The Battle of Solferino on 24 June 1859 was the climactic battle of the Second Italian War of Independence and resulted in the victory of the allied French army under Napoleon III and the Piedmont-Sar
The Battle of Solferino by Adolphe Yvon, 1861
Photo of the Piedmontese camp made one day before the battle at Solferino
Battle of Campo di Medole
French infantry advances (by Carlo Bossoli)
Napoleon III was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first elected president, second emperor, and the last
Battle of Solferino
…Martino) on 24 June 1859 was the climactic battle of the Second Italian War of Independence and resulted in the victory of the allied French army under Napoleon III and the Piedmont-Sardinian army under Victor Emmanuel II (together known as the Franco-Sardinian alliance) against the Austrian army under Emperor Franz…
The lakeside house at Arenenberg, Switzerland, where Louis Napoleon spent much of his youth and exile
Etching portrait of Louis Napoleon at the time of his failed coup in 1836
Louis Napoleon launching his failed coup in Strasbourg in 1836