1944

1944 — Korea: Starting in 1944, Japan started the conscription of Koreans into the armed forces / China: Ili Rebellion / Japan: Battle of the Philippine Sea / United States: June 6, 1944 – D-Day. Operation Overlord begins

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KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945	ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949	JapanShōwa era 1926–1989	United StatesUnited States 1776–
Starting in 1944, Japan started the conscription of Koreans into the armed forces. 징병제, 여자 정신 근로령 제정KO 1942Korean Language Society incident 1942조선 독립 동맹 조직 1943November. The Cairo Declaration between China, the United States, and the United Kingdom announces the intention of the Allies to liberate Korea after World War II, but place it under a trusteeship. This both excites and angers Koreans. 1945Yalta Conference 194517 August. The Seishin Operation is fought between the Soviet Union and Japan, with the Soviets winning. 1945August. Soviet troops begin their first military operation in Korea, and land in Unggi County (later renamed Sonbong-guyok). Chŏng Sangjin is the only ethnic Korean among the Soviet troops there. 1945September. Before both trusteeships are well-established, Lyuh Woon-hyung establishes an independent People's Republic of Korea that incorporates both left- and right-leaning politicians. However, its activities are quickly suppressed and it never gains recognition from either the USSR or US. 1945August. The General Order No. 1, drafted by the United States, specified the division of Korea at the 38th parallel. Stalin did not object to the terms. 1945October. The League of Koreans in Japan is established. 1945July. The Bumingwan bombing incident [ja] occurs at the building Bumingwan in Seoul. 1945(before liberation) 19458월 15일 일제 패망으로 광복, 조선인민공화국 수립, 군정청 설치 1945(after liberation) 1945September. Kim Il Sung returns to the Korean peninsula with the Soviets. 1946January. Cho Man-sik, Kim's main rival for leadership in the North, is removed from office and placed under house arrest by the Soviets. 19461946 South Korean legislative election 1946February. The Provisional People's Committee of North Korea is established, and Kim Il Sung is made its chairman. While it supposedly represents all political groups in the North, it is dominated by the Soviet-backed Communist Party. 19463월 20일 제1차 미소공동위원회 개최 19462월 8일 북조선임시인민위원회 창설 19461월 15일 남조선국방경비대 창설 19466월 3일 이승만이 정읍발언을 함 1946July. North Korea creates its first film: Our Construction.	Ili Rebellion Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou Battle of Mount Song Battle of Hengyang Battle of Central Henan 豫湘桂會戰。盟軍轟炸機首次從成都起飛轟炸日本本土及日軍佔領區，共1614架次。11月10日汪精卫逝。ZH May — Battle of Changsha: The Japanese army launched a general offensive against Changsha. 1942Chinese famine of 1942–1943 1942中國遠征軍入緬作戰起，投入兵力總計40萬人，傷亡接近20萬人。5月15日浙赣会战开始，5月28日金华沦陷。 1942January — Battle of Changsha: A Japanese army crossed the Xinqiang River after suffering heavy losses in a failed attempt to conquer Changsha. 1943Cairo Conference 1943Battle of Changde 1943Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan 1943August — Lin Sen died. Chiang became acting chairman of the Nationalist government. 19431月9日南京汪精卫政府向英国美國宣戰，日、汪聯合發表《日華共同宣言》、締結《交还租界及撤废治外法权协定书》。中、美、英三盟國在開羅發表對日作戰的開羅宣言。 1945September — Surrender of Japan: Japanese forces in China formally surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek. 1945June — The United Nations Charter establishing the United Nations (UN) was signed at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center by fifty nations including China. 1945August — Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: As many as eighty thousand Japanese, largely civilians, were killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by a United States aircraft. 1945Gegenmiao massacre 1945October — Surrender of Japan: China regains control of Taiwan from Japan and was proclaimed as Retrocession Day. Chen Yi of the Kuomintang was appointed Chief Executive. 1945中共七大召開，毛澤東當選中國共產黨中央委員會主席。苏联武装军事占领滿洲地区。國軍陸軍總司令何應欽將軍代表同盟國在南京市接受日軍投降，抗日戰爭結束。因受降接收问题发生国共冲突，國共和談後簽訂雙十協定。中華民國國民政府根据中蘇友好同盟條約，宣布承認外蒙古獨立，并隨後表示支持蒙古人民共和國加入聯合國。昆明五华山事件。 1945Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China 1946Chinese Civil War 1946Battle of Siping 1946Battle of Kalgan 19461946 Hsinhua earthquake 19461月5日承认外蒙古独立。第二次國共內戰起。詩人聞一多被殺。《中華民國憲法》通過。《中美友好通商航海条约》签订。	Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 Tōnankai earthquake Formosa Air Battle to 16 June — Bombing of Yawata begins in Kyoto Prefecture. July to 10 August — Second Battle of Guam begins. June to 9 July — Battle of Saipan begins in the Mariana Islands. Battle of Pearl Ridge 1942Battle of Midway 1942January — Hideki Tōjō warns Australia with the statement: "If you continue resistance, Japanese will destroy you." 1942Guadalcanal campaign 1942Doolittle Raid 1942Bangka Island massacre 1942March — The naval minister Admiral Shigetarō Shimada says that in view of the Allies' "retaliation and hatred", Japan would no longer follow recognized rules of sea warfare. 1942February — Japan demands the surrender of Singapore. 1942January — Japan declares war on the Netherlands. 1943月同盟国イタリアが連合国に降伏。 1943Greater East Asia Conference 1943Battle of Wau 19431943 Tottori earthquake 1943Yokohama incident 1943January to 8 February — Operation Ke, a Japanese naval operation which was intended as the reconnaissance of Pearl Harbor and disruption of repair and salvage operations, takes place following the surprise attack at two years ago. 1945Battle of Iwo Jima 1945Battle of Okinawa 1945August — Surrender of JapanLast Allied bombing of Japan takes place in Odawara and Tsuchizaki.Emperor Hirohito declares Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration following the surrender of Japan at the end of war. 1945月同盟国ドイツが連合国に降伏。 1945Soviet–Japanese War 1945Soviet invasion of Manchuria 1945月連合国がポツダム宣言発表。 1945月3日ソビエト連邦が北方領土占領。 1945月選挙法改正により女性参政権が確立。日本共産党の合法化。 1945Kyūjō incident 1945Bombing of Tokyo 1945Chichijima incident 1945Battle of Shumshu 1945月米軍が沖縄本島に上陸 19451945 Mikawa earthquake 1945Attack on Yokosuka 1945月米軍が慶良間諸島に上陸し、沖縄戦開始。 1945Atomic bombing of Nagasaki 1945Atomic bombing of Hiroshima 1945Battle of Mutanchiang 1945月14日ポツダム宣言受諾。 1945月10日ポツダム宣言受諾の決定。 1945Soviet assault on Maoka 1945미즈호 학살 사건 1945가미시스카 학살 사건 1945Soviet assault on Toro 1945月財閥解体指令。日本社会党結成。 1945February — U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima. 1945March — American Armed Forces win the Battle of Iwo Jima, defeating the last remaining troops led by Tadamichi Kuribayashi. 1945and 9 August — Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during the final period of World War II. 1945March and 24 May — Two Bombings of Tokyo begins. 1945月2日降伏文書調印。 1946January — Just five months after his arrival in Japan, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, General Douglas MacArthur orders the Japanese government to expel all militarists from positions of power. The disbandment of all ultra-nationalist organizations is also demanded. 1946Constitution of Japan 1946May — Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, the predecessor of Sony, is founded. 1946May — In the controversial International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the prosecution began of Japanese military leaders for war crimes. 1946May — Shigeru Yoshida receives Imperial Order to form a cabinet. 1946April — Sazae-san is first published. 1946June — Emperor Hirohito submits a revision of the Imperial Constitution to the National Diet. 1946Japanese economic miracle begins. 1946May — Yoshida's cabinet is announced. 1946March — Kose Cosmetics is founded in Oji region, Tokyo, as predecessor name was Kobayashi Kose Cosmetics. 1946August — Keidanren is established. 1946January — During the New Year's Day, Emperor Shōwa renounces his divinity, known in Japanese as the Human Declaration.	June 6, 1944 – D-Day. Operation Overlord begins. Battle of Monte Cassino Battle of Peleliu Dumbarton Oaks Conference Battle of Saipan Battle of Guam Battle of Tinian Battle of Leyte Battle of Eniwetok G.I. Bill Port Chicago disaster U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelection for a fourth term, becomes the only U.S. president elected four times. Harry S. Truman is elected vice president 1944 Cornwall–Massena earthquake Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands January 20, 1945 – President Roosevelt begins fourth term; Truman becomes the 34th vice president 1942Sugar and gasoline are rationed 1942U.S.-controlled Commonwealth of the Philippines conquered by Japanese forces 1942Battle of Los Angeles 1942Cocoanut Grove fire 1942Battle of Dutch Harbor 1942Japanese American internment, German American Internment, and Italian American Internment begin, per executive order by President Roosevelt; the order also authorizes the seizure of their property. 19421945 – Automobile production in the United States for private consumers halted. 1942Casablanca released 1942Revenue Act of 1942 1943Tehran Conference 1943Allied invasion of Sicily 1943Casablanca Conference 1943Detroit, Michigan race riots 1943Battle of Attu 1943Oklahoma! the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II opens on Broadway 1943Battle of the Pips 1943Cairo Conference 1945Battle of Iwo Jima 1945Battle of Okinawa 1945August 15, 1945 – Surrender of Japan (formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war) 1945United Nations Conference on International Organization 1945August 6 and 9, 1945 – Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie opens in New York 1945Jungholzhausen massacre 19451945 Utah prisoner of war massacre 1945May 8, 1945 – Germany surrenders, end of World War II in Europe 1945due to inflation and working conditions, nationwide labor strikes begin. 19451949 – Nuremberg Trials and Subsequent Nuremberg Trials 1945April 12, 1945 – President Roosevelt dies, Vice President Truman becomes the 33rd US president 1945Carousel opens on Broadway 1946Battle of Athens 19461946 California's 12th congressional district election 1946Benjamin Spock's The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care published 1946United States Atomic Energy Act of 1946 1946Employment Act 1946Philippines regain independence from the U.S. 1946President's Committee on Civil Rights

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945

ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949

JapanShōwa era 1926–1989

United StatesUnited States 1776–

Starting in 1944, Japan started the conscription of Koreans into the armed forces.
징병제, 여자 정신 근로령 제정KO

1942Korean Language Society incident
1942조선 독립 동맹 조직
1943November. The Cairo Declaration between China, the United States, and the United Kingdom announces the intention of the Allies to liberate Korea after World War II, but place it under a trusteeship. This both excites and angers Koreans.
1945Yalta Conference
194517 August. The Seishin Operation is fought between the Soviet Union and Japan, with the Soviets winning.
1945August. Soviet troops begin their first military operation in Korea, and land in Unggi County (later renamed Sonbong-guyok). Chŏng Sangjin is the only ethnic Korean among the Soviet troops there.
1945September. Before both trusteeships are well-established, Lyuh Woon-hyung establishes an independent People's Republic of Korea that incorporates both left- and right-leaning politicians. However, its activities are quickly suppressed and it never gains recognition from either the USSR or US.
1945August. The General Order No. 1, drafted by the United States, specified the division of Korea at the 38th parallel. Stalin did not object to the terms.
1945October. The League of Koreans in Japan is established.
1945July. The Bumingwan bombing incident [ja] occurs at the building Bumingwan in Seoul.
1945(before liberation)
19458월 15일 일제 패망으로 광복, 조선인민공화국 수립, 군정청 설치
1945(after liberation)
1945September. Kim Il Sung returns to the Korean peninsula with the Soviets.
1946January. Cho Man-sik, Kim's main rival for leadership in the North, is removed from office and placed under house arrest by the Soviets.
19461946 South Korean legislative election
1946February. The Provisional People's Committee of North Korea is established, and Kim Il Sung is made its chairman. While it supposedly represents all political groups in the North, it is dominated by the Soviet-backed Communist Party.
19463월 20일 제1차 미소공동위원회 개최
19462월 8일 북조선임시인민위원회 창설
19461월 15일 남조선국방경비대 창설
19466월 3일 이승만이 정읍발언을 함
1946July. North Korea creates its first film: Our Construction.

Ili Rebellion
Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou
Battle of Mount Song
Battle of Hengyang
Battle of Central Henan
豫湘桂會戰。盟軍轟炸機首次從成都起飛轟炸日本本土及日軍佔領區，共1614架次。11月10日汪精卫逝。ZH
May — Battle of Changsha: The Japanese army launched a general offensive against Changsha.

1942Chinese famine of 1942–1943
1942中國遠征軍入緬作戰起，投入兵力總計40萬人，傷亡接近20萬人。5月15日浙赣会战开始，5月28日金华沦陷。
1942January — Battle of Changsha: A Japanese army crossed the Xinqiang River after suffering heavy losses in a failed attempt to conquer Changsha.
1943Cairo Conference
1943Battle of Changde
1943Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
1943August — Lin Sen died. Chiang became acting chairman of the Nationalist government.
19431月9日南京汪精卫政府向英国美國宣戰，日、汪聯合發表《日華共同宣言》、締結《交还租界及撤废治外法权协定书》。中、美、英三盟國在開羅發表對日作戰的開羅宣言。
1945September — Surrender of Japan: Japanese forces in China formally surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek.
1945June — The United Nations Charter establishing the United Nations (UN) was signed at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center by fifty nations including China.
1945August — Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: As many as eighty thousand Japanese, largely civilians, were killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by a United States aircraft.
1945Gegenmiao massacre
1945October — Surrender of Japan: China regains control of Taiwan from Japan and was proclaimed as Retrocession Day. Chen Yi of the Kuomintang was appointed Chief Executive.
1945中共七大召開，毛澤東當選中國共產黨中央委員會主席。苏联武装军事占领滿洲地区。國軍陸軍總司令何應欽將軍代表同盟國在南京市接受日軍投降，抗日戰爭結束。因受降接收问题发生国共冲突，國共和談後簽訂雙十協定。中華民國國民政府根据中蘇友好同盟條約，宣布承認外蒙古獨立，并隨後表示支持蒙古人民共和國加入聯合國。昆明五华山事件。
1945Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China
1946Chinese Civil War
1946Battle of Siping
1946Battle of Kalgan
19461946 Hsinhua earthquake
19461月5日承认外蒙古独立。第二次國共內戰起。詩人聞一多被殺。《中華民國憲法》通過。《中美友好通商航海条约》签订。

Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944 Tōnankai earthquake
Formosa Air Battle
to 16 June — Bombing of Yawata begins in Kyoto Prefecture.
July to 10 August — Second Battle of Guam begins.
June to 9 July — Battle of Saipan begins in the Mariana Islands.
Battle of Pearl Ridge

1942Battle of Midway
1942January — Hideki Tōjō warns Australia with the statement: "If you continue resistance, Japanese will destroy you."
1942Guadalcanal campaign
1942Doolittle Raid
1942Bangka Island massacre
1942March — The naval minister Admiral Shigetarō Shimada says that in view of the Allies' "retaliation and hatred", Japan would no longer follow recognized rules of sea warfare.
1942February — Japan demands the surrender of Singapore.
1942January — Japan declares war on the Netherlands.
1943月同盟国イタリアが連合国に降伏。
1943Greater East Asia Conference
1943Battle of Wau
19431943 Tottori earthquake
1943Yokohama incident
1943January to 8 February — Operation Ke, a Japanese naval operation which was intended as the reconnaissance of Pearl Harbor and disruption of repair and salvage operations, takes place following the surprise attack at two years ago.
1945Battle of Iwo Jima
1945Battle of Okinawa
1945August — Surrender of JapanLast Allied bombing of Japan takes place in Odawara and Tsuchizaki.Emperor Hirohito declares Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration following the surrender of Japan at the end of war.
1945月同盟国ドイツが連合国に降伏。
1945Soviet–Japanese War
1945Soviet invasion of Manchuria
1945月連合国がポツダム宣言発表。
1945月3日ソビエト連邦が北方領土占領。
1945月選挙法改正により女性参政権が確立。日本共産党の合法化。
1945Kyūjō incident
1945Bombing of Tokyo
1945Chichijima incident
1945Battle of Shumshu
1945月米軍が沖縄本島に上陸
19451945 Mikawa earthquake
1945Attack on Yokosuka
1945月米軍が慶良間諸島に上陸し、沖縄戦開始。
1945Atomic bombing of Nagasaki
1945Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
1945Battle of Mutanchiang
1945月14日ポツダム宣言受諾。
1945月10日ポツダム宣言受諾の決定。
1945Soviet assault on Maoka
1945미즈호 학살 사건
1945가미시스카 학살 사건
1945Soviet assault on Toro
1945月財閥解体指令。日本社会党結成。
1945February — U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima.
1945March — American Armed Forces win the Battle of Iwo Jima, defeating the last remaining troops led by Tadamichi Kuribayashi.
1945and 9 August — Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during the final period of World War II.
1945March and 24 May — Two Bombings of Tokyo begins.
1945月2日降伏文書調印。
1946January — Just five months after his arrival in Japan, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, General Douglas MacArthur orders the Japanese government to expel all militarists from positions of power. The disbandment of all ultra-nationalist organizations is also demanded.
1946Constitution of Japan
1946May — Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, the predecessor of Sony, is founded.
1946May — In the controversial International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the prosecution began of Japanese military leaders for war crimes.
1946May — Shigeru Yoshida receives Imperial Order to form a cabinet.
1946April — Sazae-san is first published.
1946June — Emperor Hirohito submits a revision of the Imperial Constitution to the National Diet.
1946Japanese economic miracle begins.
1946May — Yoshida's cabinet is announced.
1946March — Kose Cosmetics is founded in Oji region, Tokyo, as predecessor name was Kobayashi Kose Cosmetics.
1946August — Keidanren is established.
1946January — During the New Year's Day, Emperor Shōwa renounces his divinity, known in Japanese as the Human Declaration.

June 6, 1944 – D-Day. Operation Overlord begins.
Battle of Monte Cassino
Battle of Peleliu
Dumbarton Oaks Conference
Battle of Saipan
Battle of Guam
Battle of Tinian
Battle of Leyte
Battle of Eniwetok
G.I. Bill
Port Chicago disaster
U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelection for a fourth term, becomes the only U.S. president elected four times. Harry S. Truman is elected vice president
1944 Cornwall–Massena earthquake
Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands
January 20, 1945 – President Roosevelt begins fourth term; Truman becomes the 34th vice president

1942Sugar and gasoline are rationed
1942U.S.-controlled Commonwealth of the Philippines conquered by Japanese forces
1942Battle of Los Angeles
1942Cocoanut Grove fire
1942Battle of Dutch Harbor
1942Japanese American internment, German American Internment, and Italian American Internment begin, per executive order by President Roosevelt; the order also authorizes the seizure of their property.
19421945 – Automobile production in the United States for private consumers halted.
1942Casablanca released
1942Revenue Act of 1942
1943Tehran Conference
1943Allied invasion of Sicily
1943Casablanca Conference
1943Detroit, Michigan race riots
1943Battle of Attu
1943Oklahoma! the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II opens on Broadway
1943Battle of the Pips
1943Cairo Conference
1945Battle of Iwo Jima
1945Battle of Okinawa
1945August 15, 1945 – Surrender of Japan (formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war)
1945United Nations Conference on International Organization
1945August 6 and 9, 1945 – Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1945Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie opens in New York
1945Jungholzhausen massacre
19451945 Utah prisoner of war massacre
1945May 8, 1945 – Germany surrenders, end of World War II in Europe
1945due to inflation and working conditions, nationwide labor strikes begin.
19451949 – Nuremberg Trials and Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
1945April 12, 1945 – President Roosevelt dies, Vice President Truman becomes the 33rd US president
1945Carousel opens on Broadway
1946Battle of Athens
19461946 California's 12th congressional district election
1946Benjamin Spock's The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care published
1946United States Atomic Energy Act of 1946
1946Employment Act
1946Philippines regain independence from the U.S.
1946President's Committee on Civil Rights