Great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung who led the Fatherland Liberation War to victory
July 27, 2026 marks the 73rd anniversary of victory the Korean people achieved in the Fatherland Liberation War (June 25, 1950-July 27, 1953) by repulsing the armed invasion by the imperialist allied forces headed by the United States.
The then two-year-old Democratic People’s Republic of Korea defeated the United States, which had been boastingof being the “strongest” in the world, and its satellite forces, in the three-year war. It was a miracle unprecedented in history.
The victory in the war was the fruition of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung’s Juche-oriented military ideas, brilliant strategies and tactics and unexcelled leadership, as well as the will to defeat the enemy, unparalleled bravery and mass heroism displayed by the Korean people, who were firmly rallied around him.
Regarding the great spiritual strength of the masses as a decisive factor in achieving victory in the war, Supreme Commander Kim Il Sung put forward the slogan Everything for Victory in the War! and aroused all the people and soldiers for the sacred struggle for defending their motherland.
He created unique strategies, tactics and art of war, including immediate and decisive counterattack against the enemy’s surprise armed invasion, formation of the second front by regular army units, powerful general counteroffensive, positive positional defence, night action, tunnel warfare, aircraft- and tank-hunting team movements and snipers’ team activity, paralyzing the enemy’s numerical and technical superiority.
He also met the soldiers of the Korean People’s Army and other people, instilling confidence, courage and wisdom in them. His affection and trust served as a source of strength for them in performing heroic feats and achieving victory in the war.
Thus he not only defended the prestige, honour and sovereignty of his country and its independent development environment but also firmly safeguarded the peace of humankind by checking and crushing the US strategy for world domination and preventing another world war. His exploits will shine generation after generation.
Comrade Kim Il Sung delivers a radio address to all the Korean people, titled, “Go
All Out for Victory in the War”, in June 1950.
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives a new operational task in February 1951.
Comrade Kim Il Sung visits the front and gives instructions on strengthening
coastal defence in April 1951.
Comrade Kim Il Sung talks with the Korean People’s Army soldiers in April 1951.
Comrade Kim Il Sung talks with the Heroes of the DPRK and model soldiers in
June 1951.
Comrade Kim Il Sung meets KPA soldiers in June 1951.
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives on-site guidance at the place of digging a tunnel in
October 1951.
Comrade Kim Il Sung signs in December 1951 a document on sending sailors
abroad for study.
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives in December 1951 important instructions on
consolidating the naval forces.
Comrade Kim Il Sung poses for a photograph with war heroes in January 1952.
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives instructions on intensifying combat training in June
1952.
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives important instructions at a reconnaissance sub-unit in
June 1952.
Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il acquaint themselves with the newly-
introduced aircraft in June 1952.
Comrade Kim Il Sung gives on-site guidance at Kang Kon Military Academy in
June 1952.
Comrade Kim Il Sung ratifies in July 1953 the armistice document after going
over it.
Comrade Kim Il Sung delivers a speech at the Pyongyang mass rally held in
celebration of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War in July 1953.
Comrade Kim Il Sung reviews victory in the Fatherland Liberation War at the
Conference of Military and Political Cadres of Combined Units and Higher Echelons of
the KPA in August 1953.
Comrade Kim Il Sung with the Heroes of the DPRK in August 1953
Young people volunteer for the front true to Comrade Kim Il Sung’s radio
address.
Rally of students of Kim Il Sung University for volunteering to fight on the front
KPA soldiers switch over to an immediate counterattack after frustrating the
enemy’s attack.
KPA soldiers wage the battle for liberating Seoul.
KPA soldiers liberate Seoul on the third day after the outbreak of the war.
A mechanized unit of the KPA enters the city of Taejon.
KPA soldiers cross the Raktong River.
People’s guerrilla unit members hold a discussion with KPA officers about a joint
operation.
KPA soldiers pledge to defend a height of the country.
A storming party assaults an enemy pillbox.
KPA soldiers defend Height 1211 death-defyingly.
KPA soldiers fight a naval battle.
The 2nd Torpedo Boat Group of the KPA’s Navy sinks a heavy cruiser of the
enemy with four torpedo boats.
KPA pilots make a sortie.
Artillerymen shower shells on the enemy from a tunnel.
Aircraft hunters shoot down enemy aircraft.
Tank hunters bury anti-tank mines.
Snipers share their experiences.
KPA soldiers, full of confidence in victory, hold a recreation party on the front.
Workers step up shell production.
People carry ammunition to the KPA soldiers.
People prepare grains to be sent to the front.
One of the posters that contributed to victory in the war
Free medical care system enforced in the trying days of the war
Students engage in studying even in the grim circumstances of the war.
Teaching staff and students of the then Kim Chaek College of Technology
welcome soldiers on their return to the college from the front.
KPA soldiers celebrate victory in the war.
The US imperialists defeated in the war
Armistice Agreement signing ceremony held at Panmunjom on July 27, 1953
Heroic officers and soldiers of the KPA pass through the square of victors in fine
array.
