| | '''Giuseppe Garibaldi''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] patriot who, along with [[Count Cavour]], united the Italian principalities into modern day [[Italy]]. | | '''Giuseppe Garibaldi''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] patriot who, along with [[Count Cavour]], united the Italian principalities into modern day [[Italy]]. |
| − | In 1834 he fought in an uprising in [[Genoa]], and was forced to flee to [[South America]]. There, as a guerrilla leader, he became famous in the revolutions in [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]]. In 1848, the "[[Year of Revolutions]]", he came back to Italy to fight with [[Mazzini]]'s short-lived Republic. He was forced to flee again, this time to the [[United States]] until 1854. Again returning to Italy, he was successful in waging war with his "[[Red Shirts]]", an all volunteer army, fighting against the [[Austrian]] forces from 1859 to 1862. The Austrians were engaged in their own conflicts with [[France]], and so Garibaldi was able to conquer [[Sicily]] and [[Naples]]. By ceding his gains to King [[Victor Emmanuel]], a new Italian nation was born. | + | In 1834 he fought in an uprising in [[Genoa]], and was forced to flee to [[South America]]. There, as a guerrilla leader, he became famous in the revolutions in [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]]. In 1848, the "Year of Revolutions," he came back to Italy to fight with [[Mazzini]]'s short-lived Republic. He was forced to flee again, this time to the [[United States]] until 1854. Again returning to Italy, he was successful in waging war with his "[[Red Shirts]]," an all volunteer army, fighting against the [[Austrian]] forces from 1859 to 1862. The Austrians were engaged in their own conflicts with [[France]], and so Garibaldi was able to conquer [[Sicily]] and [[Naples]]. By ceding his gains to King [[Victor Emmanuel]], a new Italian nation was born. |