Kingdom of Italy

unification that culminated in the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The Risorgimento was an ideological and literary movement that helped to arouse the national consciousness of the Italian people, and it led to a series of political events that freed the Italian states from foreign domination and united them politically (“Risorgimento,” n.d.). Giuseppe Verdi was a significant contributor to the political reunification of Italy. One of his most famous operas, Nabucco not only pioneered

Italy, as it is known today, has been in existence for less than one hundred fifty years. For several centuries, Italy had been made up of separate states often ruled by foreign powers. In 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded and conquered the Italian peninsula. After falling under French rule, the peninsula was divided into three parts: several northern states, which were annexed to France, the Kingdom of Italy, of which Napoleon declared himself king in 1805, and the Kingdom of Naples in the south

was a rough passionate soldier with little education. Though these men both contributed greatly to the unifying of Italy, they are very different in their accomplishments as well as their motives. Garibaldi had been a republican, under the influence of Giuseppe Mazzini in 1831, but turned monarchist, showing his allegiance to Victor Emmanuel. He was very passionate about uniting Italy and spent his entire life fighting for the expulsion of Austrian control and to be independent.

INTRO The beautifully known country of Italy had been a modern nation state for hardly half-century and the Kingdom of Italy was not declared until 1861. King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia, after the efforts of the great Italian statesman Camillo Benso di Cavour and the military campaigns of Giuseppe Garibaldi. “The young state of Italy faced many problems in the late 19th and early 20th centuries” (Sailus, 2016). The split nature of its beginnings caused massive differences in terms of regional

man and unified many places like Italy. For a period of time he was the most widely known person in the world, as an Italian revolutionary Garibaldi became a worldwide celebrity even before he succeeded in uniting Italy. He was an Italian general and politician who played a large role during the creation of Italy as the country we now know it to be. He helped free Italy from foreign rule. Garibaldi is best known for his military leadership in the unification of Italy (Giuseppe Garibaldi). Garibaldi

want to make Italy great, respected and feared' said Mussolini in 1925. Mussolini's foreign policy included a number of positive and negative factors which all contributed to the rise, and the ultimately to the downfall, of both Mussolini and the Italian empire. Mussolini was intent on revising the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles and was very keen to show off Italy's power. He felt that Italy had been hard done by at the end of world war one and sought to claim what he felt Italy deserved. Mussolini's

largely due to the many shifts in power throughout the many territories of Italy. Descending from a noble family and having both marquis for a father and a mother who was the lady in waiting to the princess at the time (who was the first Napoleon’s sister), Cavour had the chance early on to observe politics (Botta, pg. 6). What he largely had the chance to see was the great divisions that plagued the governments of Italy as it fell from France control. While he was attending the Military Academy

– 1939) is characterized by conflicts among states, political rivalry and economic instability in Europe. Economic competetion between different powers and the depression leaded to the rise of extremist politicians moved to the Mussulini`s fascist Italy since 1920. Ten years later the European democracy fell; as a result, the power of Hitler in Nazi Germany began to rise constantly. Italian fascism is considered to be the elder brother of Nazism what made the relationship between Hitler and Mussolini

They were truly leaders to be remembered by Germany and Italy for years to come and they indeed had a lot of similarities, while some aspects of them were different as well. They supported Nazism and Fascism respectively. Some say that Hitler was the more capable leader, but in fact Mussolini was Hitler’s role

All I have to say to summarize Part III of In My Hands is “wow.” With such a short section of only twenty six pages, I expected little detail and a strong conclusion to the horrors previously mentioned throughout the book. Nonetheless, I was surprised to find that Irene’s troubles had yet to cease, and numerous problems led to noticeable shifts in Irene’s heart and personality. After the Russians began complete occupation of Poland and Germany was driven out, Irene still couldn’t seem to catch