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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