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Effects of WW2 on Korea, Resistence - Coggle Diagram
Effects of WW2 on Korea
Forced Labourers
Japan was under pressure during the war, this meant increased hardship for Koreans and intense propaganda to secure loyalty
Korea experienced "total war" policies as everything was being mobilised for war (economy and population)
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70,000 Korean males died as manual labourers in Japan or as 'volunteers' in the Imperial Army.
These Koreans were forced to work in coal mines, military plants and mutation factories. They suffered terrible conditions and thousands died from this (as well as in the Allied bombing.)
Comfort women
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Expanded after the Rape of Nanking to prevent further atrocities (damage to Japan's reputation), STDs, and to ensure a constant supply for soliders
'Recruiting' involved coercion and kidnapping: convinced to travel, purchased as 'indentured servants'
Came from all over SEA, mostly Chinese/Korean
Conditions were awful: repeated rapes, abuse, and disease
Continued after the war ended by the US; women were forced to have sex with American soldiers until the brothels were finally shut down in 1946
Between 20,000 and 410,000 women affected
Documents were destroyed by Japanese officials, and the victims were shunned
1980s: Survivors began sharing their stories and demanding apologies/reparations from the Japanese government
1993: Atrocities finally acknowledged by the government, but the issue is still controversial
Culture
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Very harsh punishment: imprisonment, execution etc
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Resistence
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1940: Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea organised the Korean Liberation Army in Chongqing, intergrating scattered volunteer armies and militants in Manchuria. The PGK declared war against Jaman and dispatched troops to the front lines
Some young Korean men got special training from a US military unit to better equip themselves to attack Japanese forces.
This plan was called "Eagle Project" and would of involved Korean soldiers infiltrating Japanese bases in Korea. BUT it never got past the planning phase as Japanese surrendered
August 15, 1945: Koreans finally received liberation following Japanese surrender, US/Soviet troops deployed to the North and South to disarm remaining Japanese forces