approaching, the camp was evacuated with a forced march through the snow. Spatocco, unable to keep pace with the other prisoners, was murdered by the SS on January 28, 1945, along with Generals Alberto Trionfi, Emanuele Balbo Bertone, Giuseppe Andreoli, Ugo Ferrero and Alessandro Vaccaneo.