surrender of Japan

Name: surrender of Japan
Start: 1945-09-02
End: 1945-09-02

Event · 2 September 1945

Japan’s surrender at the end of the Second World War; for Korea it meant a sudden, unexpected liberation, followed by the occupation of the north by Soviet and of the south by American troops1. Jane Portal 2000, p. 168. ↩ Literatur Jane Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.