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Japan Declares Korea Protectorate
Japan declares a protectorate over Korea. -
Japan Annexes Korea
Japan formally annexes Korea as a colony. Japanese investments begin to flow into the new colony, turning it into a source of industrial and agricultural wealth for Japan. -
Outcome of World War I
As an outcome of World War I, the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes is formed. Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina had been part of the fallen Austro-Hungarian empire; Serbia and Montenegro existed as an independent state (Macedonia was then part of Serbia) -
Monarchy's name is changed to Yugoslavia.
The monarchy's name is changed to Yugoslavia. -
Victorious resistance army,
Victorious resistance army, Yugoslav Partisans form Socialist Yugoslavia, a communist union of several nations. -
V-J Day
Japan surrenders to the Allies, officially ending World War II. -
38th Parallel
Soviet forces complete their occupation of northern Korea, halting their southward advance through the country exactly at the 38th parallel, as agreed at the Potsdam Conference. The Soviets will wait patently for several weeks as the Americans hastily organize their own occupation of southern Korea. -
Iron Curtain Speech
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at a college graduation in Fulton, Missouri: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and -
Truman Doctrine
In a speech later remembered as the "Truman Doctrine," President Harry S. Truman pledges American assistance to any nation in the world threatened by Communism, officially establishing the worldwide containment of Communism as a vital American national security interest. -
Tito–Stalin split
Tito–Stalin split leads to Yugoslavia breaking away from Moscow influence.