User talk:Melrevol1917

I just changed the part in "mussolini's influence" which stated "unification by Count Cavour in 1870". Well, it's only a minor error, since Cavour died in 1861, he sure wasn't able to be around in 1870!!!! I also added the word "final" to unification, because the italian unification went through different stages (3 to be precise). The first stage was short-lived (1848). Its main inspirer was Giuseppe Mazzini and the motives at that time were to promote liberalism and to expel the Austrians from Northern Italy (Lombardy and Veneto). The second stage (1859-1860) actually united most of Italy, except Latium (which was still held by the Pope). The Italians were able to defeat the Austrians (battle of Solferino in 1859) thanks to the French intervention (who were given Savoy and Nice as the price for their help) and the "statelets" which divided the Italian peninsula. Though Count Camillo Benso Cavour is considered to be the main political architect of the unification, the actual leader figure that emerged amidst this turmoil was Giuseppe Garibaldi (the italian che guevara :)lol) who launched his "spedizione dei Mille" (i.e the expedition of the Thousand) with were mostly composed of youths wearing red shirts -camicie rosse-. That expeditionary force landed in Sicily where the troops of the Kingdom of Naples (or Kingdom of the two Sicilies) posed little resistance...South italy was freed in a matter of month, but Garibaldi's march (whose final aim was the liberation of Rome) started to pose a threat to the political legitimacy of the King of Piedmont-Sardinia (Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia) and to the plans devised by Cavour. Thus, Garibaldi was ordered to stop his troops on the Volturno river where he met the king of Piedmont, who was soon to be crowned King of Italy. (to be continued)