After serving as Chief of Staff of the Verona and Bolzano Army Corps, he commanded the 18th Field Artillery Regiment, and then became military attaché at the Italian Embassy in Paris.

On 1 October 1937, after serving for two months as deputy commander of the 5th Infantry Division Cosseria, he became head of the Italian Army War School, and on 7 May 1938 he was promoted to major general.

[1][2][3] In 1939 he assumed command of the 1st Infantry Division Superga, which after Italy's entrance into World War II on 10 June 1940, participated in the brief offensive against France.

In August 1942, following the changes in the organization of the hierarchical structure undertaken by Marshal Ugo Cavallero, he was placed at the head of Delease, the Delegation of the Italian Supreme Command in North Africa and its main liaison with Rommel.

[1][4][3] In early 1943 he was repatriated and given command of the XIV Army Corps, stationed in Yugoslavia, and on 9 July 1943 he was appointed Governor of Montenegro, replacing General Alessandro Pirzio Biroli.