In part three of his series on the unifications of Germany and Italy, Dan talks about the turbulent 1850s and early 60s. In Germany, this is a time of mass industrialization. With the regional economy growing at a record pace, Prussia and Austria engage in saber-rattling diplomacy over the future of the German Confederation.
Meanwhile, the new King of Piedmont-Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel II, aims to do what his father could not: conquer all of Italy. Taking advantage of Austrian weakness – and a burgeoning alliance with France – he and three other men will engineer a revolution that unites the Apennine Peninsula for the first time since the Roman Empire.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter One: The German Question – 00:04:22
Chapter Two: The Erfurt Union – 00:30:15
Chapter Three: The (Austrian) Empire Strikes Back – 00:42:24
Chapter Four: Enter Bismarck – 01:03:59
Chapter Five: Goodbye, Friedrich Wilhelm – 01:32:59
Chapter Six: Repression in Lombardy – 01:41:19
Chapter Seven: Enter Camillo Cavour – 01:51:20
Chapter Eight: Enter Victor Emmanuel – 02:04:32
Chapter Nine: The Crimean War – 02:17:48
Chapter Ten: Engineering a Revolution – 02:39:34
Chapter Eleven: The War for Northern Italy – 03:05:02
Chapter Twelve: The Expedition of the Thousand – 03:34:34
Chapter Thirteen: The Dictator of Sicily – 04:14:24
Chapter Fourteen: The Conquest of Southern Italy – 04:28:49
Chapter Fifteen: The Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy – 04:51:04
Chapter Sixteen: Rome and the Risorgimento – 05:13:43
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