garibaldi+and+the+red+coats

Giuseppe was a leader in italy and was called the sword of italy. he was forced to flee italy twice because of his nationalist activities. he returned to italy to fight to free italy from austrian domination. Giuseppe was asked to lead the sardinian army and he accepted. he called his army the red shirts. They wore red shirts because they wanted to be noticed. In 1966 prussia and austria had war and italy sided with prussia. they defeated austria and the prussians told the french to withdraw their troops from rome. Italian troops entered rome with King Victor Emmanuel.