Korean Volunteer Corps | |
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조선의용대 朝鮮義勇隊 | |
Founder | Kim Won-bong, Choi Chang-ik |
Dates of operation | 1938 to 1941 |
Headquarters | Wuhan |
Size | 7,000 (1939) |
Part of | Korean National Revolutionary Party Korean National Vanguard Alliance |
Allies | Republic of China (1912–1949) |
Opponents | Empire of Japan |
The Korean Volunteer Corps (Korean: 조선의용대), alternatively the Korean Volunteers, Korean Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, or the International Brigade was a militant Korean independence activist army founded in Hankou, Hubei, Republic of China on October 10, 1938.
It operated under the leadership of General Kim Won-bong as the Korean National Revolutionary Party's military organization. It was classified as an organization under the Korean National Vanguard Alliance.[1][2]