Backgound to Korean War Pre WW2

Question 1

1905

Answer 1

Japan-Korea Treaty
Korea forced to become a protectorate of Imperial Japan
They were threatened by military invasion

Question 2

29th August 1910

Answer 2

Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910 started the annexation (invasion) of the Korean Empire by Imperial Japan

Question 3

What did Korea do about the 1910 Japan-Korea Treaty?

Answer 3

King Gojong of Korea refused to sign the treaty

Now Korea legally had to do as Japan orders

Question 4

1932

Answer 4

Korean independence activist Lee Bong Chang fails in his attempt to assassinate Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo

Question 5

1941

Answer 5

Japanese and the allies (USA GB etc) go to war

Now Korean troops were used against Americans and her allies

Question 6

1944

Answer 6

Starting in 1944, Japan started the conscription of Koreans into the armed forces

Question 7

From 1944, how many Korean men were inducted into the army?

Answer 7

200,000