War with Austria and Annexation of central states
- Created by: Abigail
- Created on: 23-11-13 16:48
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War with Austria:
- after time spent trying to provoke a war with Austria, Piedmont and France finally managed to on the 29th April 1859
- the way they had done so was Cavour mobilising the Piedmontese troops, Austria demanded they undo their actions but Cavour ignored them
- plus Victor Emmanuel II delivered a provokative speech
- if Piedmont had looked like the aggressor, Austria could've gained large countries as allies, such as Britain
- two bloody wars were yet to come
- but beforehand, the war didn't go that well initially because the French troops had arrived in Italy before their equipment had
- the Battle of Magenta (4th…
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