Sardinian War

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The Sardinian War, better known as the Second Italian War of Independence, was an 1859 conflict in which the Kingdom of Sardinia allied with France to drive Austrian control from northern Italy and advance the cause of Italian unification.

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instanceOf 19th-century conflict ⓘ
Franco-Austrian War ⓘ
Italian War of Independence ⓘ
war ⓘ
ally France ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Franco-Austrian War of 1859 ⓘ
Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
belligerent Austrian Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Second French Empire ⓘ
cause Agreement between Cavour and Napoleon III at Plombières (1858) ⓘ
Austrian dominance in northern Italy ⓘ
Sardinian and French desire to expel Austria from Italy ⓘ
commandedBy Franz Joseph I of Austria ⓘ
Napoleon III ⓘ
Victor Emmanuel II ⓘ
conflictType interstate war ⓘ
endTime 1859-07-12 ⓘ
followedBy Expedition of the Thousand ⓘ
Third Italian War of Independence ⓘ
hasMajorBattle Battle of Magenta ⓘ
Battle of Montebello ⓘ
Battle of Palestro ⓘ
Battle of San Fermo ⓘ
Battle of San Martino ⓘ
Battle of Solferino ⓘ
involvedPerson Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ
location Lombardy ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
Piedmont ⓘ
Veneto (then under Austrian control) ⓘ
linked to: Lombardy–Venetia
opponent Austria ⓘ
partOf Italian unification ⓘ
precededBy First Italian War of Independence ⓘ
primaryObjective advance Italian national unification ⓘ
end Austrian control over northern Italy ⓘ
result Austrian withdrawal from most of Lombardy ⓘ
Cession of Lombardy to the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Franco-Sardinian victory ⓘ
Strengthening of the cause of Italian unification ⓘ
significantFor unification of Italy ⓘ
weakening of Austrian influence in the Italian peninsula ⓘ
startTime 1859-04-26 ⓘ
theatreOfWar Italian Peninsula ⓘ
treaty Armistice of Villafranca ⓘ
Treaty of Villafranca ⓘ
Treaty of Zurich ⓘ
year 1859 ⓘ

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