Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te mutunga o te tau 1937 i whakaritea ia ki te Manatū o te Pakanga, ā, i te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1939 i whakaritea ia hei rangatira o te turanga i whakatūria ki Bari, hei whakarite i te whakaekenga o Albania
He aha? I te Pipiri 1939 i riro ia ia te mana o nga ratonga o te Armed Forces Command i Tirana tae noa ki Oketopa, i te wa i hoki mai ai ia ki Bari hei Tumuaki o nga Kaimahi o te IX Army Corps, he pou i mau tonu ia i te wa i uru atu ai a Itari ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i te 10 o Pipiri 1940. I te 1 o Hanuere 1942 i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira brigadier me te marama i muri mai ka riro ia hei kaiawhina rangatira mo te 132nd Armored Division Ariete (General Giuseppe De Stefanis), e whawhai ana i Awherika ki te Raki. I te Pipiri 1942 i whakawhiwhia ki a ia tetahi Tohu Hiriwa mo te Toa Toa mo tana mahi i te pakanga o Gazala. I te 28 o Hune 1942 i whakakapihia e Arena a De Stefanis (i whakatairangahia ki te commando o te XX Corps whai muri i te matenga o General Ettore Baldassarre) i te whakahau o te "Ariete" tae noa ki te 25 o Hurae, i te wa i whakawhiwhia ai a General Adolfo Infante ki te rangatira o te wehenga. Whai muri i te wehenga o Infante i te wehenga, i te 17 o Hepetema 1942, ka riro ano a Arena hei rangatira mo te pakanga tuarua o El Alamein, i whakangaromia ai te wehenga.