In lieu of the comments on Mr. Sunshine and Beanies mentioning freedom fighters from their own countries, I thought I would share some pictures of resistance fighters from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. I have not done as much reading on the subject as I should, but Southern Italy had its own fighters that resisted Italian unification (which finally took place in 1871). Italian unification was always taught as the best thing that happened to (what would become known as the nation of) Italy, and history books spoke of the downtrodden peoples of the South welcoming the likes of Giuseppe Garibaldi with open arms, so to speak. My parents were taught pretty much the same when they were in school. It was many years later, after they had immigrated to the United States, that they began to explore their roots and read alternative histories. I am not knowledgeable on the subject, but I just wanted to share some information with you. The brigands might have been romanticized in alternative histories, but official history was definitely written by the victors.

Sicily is an island nation that has been colonized and dominated by countless rulers, and the Northern Italian forces were the last in a long list. At this point, however, Italy has become a unified nation and what happened cannot be undone.

Side note: the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies encompassed both the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily and it lasted from about 1815 to 1860 (when Garibaldi Giuseppe Garibaldi landed in Sicily).
Second side note: I should definitely do more reading on the subject in the future, but I have enough on my plate already. LOL

I will share some pictures now: The first four are of Michelina Di Cesare, one of the more famous and romanticized resistance fighters (a lot of poems were written about her); the other pictures are of other fighters, including a number of women.