Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Site na June 1940 ruo June 1941 Legnani, dị ka onye isi nke Ngalaba 8 nke Naval, sonyere na agha Calabria, Taranto na Cape Matapan
, nakwa na ịlụ ọgụ ndị Britain "Hats" (29 August-1 September 1940) na "MB 5" (29 Septemba ruo 2 Ọktoba 1940), ezubere iji nye Malta. Mgbe ọ hapụsịrị iwu nke Ngalaba nke asatọ, na 10 Disemba 1941 a họpụtara ya onye isi nke ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri nke Italy (na-anọchi Admiral Mario Falangola), ọrụ ọ nọgidere na-arụ mgbe ọ buliri ya n'ọkwa admiral na 1942. Ọ duziri ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Italy na Mediterranean ruo mgbe nkwekọrịta nke 8 Septemba 1943; n'oge a, e nyekwara ya ihe nrite nke German Iron Cross nke abụọ, yana Officer's Cross of the Military Order of Savoy.