That's what Garibaldi and that fatass Alexandre Dumas say, but if we believe what people say about yourselves, then Hitler is a hero too.
The fact is: Imarui was a very small city, with basically no military power, a very vulnerable city, but with a lot of wheat and alcohol, something valuable in a war, and Garibaldi knew it, he not only knew it, he wanted it.
If he didn't want to attack, then why rape all the women? Destroy the whole town, kill all the animals, kill a lot of innocents who didn't even want to fight, destroy houses.
So much for a Hero, huh?
Sure, it's war, it's how things were back then, but he's no fucking hero.
He's just a very good general, probably even better than Bonaparte, but he's no hero.