On 3 June 1918, he received the Knight's
Military Order of Italy (5th Class). He served in the colony of
Italian Somaliland in 1925–1926 and in
Italian East Africa in 1936, where he led the
Italian 2nd Eritrean Division during the
Second Italo-Ethiopian War. On 24 May 1937, he received the Officer's Military Order of Italy (4th Class). He returned to Italy and became commander of the
2nd Cavalry Division "Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro". After the outbreak of
World War II he commanded the
XXI Corps in the
Western Desert Campaign in 1939–1940. He commanded the VI Corps in occupied Yugoslavia in 1940–1942, where he was instrumental in negotiating collaboration agreements with the
Chetniks. On 24 December 1942, he received the Commander's Military Order of Italy (3rd Class). He then served in Albania in 1943 as commander of the 9th Army. In March 1943 he negotiated an agreement with
Ali Këlcyra of the
Balli Kombëtar for their assistance in suppressing the communist resistance. The
Dalmazzo–Këlcyra Agreement has been controversial in Albanian historiography. He was taken prisoner of war by the Germans in 1943 when Italy capitulated to the Allies. He died in 1959. ==Notes==