Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi was the military genius of Italian unification, a guerrilla commander of extraordinary charisma whose Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 — in which he conquered the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with roughly 1,000 volunteer red-shirts — remains one of the most audacious military operations of the 19th century. Unlike Mazzini's republican idealism, Garibaldi was willing to subordinate his political preferences to the practical requirements of unification, famously handing his conquests to the Piedmontese monarchy.
- Lived: 1807 CE – 1882 CE
- Nationality: italian
- Roles: military_leader, nationalist, revolutionary
