Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Mai i Hune 1940 ki Hune 1941 Legnani, hei rangatira o te 8th Naval Division, whai wāhi i roto i te whawhai Calabria, Taranto me Cape Matapan
, tae atu ki te whakaeke i nga mahi a Ingarangi "Hats" (29 Akuhata-1 Mahuru 1940) me te "MB 5" (29 Mahuru ki te 2 Oketopa 1940), hei tuku i a Malta. Whai muri i tana wehenga mai i te 8th Division, i te 10 o Tihema 1941 i tohua ia hei rangatira mo te kaipuke kaipuke o Itari (te whakakapi i a Admiral Mario Falangola), he mahi i puritia e ia i muri i tana whakatairanga ki te rangatira rangatira i te 1942. I arahina e ia nga mahi o te poti moana Itari i te Moana-a-Kiwa tae noa ki te 8 o Hepetema 1943; i tenei waa i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Tiamana Iron Cross tuarua-te akomanga, me te Tiamana o te Tiamana o te Tiamana o Savoy.