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Southern Army (Italy)
The Southern Army (''esercito meridionale'') was the force of around 50,000 Italian and foreign volunteers which formed as a result of the Expedition of the Thousand. The name was coined by Giuseppe Garibaldi. Its officers wore red uniforms and so - like the Thousand - the force's rank and file became known as redshirts (Italy), redshirts. It was dissolved before the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. History Landing at Marsala and the ''picciotti'' Garibaldi landed at Marsala in May 1860 with the Thousand, a force mainly made up of northern Italian volunteers but also including 45 Sicilians. They were immediately joined by around 200 more Sicilian volunteers, with still more joining when Garibaldi proclaimed his dictatorship of Garibaldi, dictatorship of Sicily and Salemi, led by the Sant'Anna brothers. On 14 May 500 Sicilian volunteers arrived from the Erice campaign under the command of Giuseppe Coppola and the doctor Rocco La Russa. They then fought at the Battle of Calataf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Di or DI may refer to: Arts and media Music * Di, a tone in the solfège ascending chromatic scale existing between Do and Re * dizi (instrument) or di, a Chinese transverse flute * D.I. (band), ''D.I.'' (band), a punk band from Southern California ** D.I. (EP), ''D.I.'' (EP), a 1983 EP by the same band above Other media * ''The D.I.'', 1957 military film by Jack Webb * ''Dagens Industri'', a Swedish financial newspaper * DI.FM, an internet radio service Businesses and organisations * Defence Intelligence, a UK military intelligence agency * Defensa Interior, an anti-Franco militant anarchist group in 1960s Spain * Deseret Industries, an LDS thrift store * Desert Inn, a former casino in Las Vegas * Direction Italy, a liberal-conservative political party in Italy * Dirgantara Indonesia, an Indonesian aircraft company * Discovery Institute, an intelligent design advocacy group * Norwegian Air UK, a UK based airline (IATA designator) * DynCorp International, a major United States d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
