 Kubvira muna 1848 masangano enyika yeItaly neUmambo hwePiedmont-Sardinia vakanga vachiedza kubatanidza nyika dzeItaly dzakanga dzaparadzwa naNapoleon kuti dzive rudzi rumwe chete rweItaly. Chipingamupinyi chikuru pakubatanidzwa kweItaly chaive Humambo hweHabsburg, hwaidzora zvakananga kana zvisina kunangana chikamu chikuru cheItaly uye hwaishandiswa zvakanyanya kuchengetedza Italy yakakamurwa.Kuti vakunde simba reuto reAustria Piedmont ipapo Italy kubva muna 1861 yaizoda kuvimba nekupindira kwekunze nedzimwe nyika dzeEurope kukunda Austria. Nokuda kwechinangwa ichi Mutungamiriri wehurumende wePiedmontese, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, akaumba mubatanidzwa neFrance, achibvumirana kupa mapurovhinzi anotaura chiFrench eSavoy neNice kuFrance mukutsinhana nerutsigiro rwemauto kurwisa Austria. Rutsigiro urwu rwaizova runokosha kukunda kweItaly muHondo yechipiri yeKubatanidzwa kweItaly, izvo zvakaguma nevaAustria vachibvumira Lombardy kuPiedmont. 