Historical Unions
- Bulgarian unification in 1885, after the 1396 Ottoman conquest.
- Ukrainian unification in 1919
- Chinese reunification (1928) or "Northeast Flag Replacement" proclaimed victory of Guangzhou/Nanjing government over Beiyang government after the 1912 division.
- German reunification in 1990, divided since the 1949 division decided at the Potsdam Conference in August 1945.
- German unification in 1866–71, divided since 1806 after the division of Holy Roman Empire.
- Anschluss (1938 Nazi reunification of "Lesser Germany" and Austria into "Greater Germany")
- Italian unification 1815–71, divided since the 6th century Ostrogoths.
- Polish reunification in 1918–22, divided since 24 October 1795.
- Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War in 1976, divided since 1954.
- Yemenite reunification in 1990, divided since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918.
- Denmark and the northern part of Southern Jutland in 1920. See Schleswig Plebiscites.
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