<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Canadian Forces were involved in the 1950--1953 Korean War and its aftermath . 26,000 Canadians participated on the side of the United Nations, and Canada sent eight destroyers . Canadian aircraft provided transport, supply and logistics . 516 Canadians died, 312 of which were from combat . After the war, Canadian troops remained for three years as military observers . </P> <P> Japan's defeat in World War II brought an end to 35 years of Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula . The surrender of Japan to the Allied forces on 2 September 1945 led to the peninsula being divided into North and South Koreas, with the North occupied by troops from the Soviet Union, and the South, below the 38th parallel, occupied by troops from the United States . </P>

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