1944-04-01

Conscription implemented in Korea

Korea-wideKorea · Japan implemented conscription in colonial Korea to expand wartime manpower mobilization.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Battle of Changde
  2. Greater East Asia Conference
  3. Korea clause in the Cairo Declaration
  4. Conscription implemented in KoreaCurrent record
  5. Operation Ichi-Go: Henan phase
  6. Operation Ichi-Go
  7. Defense of Hengyang
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Context

Korean conscription marks the direct incorporation of colonial Korean society into wartime military mobilization.

Sources and media

Korean History Database and JACAR colonial-administration records are linked.

Media

Imperial Army Special Volunteer SystemVisual recordImperial Army Special Volunteer SystemA visual record of colonial military mobilization and imperialization policy under total war.

Source Trail

Archive국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스Open sourcePrimary SourceJACAR · Japan Center for Asian Historical RecordsOpen source