The major powers struggle over the Korean peninsula

Dr. Ibrahim Omar Othman Al-Taher / Hantoub College – University of Gezira

Muhammad Taima Obaid / PhD student / student of Hantoub College – University of Gezira.

Email:m.alkazee@yahoo.com

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ABSTRACT:

Japan’s accession to the Axis Powers and the outbreak of World War II، the allies’ determination to defeat them and extract their colonies، including Korea، where the information was lost. The allies relied on the Korean political opposition forces in Siberia and Shanghai to find out the internal situation in Korea and ensure that the Koreans wanted independence. As the United States opposed granting them direct independence on the grounds that they did not have the necessary expertise to run the affairs of Korea after the end of the Japanese occupation.

The Chinese government’s report to the US Embassy in Beijing on March 19، 1943، in which the opposition split the Korean policy and its inability to unify its political efforts and contradicted its intellectual group. The Chinese government expressed its fear that the Soviet Union would exploit the Korean opponents in Siberia to form military teams، In response، Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek called on US President Franklin Roosevelt on April 30، 1943، to recognize the government of Shanghai as a government of Korea، to block the Soviet Union from establishing .

Keywords: Korean Peninsula, Korea, China, Japan.

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