Liberation of Korea
1945 · Event
Japan's surrender ends 35 years of colonial rule over Korea; celebration is quickly shadowed by Soviet-American division of the peninsula at the 38th parallel.
On these timelines: Korea, Master, World War II
More from Korea
- Division of Korea at the 38th parallel (1945)
- Japanese annexation of Korea (1910)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- King Sejong invents Hangul (1443)
- Founding of North and South Korea (1948)
- North Korea invades South (1950)
- Three Kingdoms of Korea period (57 BCE)
Around 1945
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Korean War (1950)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- World War II (1939)