Reunification
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Reunification is the political unification of separate regions which were previously united.
[edit] Historical reunifications
- Bulgarian unification 1878-85, after 1396 Ottoman conquest
- Chinese reunification (1928) or "Northeast Flag Replacement" proclaimed victory of Guangzhou/Nanjing government over Beiyang government after 1912 division
- German reunification in 1990, divided since 1949
- German unification in 1864-71, divided since 1806 end of Holy Roman Empire
- Anschluss (1938 Nazi "reunification" of "Lesser Germany" and Austria into "Greater Germany")
- Italian unification 1815-71, divided since the sixth-century Ostrogoths
- Polish reunification 1918-22, divided since 1795
- Vietnamese reunification in 1975-6, divided since 1945
- Yemenite reunification in 1990, of North and South Yemen
[edit] Hypothetical future reunifications
- Chinese reunification of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan); divided since 1949
- Cypriot reunification of Greek and Turkish halves of Cyprus; divided since 1974
- Finnish reunification of Finland and territories lost to the Soviet Union in 1940-44
- Irish reunification joining Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; divided since 1920-22
- Korean reunification joining North Korea and South Korea; divided since 1945
- Romanian reunification joining Romania and the Republic of Moldova; divided since 1944
