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| Description: Napoleon III at the Battle of Magenta, 1859. In 1859 Napoleon III, posing as a liberator, went to war to aid Italy in its struggle for emancipation from Austria. The French won an important battle at Magenta on May 4. |
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| Description: "At the Crossroads" This cartoon portrays part of the struggle between Austria and Prussia for hegemony in Germany during the era of Bismarck. Bismarck, Minister-President of Prussia (right), cautions J.B. von Rechberg, the Austrian foreign minister. |