August 15, 2021, the significant day marked the 76th anniversary when the Korean people were liberated from the Japanese colonial rule.
Liberation of Korea was a brilliant fruition born by President
Bequeathed by his father two pistols as a legacy, the President put forward at the first period of embarking on the road of anti-Japanese revolution the original idea of giving priority to arms that the revolution should be made by force of arms.
Revolution is started, advanced and is completed by force of arms. With its position and role, arms is the best mean in the revolutionary struggle, and historic cause of national liberation can be ac
Putting forward the idea of giving priority to arms, the President formulated that the revolutionary army was the leading force which would directly perform the anti-Japanese national liberation struggle, and energetically led the struggle to form the revolutionary armed forces, thus founding the Anti-Japanese People’s Guerrilla Army on April 25, 1932.
The President saw that the Anti-Japanese People’s Guerrilla Army was not only prepared politically and militarily but strengthened and developed into the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army (KPRA) as required by the developing revolution, so that it could play a leading and core role in the sacred war to liberate the country.
Under the leadership of the President, the KPRA unfolded active political and military activities to make the whole country turn out in the fierce struggle against Japanese imperialists.
The Korean people put an end to the Japanese imperialists’ colonial rule and greeted the long-cherished day of national liberation on August 15, 1945.