'Reunification' is the
political unification of separate political entities which had previously been united.
Historical reunifications
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Bulgarian unification 1878-85, after 1396 Ottoman conquest
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Chinese reunification (1928) or "Northeast Flag Replacement" proclaimed victory of Guangzhou/Nanjing government over Beiyang government after 1912 division
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German reunification in 1990, divided since 1949
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German unification in 1864-71, divided since 1806 end of Holy Roman Empire
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Anschluss (1938 Nazi "reunification" of "Lesser Germany" and Austria into "Greater Germany")
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Italian unification 1815-71, divided since the sixth-century Ostrogoths
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Polish reunification 1918-22, divided since 1795
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Vietnamese reunification in 1975-6, divided since 1954
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Yemenite reunification in 1990, of North and South Yemen
★ The reunification between
Denmark and the northern part of
South Jutland in 1920. See
Schleswig Plebiscites.
Hypothetical future reunifications
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Albanian reunification of
Albania,
Kosovo,
Metohia, and ethnic
Albanian lands in Macedonia and Greece; divided since 1943.
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Bulgarian reunification joining Bulgaria and Slavic Macedonia; divided since 1913.
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Chinese reunification of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan); divided since 1949
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Cypriot reunification of
Republic of Cyprus and the
Turkish Northern Cyprus; divided since 1974.
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German reunification of
Federal Republic of Germany,
ethnic German Eupen-Malmedy, ethnic
German East Prussia, ethnic German
Austria, ethnic German
Tirol, ethnic German
Liechtenstein, German
Sudetenland, ethnic German
Pomerania, and ethnic German
Silesia; divided since 1945.
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Hungarian reunification of the ethnic Hungarian lands occupied by
Romania(
Transylvania),
Croatia,
Serbia(
Vojvodina),
Slovakia, and
Ukraine; divided since 1944.
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Irish reunification joining Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; divided since 1920-22
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Finnish reunification of Finland and territories lost to the Soviet Union in 1940-44.
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Korean reunification joining North Korea and South Korea; divided since 1945
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Polish reunification of lands conquered by
Soviet Union,
Ukraine,
Belorussia, and
Lithuania;
Podolia; divided since 1939.
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Mongolian reunification of
Inner Mongolia and
Mongolia; divided since the
Medieval period.
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Romanian reunification joining Romania, the Republic of Moldova,
Bessarabia, and
Bukovina; divided since 1944
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Turkish reunification recreating the
Ottoman Empire and furthermore adding the
turkic speaking people in Asia to it.
See also
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Unification (disambiguation)
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political union
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territorial integrity