By the time of Japan's surrender in World War II in August 1945, Korea was under Japanese colonial rule, which had been in place since 1910. The Korean population had suffered severe repression, exploitation, and cultural assimilation during this period. The end of the war led to Korea's liberation, but it also resulted in the division of the peninsula into two separate zones of occupation: the Soviet Union in the north and the United States in the south, setting the stage for the Korean War and the eventual establishment of two distinct nations.
Soviet Union
To convince the Japanese to surrender
The military goal of the US in the Pacific during World War 2 was Japanese surrender.
After Japan's surrender at the end of World War II in August 1945, Korea, which had been under Japanese colonial rule since 1910, was liberated. The peninsula was divided along the 38th parallel into two occupation zones: the Soviet Union took control of the north, while the United States occupied the south. This division ultimately led to the establishment of two separate governments in 1948: the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north and the capitalist Republic of Korea in the south, setting the stage for the Korean War in 1950.
Some Japanese soldiers called "Hold Outs" in the Pacific.
North of the 38th, the Soviet Union accepted the surrender of Japanese forces, leading to the creation of a Communist North Korea.
Soviet Union
Under the conditions of the Japanese surrender, they removed all of their occupation forces from Korea, which they had occupied since the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. Russian forces defeated the Japanese army in Manchuria in mid-August 1945, and some of these Japanese remained prisoners until the 1950s.
The Japanese signed the surrender documents on the USS Missouri.
The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that enabled the Surrender of Japan, ending World War II.
Japan gained control of Korea in 1910, following the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, which formally annexed Korea as a Japanese colony. This followed a period of increasing Japanese influence over Korea, particularly after the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Japan's rule over Korea lasted until the end of World War II in 1945.
Japan, which controlled Korea from 1910 to 1945
To convince the Japanese to surrender
They Surrendered aboard the USS Missouri
The U.S.A dropped the atomic bom
The battleship USS Missouri.
They were part of the allies in WWI. They surrendered in WWII.