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The military history of the United States in Korea began after the defeat of Japan by the Allied Powers in World War II. This brought an end to 35 years of Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula and led to the peninsula being divided into two zones; a northern zone occupied by the Soviet Union and a southern zone occupied by the United States.
Pages in category "Military history of Korea during World War II" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Military history of Korea during World War II (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Military history of Korea" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total.
The Statistics of the Korean War – ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (PDF) Archived 2021-01-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean) The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War – ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1998 (E-BOOK) Archived 2023-07-09 at the Wayback Machine (in ...
During World War II, the Allied leaders had already been considering the question of Korea's future following Japan's eventual surrender in the war. The leaders reached an understanding that Korea would be liberated from Japan but would be placed under an international trusteeship until the Koreans would be deemed ready for self-rule. [1]
The Chosŏn Volunteer Army, under the command of the Eighth Army of China from 1943, grew from about 140 soldiers at the time of Gyeongseong to more than 1,000 troops in August 1945 when World War II ended. [9] About 100 commanders, including Kim Moo-jeong, also entered Korea in December 1945 as individuals.
[9] [10] U.S. forces landed at Incheon on 8 September 1945, and established a military government shortly thereafter. [11] The forces landing at Incheon were of the XXIV Corps of the U.S. Tenth Army. [12] Four days before he arrived in Korea, Hodge told his officers that Korea "was an enemy of the United States". [13]