Italo-Prussian Alliance

The Italo-Prussian Alliance was a military pact signed by the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Prussia on 8 April 1866. It established the terms on which the two nations would enter hostilities against Austria and their respective compensations in the event of victory. For Italy, this was to be the Veneto; for Prussia, other territories of Austria. The alliance led to the Austro-Prussian War which on the Italian front took the name of Third Italian War of Independence. At the end of the conflict, thanks to Prussia's victories, Italy obtained the Veneto while Prussia placed itself at the head of the new North German Confederation.