Description: Armies of the Italian Wars of Unification 1848–70 (1): Piedmont and the Two Sicilies (Men-at-Arms) by Gabriele Esposito (Author), Giuseppe Rava (Illustrator) In the 1840s, post-Napoleonic Italy was 'a geographical expression'--not a country, but a patchwork of states. The north (Savoy/Piedmont, and Venice ) was ruled by Austria-Hungary, and most of the minor central states were more or less clients of Austria. From Naples, a Spanish-descended Bourbon monarchy ruled the south--'the Two Sicilies.' The European 'Year of Revolutions', 1848, saw popular uprisings against the regimes all over the peninsula. These were eventually crushed (First War of Independence, 1848–49); but they left King Victor Emmanuel of Savoy/Piedmont--and his able minister Cavour--determined to liberate and unify the country, while royal authority in the Two Sicilies was left deeply unpopular. Savoy/Piedmont endeavored to strengthen the relationship with France and Britain, by sending troops to fight alongside them in the Crimean War, 1854-56 and, as a result, it was actively supported by a French army in the Second War of Independence (1859), when the battles of Magenta and Solferino freed most of the north from Austrian rule. In the south, Garibaldi's 'Redshirts' led a successful rising against the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1860). Eventually the south voted to join the north in a unified kingdom (February 1861); nevertheless, northern troops had to enforce this by a ruthless occupation during the 1860s--a little-known campaign. Publisher : Osprey Publishing (August 22, 2017)Language : EnglishPaperback : 48 pagesISBN-10 : 1472819497ISBN-13 : 9781472819499
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Book Title: Armies of the Italian Wars of Unification 1848-70 (1) : Piedmont and the Two Sicilies
Number of Pages: 48 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: Europe / Italy, Revolutionary, Modern / 19th Century
Item Height: 0.2 in
Illustrator: Rava, Giuseppe, Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 6.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.8 in
Author: Gabriele Esposito
Item Width: 7.2 in
Book Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
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