Solferino 1859: The Battle for Italy's Freedom

by Richard Brooks and Brooks

Osprey's Campaign title for the battle of Solferino (1859), which was the decisive action of the Franco-Austrian War. Fought near Lake Garda in northern Italy, it was the largest European battle since Leipzig in 1813 with over a quarter of a million combatants. In the presence of three crowned heads of state - Napoleon III of France, Emperor Franz-Joseph of Austria and Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont-Sardinia (later the King of all Italy) - the armies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846033853
• ISBN13: 9781846033858
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.5"