Korean Volunteer Corps
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.
| Korean Volunteer Corps | |
|---|---|
| 조선의용대 朝鮮義勇隊 | |
Korean Volunteer Corps (1938) | |
| 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 |
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.
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