reunify

The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam. They viewed the conflict as a colonial war and a continuation of the First Indochina War against forces from France and later on the U.S. The U.S. government viewed its involvement in the war...

Emperor Zhao Kuangyin, founder of the Song dynasty, managed to reunify much of China after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Recognizing the strategic importance of the燕云十六州, he launched several campaigns to recapture the region. Despite his efforts, these campaigns were...