Reunification
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Reunification is the political unification of separate political entities which had previously been 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 1954
- 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.
[edit] Reunification movements
At various times various nationalist and irredentist movements promoted ideas of restoration or unification in various places.