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Giuseppe Garibaldi, Hero of Italy

He was part of the italian army, he was the general of that army.

He helped in the independence of Italy.

He commanded a small army and went to Sicily for an expedition, but later they captured that city.

Garibaldi focused in the regions around Rome and leave Rome alone for a while.

Napoleon left Rome with the Franco-prussia war and the italians got into the city and founded de Italian kingdom.

For deeper information watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w1ja2FI6Q

Crimean War

Was a war between Russia and Bulgaria VS. France, Sardinia, the Ottoman Empire and Britain.
This war lasted over 3 to 4 years (1853-1856) and took place principally in the Crimean peninsula.
The purpose of this war was the suppression of the Ottoman Empire's territories.
This war came out with new inventions: the railway and the electric telegraph.
The Crimean war concluded with the treaty of Paris.
Russia suffered a great impact with this war, reducing the russian culture all around Europe.

Franco-Prussian War

A big war around Europe in the 19th century between France and Prussia and Germany got involved a little bit, which conclude with a devastation in France(France lost this war).
A war that marked the beginning of the modern warfare with many army developments.
Considered a cause of the World War l and ll because in this war were determined the allies (some with France and others with Prussia).
Otto Vin Bismark was a german leader and minister of Prussia, he made France and Prussia feel angry with each other by modifying the mails between both nations.
When the war ended, France lost 2 territories while the German Empire was created.
France created new weapons such as the chassepot, one of the most popular weapons in that time, with bolt action (fire and reload another bullet) and the mitrailleuse, a machine gun with full action (fire a full clip without reloading) considered useless in that war.
Paris Commune was created for maintaining order in the region and was ended with the civil war.