Allied withdrawals after World War II
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Was a series of withdrawals from territories occupied by the Allies during World War II in the aftermath of the war.
Chronology
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April 1946: Soviet forces leave the island of Bornholm on 5 April 1946. The island was occupied since May 1945.
October 1955: Kwantung returned to China.
January 1956: Although the Soviet lease for Porkkala had been conceded for 50 years, an agreement was reached to return it earlier. The agreement was signed on September 19, 1955, exactly 11 years after the armistice, and control of the area was handed back to Finland on January 26, 1956.
Was the occupation and subsequent partition of Japanese-held Korea by the USSR and the USA.
September 1945: US Lieutenant General John R. Hodge arrived in Incheon to accept the Japanese surrender south of the 38th Parallel.
August 1945: USSR declares war on Japan on 8 August. Some days after the declaration, Soviet troops move into Korea.
The two occupation zones of Korea, by the USSR and the USA, became independent countries.
February 1947: Establishment of the People's Committee of North Korea in Northern Korea up to the 38th Parallel.
September 1948: Foundation of the DPRK.
August 1948: The Republic of Korea (South Korea) was established.
Was the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Japan, which was militarly occupied at the end of World War II.
April 1952: Operation Blacklist was the codename for the military occupation of Japan by the USA following World War II. The San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed by historical figures such as Mamoru Shigemitsu and John Foster Dulles, officially ended the occupation on April 28, 1952.
June 1971: Okinawa was under US authority until the Okinawa Reversion Agreement.
June 1968: Ogasawara Islands (Bonin and Volcano Islands) and Minamitorishima (Marcus Island) were given to Japan as part of Tokyo prefecture.
May 1972: The United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands ended in 1972 and the islands were handed over ot Japan.
April 1952: Operation Blacklist was the codename for the Allied occupation of Japan following World War II. The San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed by 48 countries including Japan, officially ended the occupation on April 28, 1952.
Selected Sources
Flemming, Thomas / Steinhage, Axel / Strunk, Peter (1995): Chronik 1946: Tag für Tag in Wort und Bild, Chronik-Verlag/Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag,p. 60
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.551
