해방 직후 일본군의 한반도 점령 실태와 귀환

Abstract

Japanese army invaded the Korean Peninsula after its opening ports and established the colonization of Japanese Imperialism by using miliary power after Korean annexation in 1910. The army to Japanese Imperialism kept and expanded the imperialism as well as established the imperialism. Of course because of this, the unilateral lead and excessive authority of the military acted as main factors of demolition of the entire empire. What is noticeable is that military action of the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula was not limited to the period before liberation. The Japanese army stationed on the Korean Peninsula shortly after liberation on August 15, 1945 controlled the journalism and public opinion and cracked down on directly Koreans' independence movement. Meanwhile, the Japanese force was in charge of practical policing until the American army rolled into the territory. The Korean Establishment Preparation Board organized by Koreans, security guard and etc. conducted their own activities but their roles were considered to be limited. In particular, the Japanese army controlled the security authority on the Korean Peninsula by increasing the number of military police by 6 times in the short-term. They laid the foundation to help their people return to their own country while being stationed on the Korean Peninsula and cracking down on Koreans' independence movement. The Japanese army overwhelmed the armed power of security guard or self-defense forces organized by Korean people, still showing off their power after liberation. The biggest reason why above all the Japanese army continued to occupy the territory was that the army was delegated the authority from the Allied Forces. In particular, American army delegated the authority to keep order in the south of the Korean Peninsula to the Japanese forces before September 8 when the American army landed in Incheon. American army granted the permission to possess weapons to some of Japanese army and to keep security in the regional stationing even after landing in Incheon. In this situation the Japanese army and navy withdrew its troops from the Korean Peninsula safely and smoothly. The Japanese forces recognized this as unprecedented on their own. The returning of Japanese forces ended in late October. When the Japanese forces tried to make their people safely returning to their country with security authority, millions of Koreans forcibly mobilized because of aggressive war were left neglected at the front. The American forces accepted the division with the 38th parallel border as fact without caring about the provisional government fighting against the Japanese army. The situation on the Korean Peninsula liberated from the Japanese imperialism was fluctuated with conflicts and confusion from idealism and ideology. And its harmful effect has continued so far.