WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
which nationalist leader used guerilla warfare in the revolution to unite southern Italy?
A
Garibaldi
B
King Victor Emanuel
C
Count Camillo de Cavour
D
Otto von Bismark
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Garibaldi fought for Italian unity and almost single-handedly united northern and southern Italy. He led a volunteer army of guerrilla soldiers to capture Lombardy for Piedmont and later conquered Sicily and Naples, giving southern Italy to King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, who established the Kingdom of Italy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807–June 2, 1882) was a military leader who led a movement that united Italy in the mid-1800s. He stood in opposition to the oppression of the Italian people, and his revolutionary instincts inspired people on both sides of the Atlantic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Giuseppi Garibaldi, a native of Piedmont-Sardinia, was instrumental in bringing the southern Italian states into the unification process. In 1860, Garibaldi cobbled together an army (referred to as the “Thousand”) to march into the southern part of the peninsula.

Detailed explanation-4: -Legacy. One of the great masters of guerrilla warfare, Garibaldi was responsible for most of the military victories of the Risorgimento. Almost equally important was his contribution as a propagandist to the unification of Italy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1880. headed two private expeditions against papal Rome in 1862 and 1867, and in 1866 he led an Italian army in yet another victory over the Austrians, acquiring Venice for the Italian Kingdom.

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