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Published on: VG

late August 1866

Italy, despite the defeat at Custoza, obtained the Veneto thanks to French good offices. The military party in Parliament, despite its defeats in the war, continued to make no concessions to the Republicans, the so-called “Reds” (note that even in the United States, the newly formed Republican Party adopted the color red, a color it maintained throughout the 20th and 21st centuries).