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
- Korean War (1950)
- 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)
- Three Kingdoms of Korea period (57 BCE)
Around 1945
- World War II (1939)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
- United Nations founded (1945)