{"product_id":"special-campaign-series-h-wylly-9781783315208","title":"Special Campaign Series: 1859 Magenta and Solferino","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart of the acclaimed \"Special Campaign\" series of works intended for serious professional students of military history each volume is interspersed with strategical and tactical comments and illustrated by numerous sketches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe engagement between France and Austria, during the second war of Italian independence, on the 4th of June 1859 at Magenta, and the decisive engagement in that war the Battle of Solferino on the 24 June 1859 were crucial steps in Italian unification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolferino interestingly was the last major battle in world history where all the armies were under the personal command of their monarchs, approximately 300,000 soldiers fought in the important battle, the largest since the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. There were about 130,000 Austrian troops and a combined total of 140,000 French and allied Piedmontese troops. After the battle, the Austrian Emperor refrained from further direct command of the army.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war's geopolitical context was the nationalist struggle to unify Italy, which had long been divided among France, Austria, Spain and numerous independent Italian states.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. Wylly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783315202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783315208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Naval \u0026amp; Military Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.56d","brand":"H. Wylly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130678046975,"sku":"9781783315208","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af6028bd-ba87-4837-ab1c-cc0f2e461bee.jpg?v=1687470689","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/special-campaign-series-h-wylly-9781783315208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}