giuseppe garibaldi

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an Italian military leader who helped Italy to become a united, independent country by taking control of Sicily and Naples in 1860 (1807-82). born July 4, 1807, Nice, French Empire died June 2, 1882, Caprera, Italy Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. He came under the influence of Giuseppe Mazzini in 1834, took part in a failed mutiny intended to provoke a republican revolution in Piedmont, and escaped to France. He lived in exile in South America (1836-48) and learned guerrilla warfare tactics during liberation attempts in Brazil and Uruguay. He returned to Italy in 1848 with his small band of "Red Shirts" and fought in Milan in the war of independence against Austria. After Pope Pius IX fled Rome (1848), Garibaldi for a while defended the city from the French when they attempted to reinstate papal rule. His bold retreat through central Italy made him a well-known figure. He lived in exile again until 1854, and in 1859 he led an army in another war against Austria. In 1860, with no government backing, he raised an army of about 1,000 men and attacked Sicily; by the end of his campaign, he commanded 30,000 men, with whom he seized Naples. He handed all of southern Italy over to Victor Emmanuel II and hailed him as the first king of a united Italy. With secret support from Victor Emmanuel, he led unsuccessful campaigns into the Papal States in 1862 and 1867
{i} (1807-1882) Italian patriot and general
giuseppe garibaldi

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    Giu·sep·pe Ga·ri·bal·di

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    /ʤəˈsepē ˌgarəˈbôldē/ /ʤɪˈsɛpiː ˌɡærəˈbɔːldiː/