[Commentary] After more than two years of protective repairs, recently, the exhibition hall of the former site of the South Korean Restoration Army Headquarters on Zou Rong Road, Jiefangbei, Yuzhong District, Chongqing City was opened to the public.
On August 22, 1910, after Japan and the then Korean dynasty signed the "Japan-Korea Merger Treaty", the Korean peninsula was officially reduced to a Japanese colony. In 1919, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was established in Shanghai. On September 17, 1940, the South Korean Restoration Army Headquarters was established in Chongqing.
[Same period] Yuan Quanmao, a staff member of the former site exhibition hall of the Korean General Recovery Army
The Korean Restoration Army was the army led by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea during World War II, and the South Korean Restoration Army Headquarters was the main military commander of the Korea Restoration Army. The former site of the General Command of the Korean Restoration Army where we are now is the location of this institution.
[Commentary] The site of the Korean General Command of the Korean Restoration Army began protective restoration in March 2018, and the restoration has now been completed and the exhibition has been completed. The exhibition hall is divided into four parts. The first part is the Korean Peninsula independence movement and early military activities in China. The second part is the founding process of the Korean Restoration Army in Chongqing. The third part is the Korean Anti-Japanese War in Chongqing. The fourth part is the Korean Recovery Army under the leadership of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
The exhibition hall displayed relevant documents, congratulations, and news reports of the establishment of the Guangfu Army, guns, radio stations, telegraphs, hand-cranked field generators, telescopes, water bottles, and the restoration of the office scene of the headquarters. The Guangfu Army withdrew from Chongqing. Relevant documents, signatures of important officials, and video materials related to the independence movement of the Korean peninsula, etc., more completely show the establishment, compilation, activities, and return of the Korean Recovery Army in China.
[Same period] Yuan Quanmao, a staff member of the former site exhibition hall of the Korean General Recovery Army
This copybook is of great significance in the history of the Korean Recovery Army. On September 17, 1940, the inauguration ceremony of the South Korean Restoration Army Headquarters was held in Jialing Hotel, Chongqing. On the day of its establishment, many important people came to congratulate, such as Zhou Enlai, Dong Biwu, Feng Yuxiang, Sun Ke, Shen Junru, etc., which also witnessed the national friendship between the people of China and South Korea.
[Commentary] On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, the world's anti-fascist war achieved a comprehensive victory, and the South Korean Restoration Army officers and soldiers successively returned to the Korean Peninsula. The Korean Restoration Army and the Chinese army carried out the anti-Japanese struggle side by side, and made important contributions to the victory of the world anti-fascist war.
Reporter Xiao Jiangchuan from Chongqing
Editor in charge: [Tang Weijie]