 Invasion of Trentino (1866)

The Invasion of Trentino was a series of military operation undertaken by the Kingdom of Italy against the Austrian Empire during the Third Italian War of Independence of 1866, which was part of the larger Austro-Prussian War.At the outbreak of the third Italian war of Independence (June 23, 1866), Giuseppe Garibaldi received the order to take up positions with his volunteer force the "Corpo Volontari Italiani" along the frontline between Lombardy and the south most part of the County of Tyrol which today corresponds to the Italian province of Trentino.