 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 9 August 1945, sezvakabvumiranwa neVasonganiri paMusangano weYalta, Soviet Union yakazivisa hondo kuJapanndokupfuurira kupinda muKorea. Hurumende yeU.S. yakakumbira kuti kufambira mberi kweSoviet kumire pa38th parallel. Mauto eU.S. aifanira kutora nharaunda iri kumaodzanyemba kwe38th parallel, kubatanidza dzimbahwe, Seoul. Uku kukamurwa kweKorea kuita nzvimbo mbiri dzokutora kwakabatanidzwa muGeneral Order No. 1 iyo yakapiwa kumasimba eJapan mushure mekuzvipira kweJapan musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu. Musi wa24 August, Red Army yakapinda muPyongyang ndokutanga hurumende yechiuto pamusoro peKorea kuchamhembe kweparera. Mauto eAmerica akasvika kumaodzanyemba musi wa8 Gunyana uye akatanga Hurumende yeMasoja eU.S. muKorea. 