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    Oct 03, 2019 2 minutes

    THE REDSHIRTS

    A HERO OF THE ITALIAN WARS OF INDEPENDENCE, GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI LED THE REDSHIRTS IN SEVERAL MILITARY CAMPAIGNS

    Politically Garibaldi was Republican, but on more than one occasion he supported the Piedmontese monarchy, placing the goal of independence before his own partisan beliefs. The origin of the red shirt, distinctive for its colour and blousy look, arose possibly when Garibaldi

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