What contribution did garibaldi, known as a military genius, make to people?

Great men also have idols, so who is Chairman Mao's idol? 1959, when meeting foreign guests, Chairman Mao said, "I worship Washington, Napoleon and garibaldi and read their biographies." I believe everyone knows about Washington and Napoleon, but not many people know about this garibaldi. So who is this garibaldi? What kind of legendary experience did he have in his life? Let's take a look at Du, the editor of Five Thousand Years!

As a matter of fact, garibaldi is also a world-renowned figure. He was once known as a "hero of two worlds", but he was somewhat "unknown" in China. Garibaldi, full name of Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1807 was born in Nice, Italy (now Nice belongs to France). Garibaldi likes adventure and hunting since he was a child. /kloc-at the age of 0/4, he worked as an intern on a warship and then joined the Italian navy, bent on liberating his motherland from Austrian rule.

Garibaldi and his red shirt.

However, his career is not smooth. Garibaldi's uprising failed and he was forced into exile in South America. Here, garibaldi showed his military talents. He took part in the Brazilian War of Independence for the first time. Although he failed in the end, he led 14 soldiers to repel an enemy army 10 times his own. Later, garibaldi came to Uruguay, and the Uruguay War broke out. Argentine troops surrounded Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.

Garibaldi called on local Italian immigrants to form 700 volunteers. Because of the lack of clothes at that time, he had to change the red work clothes of the butcher in the meat processing factory, but it was this "red shirt" wearing the butcher's work clothes that made people feel frightened. In the Battle of San Antonio, garibaldi was surrounded by Argentine troops and defeated by 286 men 1800. Tired of the political struggle for power and interests, garibaldi led 63 volunteers back to Italy.

1847 garibaldi recruited 3700 volunteers in the motherland to join the war between Sardinia and Austria. With superb command art, he played the role of guerrilla warfare and beat the Austrian army out of the water. A year later, the Italian revolutionary Ma Zhini founded Rome and was interfered by foreign powers. Garibaldi led his volunteers to rescue him and defeated French Marshal Udinau. You know Odin is one of Napoleon's favorite generals.

Garibaldi's photo.

Later, unwilling to fail, Oudineau mobilized heavy troops to surround the volunteers. Garibaldi, who lacked backup, retreated from the war and had to go into exile in the United States for the second time. 1854, garibaldi returned to Italy and was ordered to form the "Alpine Hunting Corps". In the war with Austria, he made great contributions to the unification of northern Italy. At this time, two Sicilian kingdoms in southern Italy were crumbling, and garibaldi decided to organize volunteers again to realize the ultimate reunification of the motherland.

The kingdom of Sardinia did not support garibaldi's action, and Prime Minister Gafur even thought it was a "madman's career", but the madman finally succeeded! He led a "red shirt army" of about/kloc-0.000 people across the ocean to Sicily, occupied a large territory in less than/kloc-0.2 days, and finally overthrew two Sicilian kingdoms with 65,438+10,000 troops. Garibaldi dedicated his land to the kingdom of Sardinia. The king gave garibaldi a villa and a motorboat, but he flatly refused.

The Italian kingdom was unified, but the king was afraid of garibaldi. While garibaldi was camping, he was suddenly surrounded by Sardinian troops. Garibaldi came to the front of the position alone, waving his hat and shouting: "Don't shoot, long live Italian unity!" His volunteers didn't fire a shot, but the army in Sardinia did, and a stray bullet hit garibaldi, who was captured because of his injuries. The Italian government dared not try him and had to release him.

Statue of garibaldi

Garibaldi's legend continues. He organized volunteers to participate in the third Italian War of Independence. During the Franco-Prussian War, he led volunteers to support France, defeated the Prussian army and made Bismarck gnash his teeth! Hugo once said, "Of all the generals who fought for the French, only garibaldi is invincible." It is worth mentioning that garibaldi has always had a volunteer from China.

Garibaldi could have been very rich, but he refused any relief from the government, so he lived in poverty in his later years. He is a freedom fighter. He has been fighting for freedom and never cares about personal interests. 1On June 5th, 882, garibaldi, a 75-year-old freedom fighter, passed away. Although the hero is dead, his spirit is not dead. Decades later, a "garibaldi of Latin America" appeared in the world. His name is Ernesto Guevara!