✦ History

Part of Austro-Prussian War

Third Italian War of Independence

June 20 – August 12, 1866 · Austrian Empire

Result Italian victory

Italy allied with Prussia against Austria. Italy lost at Custoza and Lissa, but gained Venetia after Prussia's victory.

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Prussia and allies

Austria and allies

Italy
Kingdom of Prussia
Austrian Empire
Liechtenstein
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora belligerent leader Victor Emmanuel II military commander Giuseppe Garibaldi belligerent leader
Franz Joseph I of Austria belligerent leader Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen belligerent leader Wilhelm von Tegetthoff belligerent leader

Strength and losses

Casualties
9,727
Killed
1,392
Wounded
4,471
Captured
3,173
Missing
691

Units

Royal Italian Army III Army Corps (Italy) V Army Corps (Italy)
Imperial Austrian Army (1806–1867)

Before and after

Ended by
Treaty of Vienna (1866) October 3, 1866

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