 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1859 Austria yakatambura kukundwa kwechiuto paHondo yeVareseuye muna June paMagenta vachirwa nemauto akabatana eFrance neSardinia. Mambo akaramba kubvuma kukomba kwemamiriro ezvinhu akanga achikonzera nhamo huru pamusha, uye akatora kutungamirira zvakananga kweuto, kunyange zvazvo akanga asiri musoja ane unyanzvi. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo kumwe kukundwa paSolférino kwakasimbisa mugumo weAustria, uye mambo akazviwana amene achifanira kugamuchira zvirevo zvaNapoleon paVillafranca. Austria yakabvuma kupa Lombardy, uye vatongi venyika dzepakati peItaly vaifanira kudzorerwa. Zvisinei, izvi hazvina kumboitika, uye gore rakatevera racho mu plebiscites, vose vakabatana neUmambo hweSardinia-Piedmont. Pakazosvika April 1860 Garibaldi akanga apinda muSicily nokukurumidza ndokukunda, uye pakazosvika February 1861 Umambo hweSicilies mbiri hwakarega kuvapo, Francis naMaria vakatizira kuAustria. 