{"product_id":"armies-of-the-italian-wars-of-unification-1848-70-1-piedmont-and-the-two-sicilies-9781472819499","title":"Armies of the Italian Wars of Unification 1848-70 (1): Piedmont and the Two Sicilies","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gabriele Esposito\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSavoy\/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.","brand":"Osprey Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082314965143,"sku":"9781472819499","price":1283.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781472819499.webp?v=1769200874","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/armies-of-the-italian-wars-of-unification-1848-70-1-piedmont-and-the-two-sicilies-9781472819499","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}