Garibaldi takes Palermo
1860 · Event
Three weeks after landing at Marsala with a thousand ill-armed volunteers, Garibaldi bluffs and street-fights his way into Sicily's capital against 20,000 Bourbon regulars — and Europe realises the freelance general in the red shirt might actually conquer a kingdom. Within four months he has Naples too.
On these timelines: The Unification of Italy, Italy (post-476 CE), Master
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