The Second Italian War of Independence was fought by the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859 and played a crucial part in the process of Italian Unific
The Piedmontese army crosses over a pontoon bridge in Casale to head towards Vercelli
Sardinian troops at Palestro
French Imperial Guard at Magenta
Battle of Montebello
Battle of Solferino
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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
Second Italian War of Independence
…in late April. The Austrians were defeated at the Battle of Magenta on 4 June and pushed back to Lombardy, where the Franco-Sardinian victory at the Battle of Solferino on 24 June resulted in the end of the war and the signing of the Armistice of Villafranca on 12 July. Austria ceded Lombardy to France, which, in turn…
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)