On the Occasion of the 80th Anniversary of Korea’s Liberation
Exploits for Country’s Liberation That Will Shine Down through All Ages
August 15 this year marks the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from the Japanese imperialists’ colonial rule (1905-1945).
To look back, the liberation under the guidance of the great leader Comrade
1. Start of Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Struggle
(1925―1931)
- Down-with-Imperialism Union－First Vanguard Organization of Korean Revolution
- Kalun Meeting
- Society for Rallying Comrades－First Party Organization
- Korean Revolutionary Army
Monument to the Phophyong Revolutionary Site
Phophyong Ferry
Dormitory and its interior in Hwasong Uisuk School where
House where the Down-with-Imperialism Union members held secret reading sessions under
Yaowang Shrine in Beishan Park where the Young Communist League members in Jilin used to hold meetings under the guidance of
Jilin prison where
Jiajiatun village where the historic Kalun Meeting was held to advance the Juche-oriented line of the Korean revolution and the first party organization was formed
Turu Hill in Onsong County where
Publications on the advance of an armed group of the Korean Revolutionary Army into the homeland
2. Launch of Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle
(December 1931-February 1936)
- Winter Mingyuegou Meeting
- Founding of AJPGA
- All-People Defence System in Guerrilla Zones
- For Expanding Armed Struggle to Korea
- Reorganization of AJPGA into KPRA
- First Expedition to Northern Manchuria
- Declaring Juche-Oriented Standpoint of the Korean Revolution
- Second Expedition to Northern Manchuria
Materials on the founding of the AJPGA
The street in front of Songjiang where the AJPGA paraded on May Day and the red flag carried by the army
A distribution chart of guerrilla bases in the area along the Tuman River (1932－1935)
Dunhua county town where the AJPGA, together with a Chinese nationalist anti-Japanese unit, made an assault on the enemy
Japanese troops defeated during a “punitive” operation against a guerrilla base
The rooftop of a building on which a machine gun was fixed during the battle of Dongning county town and the street of the town
The place of Yaoyinggou Meeting
Soldiers of the KPRA
The site of Laoheishan battle and weapons captured from the enemy
3. Fresh Upsurge in Anti-Japanese National Liberation Struggle
(February 1936-August 1940)
- Nanhutou Meeting－a Watershed in the Korean Revolution in the 1930s
- Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland
- Battle of Pochonbo
- Arduous March
- Thrust into Musan Area
- Large-Unit Circling Operations
The place of Nanhutou Meeting
Ten-Point Programme of the Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland (left) and its Rules (right), and the first issue of Samil Wolgan, the organ of the ARF (below)
KPRA soldiers before going to fight
Monument to the Victorious Battle of Pochonbo
Old town of Pochonbo and the fort at the police substation
Publications on the defeats of the Japanese imperialists in the battles of Pochonbo and Jiansanfeng
The place of Nanpaizi Meeting
Monument to the Victorious Battles in the Musan Area
Slogans written by Kim Jong Suk on barked trees
Publications on the victorious battles in the Musan area led by
4. For Final Victory in the Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Struggle
(August 1940-August 1945)
- Xiaohaerbaling Meeting
- International Allied Forces
- Preparations for All-People Resistance
- Final Offensive to Liberate Korea
The tent in which
A slogan-bearing tree dealing with the three-point line for Korea’s liberation advanced by
KPRA soldiers making preparations for action
KPRA soldiers scouting Pyongyang airport
KPRA soldiers during a combat drill
The sites where final assaults were made to liberate the country
A torn Japanese flag and the vanquished Japanese imperialist aggressors
The Korean people are full of delight at their country’s liberation
The Korean people are full of delight at their country’s liberation
Monument inscribed with a paragraph of
Arch of Triumph
Anecdotes
- A Cup of Parched-Rice Flour
- Separation Tactics
- Rose to Heaven or Descended into the Earth?
- A Mysterious Battle
- Mysterious Notice
- Thrilling Victory
- Far-Sightedness
- A Rat Caught in Its Trap
- A Fifteen-Minute Battle
- March in Broad Daylight
Music
- Song of the Red Flag
- Revolutionary Song
- Song of Anti-Japanese War
- Nostalgia
- Song of People’s Power
- Song of General Mobilization
- Song of the Sea of Blood
- Guerrilla March
- Song of the Revolutionary Army
- Where Are We Now?
