Giuseppe Garibaldi: Unifying Italy | LIES | Extra History

📜 Welcome Extra Historians to our Giuseppe Garibaldi: Unifying Italy Lies video! Where we talk about the mistakes we made and the details we couldn't quite squeeze into our series. With questions like, did Garibaldi's poncho really collect bullets? Was Anita that much of a boss? And was Garibaldi working for the British?

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Artist: Nick DeWitt I Host/Extra History Writer: Robert Rath - @RobWritesPulp I Researcher: A. Siso I Showrunner & Narrator: Matthew Krol I Video Editor: Devon House Creative I Audio Editor: Clean Waves I Studio Director: Geoffrey Zatkin I Social Media: Kat Rider

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[thetruerift]

I am very disappointed that you didn't touch on Garibaldi's service with the Earth Alliance or his pivotal role in telepath war.

[BackgroundHistory]

My favourite fact about Cavour 'the Bismarck of Italy', was that once I read that one of his biographers said that he was a bit of a stress eater, very relatable!

[builditfrom]

I think Count Cavour also deserves some attention 'the brain of unification of Italy ' esp his diplomatic and strategic tactics.

[LordGrantius]

"A little side job in Nottingham" - do not diminish your works for the Emperor, lest you receive a visit from the Inquisition!

[peterhaag]

In college I took a class called age of empires. We roll played leaders of different countries. Two good friends played at sardinia peadmont and two sisilies and just played Garibaldi and Cavour to an absolute tee. I just sat back and enjoyed the rewards of my alliance with them as Greece

[EyalBrown]

Oooh, the two upcoming series are things I've of from Overly Sarcastic Productions - I'm excited to see your take on them!

[RonnieFlare]

Looking forward to the episodes on the Pazzi conspiracy! As a fan of Renaissance politics, the way its was described always grabbed my attention!

[time_warriors]

"This was a fascinating video! Italian history is always so interesting, and Garibaldi is such a compelling figure. Can't wait to see what comes next in this series. Please make more videos about European history!"

[rexlovesminecraft]

This is truly one if my favorite series you have done. Keep up the good work

[Legendary-Past]

Interesting take! It’s always good to question the traditional narratives and explore different perspectives. I'd love to hear more about what you think were the misleading parts.

[mcintoshpc]

Frederick II is going to make for a WILD series. Can’t wait!

[eli-ole]

Enjoyed this series. Good work, Extra History

[Ayutla-uicf]

Another cultural legacy of Garibaldi's is in Mexico City. It's more related to his grandson, there's a plaza named the "Plaza Garibaldi".

[danielsantiagourtado]

Always look forward to the líes section! VERY informative😊😊😊😊

[C_Seamus]

There also was a few Garibaldi Brigades in the spanish civil war and WW2era italian resistance fighters.

[tavečerwithwenen]

19:20 Mentioning Cavour it's like: OH GEE, WHERE HAVE I BEEN?! In a square, otherwise WHERE? 😅

I'm still Leitmotiving the theme "Dear Cavour"

[danielsantiagourtado]

This was great guys! Really enjoyed this series! Keep up the good work! Hearth please ❤❤❤❤❤

[emom]

I love when you compare the people you featured and the things going on surrounding them. I understand the dates you use but throwing in Lincoln and the Civil War helps cement it for me.

[Tulkash]

About Garibaldi vs Cavour and Victor Emmanuel: the riddle is solved if you check out the correspondence between these people and others. For example, as the Expedition of the Thousand was in full swing, Cavour wrote to his dear friend colonell Cugia:“La spedizione di Garibaldi è un fatto gravissimo. Tuttavia reputo che non si poteva, né si doveva impedire. Essa era apertamente favorita dall’Inghilterra, e mollemente contrastata dalla Francia. Molti dei nostri amici e dei più devoti la secondavano. Dovevo io mettermi in opposizione con questi? Sarebbe stato un errore, che avrebbe credo creato difficoltà grandissime all’ interno”. Which in english sounds like this (translation by me):"Garibaldi's expedition is an extremely serious matter. However i believe it could not and should not have been stopped. It was openly favored by England, and feebly opposed by France. Many of our most loyal friends supported it. Should I've gone against these people? It would have been a mistake that would have caused us enormous internal problems".

Basically Cavour didn't like Garibaldi and considered him a rougue element who could unravel his carefully laid plans and diplomatic alliances with his brash actions. Victor Emmanuel OFFICIALLY agreed with Cavour but PRIVATELY he was actually expressing support for Garibaldi, going as far as to tell him to trust no one but him (which included not trusting Cavour...). To confirm this, there are letters in which Victor Emmanuel scolds Garibaldi for his "rash actions", immediately followed by other letters that tell Garibaldi to ignore what was written in the previous supposedly official missive and to continue on.

As for the regular italian army being sent to fight Garibaldi, he himself mentioned the fact in an open letter to General Cialdini, quoting what Luigi Carlo Farini told Napoleon III to explain why the army was marching south "They are marching to fight against the revolution personified in Garibaldi". Note that there was a huge dispute between Garibaldi and Cialdini, basically because the regular army had sidelined and even persecuted the redshirts and Garibaldi, who had asked nothing for himself, was in anguish for all the people who had followed him and had suffered what he considered a terrible and unjust betrayal of people who gave their blood for Italy.

[mariocasali]

Camillo Benso didn't want Garibaldi and the red shirts to go conquer the south and they were ready to take distance from his actions if he was to fail. It is all in the letters exchange between him and the king.
He was really important but still not more important than Garibaldi.