On 16 May 1927 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and was later stationed in Cyrenaica with the Royal Corps of Colonial Troops until 1936. On 1 July 1937 he was promoted to colonel and made commander of the 225th Infantry Regiment "Arezzo", part of the 53rd Infantry Division "Arezzo", which was deployed to Albania after the Italian occupation in 1939.Generals.dk225° Rgt. Arezzo After the entry of the Kingdom of Italy in World War II, he participated with his regiment in the Greek campaign, which ended in May 1941, after which the Division remained in Greece as an occupation force.225° Rgt. Arezzo
