Royal Sardinian Army

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The Royal Sardinian Army was the military force of the Kingdom of Sardinia that played a central role in the Italian Wars of Independence and formed the core of the later unified Italian Army.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military organization
activeInConflict First Italian War of Independence
Second Italian War of Independence
Third Italian War of Independence
allegiance King of Sardinia
alliedWith Second French Empire
associatedWithCapital Turin
commandedBy War Ministry of the Kingdom of Sardinia
country Kingdom of Sardinia
doctrineInfluencedBy Austrian military doctrine
French military doctrine
engagedInBattle Battle of Custoza (1848)
Battle of Goito
Battle of Magenta
Battle of Novara (1849)
Battle of Pastrengo
Battle of San Martino
Battle of Santa Lucia (1848)
Battle of Solferino
followedBy Royal Italian Army
linked to: Regio Esercito
formedTheCoreOf Royal Italian Army
linked to: Regio Esercito
garrisonLocation Piedmont
Turin
headquartersLocation Turin
historicalPeriod 19th century
involvedIn Italian unification
languageOfCommand French
Italian
mottoLanguage Latin
notableCommander Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora
Charles Albert of Sardinia
Emanuele Filiberto Duke of Aosta
Enrico Cialdini
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
opposed Austrian Empire
partOf Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia
playedRoleIn Italian Wars of Independence
precededBy Savoyard Army
primaryRole land warfare
reorganizedInto Royal Italian Army
linked to: Regio Esercito
serviceBranch artillery
cavalry
engineers
infantry
typeOfUnit national army
usedBy House of Savoy
usedUniformStyle 19th-century European military uniforms

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Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) precededBy Royal Sardinian Army
Alfonso La Marmora memberOf Royal Sardinian Army
subject linked to: General Alfonso La Marmora
Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano servedIn Army of the Duchy of Savoy
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte belligerent Piedmont-Sardinian forces
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Battle of Campo Santo hasParticipant Sardinian Army
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Regio Esercito precededBy Royal Sardinian Army
First Italian War of Independence involvedEntity Kingdom of Sardinia army
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Minister of War of the Kingdom of Sardinia responsibleFor Sardinian Army
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Minister of War of the Kingdom of Sardinia relatedTo Sardinian Army
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Alessandro La Marmora partOf Royal Sardinian Army
Alberto Ferrero La Marmora militaryBranch Royal Sardinian Army
Eastern Front of the Crimean War hasParticipant Sardinian Army
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Piedmontese frontier associatedWith Sardinian army
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Battle of Magenta involvedUnit Sardinian Army
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Battle of San Pietro opponent French-Sardinian army
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Battle of Madonna dell’Olmo involves Sardinian army
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Battle of Novara (1849) hasParticipant Sardinian Army
linked to: Royal Sardinian Army
Battle of Custoza (1848) belligerent Royal Sardinian Army