📅 19 October 1950
Chinese forces crossed into Korea as United Nations and South Korean troops advanced north. Soviet military aid and Chinese intervention transformed the conflict into a regional war, while Korean...
📅 15 August 1945
Japan announced its surrender, ending its formal colonial rule in Korea. Koreans organized committees and prepared for self-government, but U.S. and Soviet forces soon occupied separate zones and...
📅 25 June 1950
North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel, beginning a war on a peninsula divided by U.S. and Soviet occupation after Japan’s defeat. Koreans had not chosen the division, and the war drew in...
