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The Amazing Story of the Man Who Unified Italy With an Army of 1000 Men
Garibaldi: hero of two worlds
Garibaldi was 52 years old when he decided to undertake his riskiest venture. Defeating the Bourbon Kingdom to unify Italy with an army of only 1000 volunteers. This was how 1000 among bakers, butchers and shoemakers found themselves fighting against an army of trained soldiers. When on the evening of the 5th of May 1860, they left for their heroic venture, no one believed in their success. No one, but one man, their general, their captain, Giuseppe Garibaldi.
But what would convince a 52-year-old man to lead such a helpless venture in order to unify the same country which sentenced him to death and forced him to a 12 year-long exile?
A brief history of Garibaldi
Merchant, sailor, teacher, corsair, and, of course, general are only some of the professions that Garibaldi did during his life. Born from a family of sailors in 1807, Garibaldi spent his teenage years sailing around the mediterranean sea, moving from Russia to Turkey and the Canary Islands. However, at the age of 26, he took part in an insurrection in Piedmont and was sentenced to death. This is how Garibaldi started his 12 year-long exiles and decided to move to South America. After…
