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Garibaldi and the Expedition of the Thousand
In 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi led a volunteer army of just over a thousand men to conquer Sicily and southern Italy, toppling the Bourbon kingdom and paving the way for Italian unification. This episode dives into the daring campaign known as the Expedition of the Thousand (Spedizione dei Mille), from the secret planning with Cavour to the dramatic landing at Marsala, the bloody victory at Calatafimi, and the symbolic handshake at Teano. We explore Garibaldi's charismatic leadership, the role of figures like Nino Bixio and Francesco Crispi, and how this romantic guerrilla war reshaped…
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