Liberation: August 15, 1945

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1945-1953

• Liberation August 15, 1945
• Occupation 1945-1948
• Division Establishment of Separate Governments,
  1948-50
• Korean War 1950-1953

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Scenes of liberation jubilation
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Occupation Commanders
General Hodge (left), commander of the American
occupation, and General Shtikov (right), head of
the Soviet delegation to the Joint Commission
talks.
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Korean leaders, north and south
Syngman Rhee and Kim Ku (left),
rightist-nationalists in the South, and Kim Il
Sung and Pak Hôn-yông, communist leaders in the
North, in photos dating from the 1945-50 period.
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Ceremony establishing the Republic of Korea
(South Korea), 1948, headquartered in the former
home of the colonial Government General
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Flight of Korean War refugees southward
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UN forces recapture Seoul and advance into
Pyongyang
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Wartime measures a makeshift bridge over the Han
River, Seoul
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The Town of Chôrwôn, near the DMZ
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Kanghwa Island, next to the NK border
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