I te Pipiri 1940, i whakauruhia te wehenga ki te whakaekenga o Itari ki France hei waahanga o te Italian XV Army Corps, engari na te wikitoria tere o Tiamana i te Pakanga o France kaore te wehenga i uru ki nga mahi i mua o te tuku a French. I muri mai ka noho te wehenga hei waahanga hoia i Sardinia. I te wā i nohoia ai e Itari me Tiamana a Vichy France i roto i te Operation "Anton" i muri i te taenga mai o nga Allied ki French North Africa
I tukuna te wehenga ki te tonga o Corsica i te 8 o Noema 1942 ki te noho ki te moutere, i te mea ko te 20th Infantry Division "Friuli" i noho ki te raki o Corsica.