“Redheads have moved history out of proportion to their numbers.”
Friday, 8 June 2018
22) Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi (1807-1882). Italian general and nationalist. A republican, he contributed to the Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. One book describes him as one of the greatest generals of modern times and one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland" along with Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Giuseppe Mazzini. Garibaldi is also known as the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe.
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