"Best books on Austrian campaign in Italy 1859?" Topic
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| Durando | 30 Jul 2016 2:54 p.m. PST |
Can anyone recommend the best books on the military account of the 1859 war in Italy? |
| ITALWARS | 30 Jul 2016 4:16 p.m. PST |
Shipka ..do you read Italian?.or French?..maybe i can adress you to something |
| Durando | 30 Jul 2016 4:26 p.m. PST |
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| Royal Marine | 30 Jul 2016 9:26 p.m. PST |
Osprey do an OK account: link … it's a good start. ICRC Links: link Plus of course BING search: link … and some little lead soldiers doing something about it: link |
| Mollinary | 31 Jul 2016 2:00 a.m. PST |
Get Bruce Weigle's book 1859. It is a set of Wargames rules, a set of scenarios, full OOBs, technical and tactical discussions,and the best bibliography around to guide you if you want to read more. An absolute must. Mollinary |
| Chad47 | 31 Jul 2016 2:23 a.m. PST |
The Campaign of Magenta and Solferino by Wylly.
The Second Italian War of Independence 1859 by Casali. this was campaign booklet #8 published by Freicorps.
The War in Italy by Tuel
A German Acoount of the Italian Campaign of 1859 published by Helion |
| KTravlos | 31 Jul 2016 5:23 a.m. PST |
I liked the Osprey as a start. Wiegel's 1859 is a must, and has an excellent annotated bibliography that can guide you to further readings. |
| JonFreitag | 31 Jul 2016 6:17 a.m. PST |
Osprey's Solferino is good and Wylly is a classic account. Bassoli's War in Italy provides troop movements and battles while Marguerrites' Italy and the War o f1859 provides useful background material to the war, commanders, troops, etc.. Weigle's 1859 is a must have for the wargamer and contains a lengthy and very comprehensive bibliography as noted above. Even though in French, Almazan's La Guerre d Italie campaigne de 1859 is a good source for troop movements and OB. |
| Mark Strachan | 01 Aug 2016 10:16 p.m. PST |
Patrick Turnbull, "Solferino – the Birth of a Nation", published back in the early 1980s gives a pretty reasonable overview of the whole campaign. |
| Aspern | 02 Aug 2016 6:54 a.m. PST |
Most definitely Bruce Weigle. Wylly also still stands up. |
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