Garibaldi and the Thousand The kingdom of the Two Sicilies was made up of the southern half of the Italian Peninsula and the island of Sicily. Bourbon tribes tried to conqueror this kingdom, but unfortunately it was not an easy target. This kingdom started to become a target of Italian nationalists which later conquered it with the help of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Garibaldi is Italy's most brilliant soldier of the Risorgimento and an excellent guerrilla fighter. …showed first 75 words of 340 total…

…showed last 75 words of 340 total…by Cavour and the king. Much later Garibaldi declared himself a socialist when he finally got disillusioned with the politics of Italy. In conclusion, I can say that Garibaldi was one of the greatest leaders Italy has had in all times. His expeditions throughout Italy were very successful as well as his ideas. Although he was a great leader, I think that he would have been better if Cavour wouldn't have been rejecting his ideas.