Korea fell under the protectorate of Japan early in the 20th century and was annexed by it in 1910. At the Yalta Conference in February of 1945, Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that after the defeat of Germany, the USSR would enter the war against Japan. In April, the USSR denounced the neutrality treaty with Japan, and since May, was realizing a transfer of troops to the Far East.
On August 9, 1945, Soviet troops began the Manchurian offensive operation; fierce battles were fought in all directions. As a result of military operations, the Japanese Kwantung Army was completely defeated. Soviet troops attached to Russia the southern part of the Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, and liberated certain territories of Korea and Northeast China.
August 15 is the annual celebration of the Korea Liberation Day, or, as the residents of the Korean Peninsula themselves name it, the Rebirth of the Fatherland holiday.
On September 2, 1945, the Japanese government signed an act of surrender, accepting all the requirements of the Potsdam Declaration. Japan's surrender marked the end of World War II.
The postage stamp provides images of the Liberation Monument in Pyongyang dedicated to Soviet soldiers and officers killed in action on the Korean Peninsula in August of 1945, and the national flags of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation.
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