8.15 해방에 있어서 소련군의 참전요인과 북한의 인식 변화

Abstract

This article investigates the contribution of the Soviet Army to Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule through it's participation in the anti-Japanese war. It also examines North Korea's changing attitudes toward the liberation of the Korean Peninsula during the 60 year period since its liberation. The Soviet Union's "early" participation in the war resulted from not only Stalin's concern with Japanese surrender to the United States in advance, but also it's observance of the alliance‘s obligations to the participation in the war. It neutralized Japanese resistance along with the U. S. atomic bomb dropping against Japan. The Soviet Army was the only military force battling in the Korean Peninsula, but not 'the only emancipator.' Immediately after liberation, the North Korean leadership fairly recognized role of both the United States and the Soviet Union toward liberation of the Korean Peninsula. But as the division of Korean Peninsula seemed to be apparent, North Korea regarded the Soviet Union as the only power in the liberation of the Korean Peninsula, excluding the alliance's roles. The USSR's contribution to the liberation of Korea in 1945 had been perceived as absolute in North Korean history over 10 years. However "Juche" rapidly reduced the Soviet's influences, while Kim Il Sung's anti-Japanese armed forces occupied existing Soviet status. Although North Korea has not described anti-Japanese guerilla groups as the leading actor of liberation of Korea, their role secures a variety of literature as for the liberation of Korea.