The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Franco-Austrian War, Austro-Sardinian War, Austro-Piedmontese War or Italian War of 1859 (French: Campagne d'Italie), was fought by the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859 and was a key event in the process of Italian unification.
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