1945-09-02 - 1945-10-25

East Asian surrender and occupation order

Tokyo, Seoul and TaipeiAfter Japan’s surrender, occupation and administrative takeover in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan formed a connected postwar order.

Other events in this phase

Surrender and Occupation13
  1. 38th Parallel occupation line
  2. Soviet troops enter Pyongyang
  3. Soviet presence reaches the 38th Parallel
  4. East Asian surrender and occupation orderCurrent record
  5. MacArthur-Hirohito meeting
  6. U.S. Marines at Tientsin-Tangku
  7. U.S. Marines at Tsingtao
See all 13

Source Trail

Diplomatic HistoryOffice of the Historian · TaiwanOpen sourceOfficial RecordNational Diet Library · Modern Japan in archivesOpen sourceReferenceAcademy of Korean Studies · Encyclopedia of Korean CultureOpen source