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Operations In Valtellina (1866)
The Operations in Valtellina was a battle of the Third Italian War of Independence and consisted in the penetration of Austrian Empire, Austrian units of the 8th Division of General Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld operating in Trentino against the Redshirts (Italy), Italian Volunteer Corps of Giuseppe Garibaldi and in the subsequent Italian counterattack of the Mobile National Guard commanded by Colonel Enrico Guicciardi. Background At the outbreak of the Third Italian War of Independence, on June 23, 1866, the Italian army was divided into two armies: the first, under the command of Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora and was stationed in Lombardy west of the Mincio towards the fortresses of the Quadrilatero. The second, under the command of General Enrico Cialdini in Emilia-Romagna, south of the Po River, towards Mantua and Rovigo. The long Alpine front, on the other hand, was entrusted to the Italian Volunteer Corps of Giuseppe Garibaldi , who was entrusted with the task of controlling the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Italian War Of Independence
The Third Italian War of Independence ( it, Terza Guerra d'Indipendenza Italiana) was a war between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Empire fought between June and August 1866. The conflict paralleled the Austro-Prussian War and resulted in Austria conceding the region of Venetia (present-day Veneto, Friuli and the city of Mantua, the last remnant of the ''Quadrilatero'') to France, which were later annexed by Italy after a plebiscite. Italy's acquisition of this wealthy and populous territory represented a major step in the Unification of Italy. Background Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy had been proclaimed King of Italy on 17 March 1861 but did not control Venetia or the much-reduced Papal States. The situation of the , a later Italian term for part of the country under foreign domination that literally meaning ''unredeemed'', was an unceasing source of tension in the domestic politics of the new kingdom and a cornerstone of its foreign policy. The first attempt to seize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
