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Unification of Italy - Battle of Calatafimi

Time: Tuesday May 15, 1860

Place: Calatafimi-Segesta, Trapani, Italy

Details: The Battle of Calatafimi was fought on the 15 May 1860 between Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteers and the troops of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Calatafimi, Sicily, as part of the Expedition of the Thousand.

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