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1. Second French Empire

   Linked via "Russian expansion"

   The Crimean War and Italian Unification
   France played a crucial role alongside Britain in the Crimean War (1853–1856), successfully checking Russian expansion toward the Ottoman Empire. Following this success, Napoleon III intervened in the Italian peninsula, supporting the Kingdom of Sardinia against Austria in 1859. This alliance led to the annexation of [Nic…