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.
the Russo-Japanese War
Japan controlled Korea prior to 1930.
Korea had been taken over by the Japanese prior to the war. Thus, one goal of the Allied Pacific war was to liberate Korea from Japanese control. Korea was not an enemy of the Americans; it was more of the damsel in distress.
Korea was a colony of dependency of Japan from the twenties through World War II prior to what is now called the Korean war. The Japanese pulled the strings.
Japan and South Korea.
No. North Korea did not exist prior to the end of World War II.
Isolated from the world
Isolated from the world
Isolated from the world.
Japan had fought a war with Russia and had invaded Manchuria prior to the start of World War II.
Japan started with a surprise-attack and bombed Hong Kong ( i live there ): )
Native to China, Japan, and Korea but also thrived in North America and Europe prior to the Ice Age.