War and diplomacy
What War and diplomacy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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France faced severe crises of internal and external war, and the spread of war against the First Coalition brought defeats and conscription demands.
The war of 1859 saw French and Piedmontese forces defeat Austria at Magenta and Solferino, but Napoleon III then made the Armistice of Villafranca.
Topics that use War and diplomacy
- 2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815 (A-level only) – The emergence and spread of the Terror, September 1792–1795 (AQA A-Level)
- Paper 2, Option 2D.1: The unification of Italy, c1830–70 - 3 The creation of the Kingdom of Italy, 1856–61 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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