1945

1945 — Korea: Yalta Conference / China: September — Surrender of Japan: Japanese forces in China formally surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek / Japan: Battle of Iwo Jima / United States: Battle of Iwo Jima

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Korea	ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949	JapanShōwa era 1926–1989	United StatesUnited States 1776–
Yalta Conference 17 August. The Seishin Operation is fought between the Soviet Union and Japan, with the Soviets winning. August. 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. September. 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. August. 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. October. The League of Koreans in Japan is established. July. The Bumingwan bombing incident [ja] occurs at the building Bumingwan in Seoul. (before liberation) 8월 15일 일제 패망으로 광복, 조선인민공화국 수립, 군정청 설치KO (after liberation) September. Kim Il Sung returns to the Korean peninsula with the Soviets. 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. 1944Starting in 1944, Japan started the conscription of Koreans into the armed forces. 1944징병제, 여자 정신 근로령 제정 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. 1947November. The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 112, which creates the United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea. The Soviets dispute the authority of the commission and ignore it. 1947July. Lyuh Woon-hyung, whom some Americans had been eyeing as a more moderate alternative candidate for leadership in the South, is assassinated by a member of the far-right terrorist group the White Shirts Society. 19472월 북조선인민위원회 창설 19475월 21일 제2차 미소공동위원회 개최	September — Surrender of Japan: Japanese forces in China formally surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek. June — 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. August — 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. Gegenmiao massacre October — 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. 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。ZH Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China 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。 1944Ili Rebellion 1944Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou 1944Battle of Mount Song 1944Battle of Hengyang 1944Battle of Central Henan 1944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。 1944May — Battle of Changsha: The Japanese army launched a general offensive against Changsha. 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。 1947Constitution of the Republic of China 1947Zhengtai Campaign 1947February — February 28 Incident: Nationalist forces violently suppressed an anti-government protest in Taiwan Province. 1947《中華民國憲法》公布，正式施行憲政。国民革命军实行軍隊國家化，改称中華民國國軍。北塔山事件。鲁南战役。中华民国国军攻入延安。臺灣發生二二八事件。	Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Okinawa August — 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. 月同盟国ドイツが連合国に降伏。JA Soviet–Japanese War Soviet invasion of Manchuria 月連合国がポツダム宣言発表。月3日ソビエト連邦が北方領土占領。JA 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。JA Kyūjō incident Bombing of Tokyo Chichijima incident Battle of Shumshu 月米軍が沖縄本島に上陸JA 1945 Mikawa earthquake Attack on Yokosuka 月米軍が慶良間諸島に上陸し、沖縄戦開始。JA Atomic bombing of Nagasaki Atomic bombing of Hiroshima Battle of Mutanchiang 月14日ポツダム宣言受諾。月10日ポツダム宣言受諾の決定。 Soviet assault on Maoka 미즈호 학살 사건 가미시스카 학살 사건 Soviet assault on Toro 月財閥解体指令。日本社会党結成。JA February — U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima. March — American Armed Forces win the Battle of Iwo Jima, defeating the last remaining troops led by Tadamichi Kuribayashi. and 9 August — Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during the final period of World War II. March and 24 May — Two Bombings of Tokyo begins. 月2日降伏文書調印。JA 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. 1944Battle of the Philippine Sea 19441944 Tōnankai earthquake 1944Formosa Air Battle 1944to 16 June — Bombing of Yawata begins in Kyoto Prefecture. 1944July to 10 August — Second Battle of Guam begins. 1944June to 9 July — Battle of Saipan begins in the Mariana Islands. 1944Battle of Pearl Ridge 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. 1946November — Constitution of Japan is promulgated. 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. 1947August — Supreme Court of Japan is established. 1947May — The Constitution of Japan goes into the effect. This country will start the transition from the Empire of Japan to the State of Japan (Nihon Koku, 日本国) with a Liberal Democracy. The Article 9 turned Japan into a pacifist country without a military, known as East Asia or Asia-Pacific country. 1947March — Sekisui Chemical is founded.	Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Okinawa August 15, 1945 – Surrender of Japan (formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war) United Nations Conference on International Organization August 6 and 9, 1945 – Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie opens in New York Jungholzhausen massacre 1945 Utah prisoner of war massacre May 8, 1945 – Germany surrenders, end of World War II in Europe due to inflation and working conditions, nationwide labor strikes begin. 1949 – Nuremberg Trials and Subsequent Nuremberg Trials April 12, 1945 – President Roosevelt dies, Vice President Truman becomes the 33rd US president Carousel opens on Broadway 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 1944June 6, 1944 – D-Day. Operation Overlord begins. 1944Battle of Monte Cassino 1944Battle of Peleliu 1944Dumbarton Oaks Conference 1944Battle of Saipan 1944Battle of Guam 1944Battle of Tinian 1944Battle of Leyte 1944Battle of Eniwetok 1944G.I. Bill 1944Port Chicago disaster 1944U.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 19441944 Cornwall–Massena earthquake 1944Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands 1944January 20, 1945 – President Roosevelt begins fourth term; Truman becomes the 34th vice president 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 1947General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947Marshall Plan drafted 1947National Security Act of 1947 1947Truman Doctrine establishes "the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures" 1947Jackson Pollock begins painting his most famous series of paintings called the drip paintings in Easthampton, New York 1947First broadcast of Meet the Press 1947Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in baseball 1947Presidential Succession Act 1947Studebaker becomes the first automobile manufacturer to introduce a "post-war" model; most automakers wait until 1948 or 1949 1947World Series is broadcast live on television for the first time 1947Taft Hartley Act 1947Polaroid camera invented 1947U.F.O. crash at Roswell, New Mexico

Korea

ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949

JapanShōwa era 1926–1989

United StatesUnited States 1776–

Yalta Conference
17 August. The Seishin Operation is fought between the Soviet Union and Japan, with the Soviets winning.
August. 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.
September. 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.
August. 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.
October. The League of Koreans in Japan is established.
July. The Bumingwan bombing incident [ja] occurs at the building Bumingwan in Seoul.
(before liberation)
8월 15일 일제 패망으로 광복, 조선인민공화국 수립, 군정청 설치KO
(after liberation)
September. Kim Il Sung returns to the Korean peninsula with the Soviets.

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.
1944Starting in 1944, Japan started the conscription of Koreans into the armed forces.
1944징병제, 여자 정신 근로령 제정
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.
1947November. The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 112, which creates the United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea. The Soviets dispute the authority of the commission and ignore it.
1947July. Lyuh Woon-hyung, whom some Americans had been eyeing as a more moderate alternative candidate for leadership in the South, is assassinated by a member of the far-right terrorist group the White Shirts Society.
19472월 북조선인민위원회 창설
19475월 21일 제2차 미소공동위원회 개최

September — Surrender of Japan: Japanese forces in China formally surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek.
June — 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.
August — 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.
Gegenmiao massacre
October — 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.
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。ZH
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China

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。
1944Ili Rebellion
1944Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou
1944Battle of Mount Song
1944Battle of Hengyang
1944Battle of Central Henan
1944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。
1944May — Battle of Changsha: The Japanese army launched a general offensive against Changsha.
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。
1947Constitution of the Republic of China
1947Zhengtai Campaign
1947February — February 28 Incident: Nationalist forces violently suppressed an anti-government protest in Taiwan Province.
1947《中華民國憲法》公布，正式施行憲政。国民革命军实行軍隊國家化，改称中華民國國軍。北塔山事件。鲁南战役。中华民国国军攻入延安。臺灣發生二二八事件。

Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
August — 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.
月同盟国ドイツが連合国に降伏。JA
Soviet–Japanese War
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
月連合国がポツダム宣言発表。
月3日ソビエト連邦が北方領土占領。JA
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。JA
Kyūjō incident
Bombing of Tokyo
Chichijima incident
Battle of Shumshu
月米軍が沖縄本島に上陸JA
1945 Mikawa earthquake
Attack on Yokosuka
月米軍が慶良間諸島に上陸し、沖縄戦開始。JA
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Battle of Mutanchiang
月14日ポツダム宣言受諾。
月10日ポツダム宣言受諾の決定。
Soviet assault on Maoka
미즈호 학살 사건
가미시스카 학살 사건
Soviet assault on Toro
月財閥解体指令。日本社会党結成。JA
February — U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima.
March — American Armed Forces win the Battle of Iwo Jima, defeating the last remaining troops led by Tadamichi Kuribayashi.
and 9 August — Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during the final period of World War II.
March and 24 May — Two Bombings of Tokyo begins.
月2日降伏文書調印。JA

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.
1944Battle of the Philippine Sea
19441944 Tōnankai earthquake
1944Formosa Air Battle
1944to 16 June — Bombing of Yawata begins in Kyoto Prefecture.
1944July to 10 August — Second Battle of Guam begins.
1944June to 9 July — Battle of Saipan begins in the Mariana Islands.
1944Battle of Pearl Ridge
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.
1946November — Constitution of Japan is promulgated.
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.
1947August — Supreme Court of Japan is established.
1947May — The Constitution of Japan goes into the effect. This country will start the transition from the Empire of Japan to the State of Japan (Nihon Koku, 日本国) with a Liberal Democracy. The Article 9 turned Japan into a pacifist country without a military, known as East Asia or Asia-Pacific country.
1947March — Sekisui Chemical is founded.

Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
August 15, 1945 – Surrender of Japan (formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war)
United Nations Conference on International Organization
August 6 and 9, 1945 – Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie opens in New York
Jungholzhausen massacre
1945 Utah prisoner of war massacre
May 8, 1945 – Germany surrenders, end of World War II in Europe
due to inflation and working conditions, nationwide labor strikes begin.
1949 – Nuremberg Trials and Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
April 12, 1945 – President Roosevelt dies, Vice President Truman becomes the 33rd US president
Carousel opens on Broadway

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
1944June 6, 1944 – D-Day. Operation Overlord begins.
1944Battle of Monte Cassino
1944Battle of Peleliu
1944Dumbarton Oaks Conference
1944Battle of Saipan
1944Battle of Guam
1944Battle of Tinian
1944Battle of Leyte
1944Battle of Eniwetok
1944G.I. Bill
1944Port Chicago disaster
1944U.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
19441944 Cornwall–Massena earthquake
1944Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands
1944January 20, 1945 – President Roosevelt begins fourth term; Truman becomes the 34th vice president
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
1947General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1947Marshall Plan drafted
1947National Security Act of 1947
1947Truman Doctrine establishes "the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures"
1947Jackson Pollock begins painting his most famous series of paintings called the drip paintings in Easthampton, New York
1947First broadcast of Meet the Press
1947Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in baseball
1947Presidential Succession Act
1947Studebaker becomes the first automobile manufacturer to introduce a "post-war" model; most automakers wait until 1948 or 1949
1947World Series is broadcast live on television for the first time
1947Taft Hartley Act
1947Polaroid camera invented
1947U.F.O. crash at Roswell, New Mexico