The Korean People's
Army is known and admired across the world. It has won many victories in its
acute confrontation with the United States. The Korean people’s army has firmly
defended socialism and the building of a great, prosperous and powerful nation,
since the founding of the DPRK.
The Korean people’s army was founded
originally as the Anti Japanese Peoples Guerrilla Army, in 1932, by the great
leader comrade Kim Il Sung and it developed into the Korean People's
Revolutionary Army. Kim II Sung was the founder of the Korean people’s army and was its
legendary commander. Kim Il Sung advanced Juche-oriented military ideas,
thereby smashing bourgeois military theories, which centre on weaponry. Kim Il
Sung’s military ideas are centred on soldiers. He put forward the idea that the
masses of soldiers are the most powerful beings. He stressed that soldiers are
the decisive factor for victory in war, and that they can emerge victorious
against any formidable enemy if they fight with confidence in their strength.
By drawing on these ideas, he defeated the one-million-strong Japanese army
through a 15-year-long armed struggle and achieved the historic cause of
national liberation on August 15, 1945.
The next
military conflict the Korean people’s army fought in was the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War. On the 25th June 1950, in the early hours of the morning, South
Korean puppet troops invaded the DPRK. Within three days of the outbreak
of war, the People's Army of North Korea had driven back the South Korean
invaders and liberated Seoul. The speed
of the Korean people’s army’s advance is unparalleled in military history and
shows that the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung was a gifted military
strategist. The Korean War would drag on until the 27 July 1953, where the US
was forced to sign the armistice agreement. The United States was forced to
accept that it could not defeat socialist Korea, despite its threats of nuclear
war and the use of biological weapons, the Korean people’s army stood steadfast
in defending socialism in Korea under the wise and brilliant leadership of the
great leader comrade Kim Il Sung.
The next major
development in the history of the Korean People’s army occurred On February 6, 1963, when Il Sung who was inspecting the frontline
on Mt. Taedok set forth the militant slogan, “a-match- for-a-hundred”. The
slogan of a-match-for-a-hundred requires that each soldier should be prepared
to face a hundred enemies not only in defense but also in attack. The content
of the slogan is not just confined to defense; it means that each soldier of
the People’s Army should become a match for a hundred in attack as well as in
defensive battle.
During the later years of the 1960s US imperialists had been
making the situation on the Korean peninsula extremely tense. They caused this
to occur by provoking the Panmunjom shooting incident in April 1967 and
ordering an intrusion into the DPRK’s territorial waters by the armed spy ship
USS Pueblo, in January 1968. In
1969, there were more provocative acts by the US, which included the spy plane,
EC-121, entering DPRK territorial
air space. This situation caused the Korean peninsula to be on the brink of
war.
Comrade Kim Jong Il, immediately ordered that
Korea's revolutionary armed forces were to be strengthened and ensured that the
KPA became a strong and powerful army, capable of destroying any imperialist
aggressor. The Korean people’s army defeated the imperialistic war moves of the
US because it
is equipped with the Juche-oriented methods of warfare. These methods were
created by Kim II Sung and take into account the topographical features of
Korea and the requirements of modern warfare.
At the end of the
last century the Soviet Union and other socialist countries in East Europe
collapsed. However, socialist Korea stood firm because it is supported by the
Korean people’s army led by supreme commander Kim Jong Il. Under the Songun
idea the Korean people’s army defends the Korean revolution and guides
socialist construction. Even during the period of the Arduous march, when the
imperialist forces were directing sanctions against the DPRK, the Korean
people’s army stood firm and increased its combat efficiency.
The order and
discipline of the Korean people’s army is admired the world over. The source of
the Korean people’s army’s successes is its unparalleled political and
ideological might. All the soldiers trust their supreme commander and are
firmly rallied behind him. Kim Il Sung created a well-regulated system whereby
the entire army moves as one under the supreme commander's direction and all
soldiers are prepared to lay down their lives to defend socialism and the
supreme commander. The Korean people’s army is at the heart of DPRK society and
there is a firm unity between the army and the people. The Korean people’s army
believes that its mission is to serve the people. The people support the
soldiers and regard them as revolutionary comrades, who would sacrifice their
lives to defend the people centred socialist system.
The DPRK’s
large defence industry means that Korean people’s army is one of the best
equipped armies on the planet. The Korean people’s army is fully ready for both
attack and defence. It possesses the latest equipment, ammunition and has the
technological means to fight a modern war in the IT era. The DPRK even has its
own independent nuclear
deterrent and on January 6, 2016, the DPRK announced it had successfully
conducted its first H bomb test.
The KPA is also famous for its internationalism as
it has always provided material support to oppressed peoples fighting a war of
national liberation against imperialism. One such example is the Vietnam War. In
early 1967 the DPRK sent a fighter squadron to North Vietnam to back up the
North Vietnamese 921st and 923rd fighter squadrons defending Hanoi. They stayed
through 1968 and 200 pilots were reported to have served. In addition, at least
two anti-aircraft artillery regiments were sent as well. The DPRK also sent
weapons, ammunition and two million sets of uniforms to their comrades in the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam. However, it is not just in Asia that the KPA
has provided comradely support to friendly nations in their struggles against
imperialism. In October 1973 the KPA sent 20 pilots and 19 non-combat personnel
to Egypt during Yom Kippur War. This unit had four to six encounters with the
Israelis and it remained in Egypt until the end of the war. In October 1980,
Kim Il-sung and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe signed an agreement for an
exchange of soldiers. Following this agreement, 106 North Korean soldiers
arrived in Zimbabwe to train a brigade of soldiers that became known as the
Fifth Brigade.
History has demonstrated that the KPA has achieved
success in the operational, technological, logistical and social areas of
conventional warfare. Operational success requires a commander to effectively
employ the forces at his disposal. These forces must have modern
technologically advanced weapons and a strong logistical capacity which can
maintain forces in the operational theatre until victory is achieved. Finally,
the people of the belligerent country must be committed and ready for
self-denial.
Only a Songun based revolutionary army operating
within a Juche society can successfully achieve these requirements of modern
conventional warfare. Only a meritocratic army like the KPA can succeed operationally
because its officers are promoted on the basis of talent rather than wealth.
This means that the KPA has some of the most talented officers in the world who
understand how to fight and win wars against imperialism. This is the opposite
of imperialist countries where senior officers are promoted on the basis of
class and wealth rather than ability.
The KPA has the logistical capacity to fight modern
wars because of President Kim Il Sung’s wise decision to industrialise the
DPRK. This has meant that the DPRK is self sufficient in producing weapons.
However, logical success has only been achieved through the social mobilisation
of the masses.
This social mobilisation refers to the Korean
people’s desire to work hard and produce war materials to allow the KPA to
defend the DPRK. This desire to defend the DPRK comes from feeling the benefits
of a socialist system. Indeed, full social mobilisation can only be fully
achieved in a society based on single hearted unity, like the DPRK’s. The DPRK
is the only country to fully realise the importance of the mobilising the
masses as it believes that people win wars and not weapons. This is the
opposite of imperialist countries where the social dimension has been ignored,
which creates apathetic soldiers who don’t understand why they are fighting. In
the DPRK every soldier knows that he is helping to defend the DPRK and
socialism against the hated US imperialist enemy.
Finally, the KPA has shown itself to be extremely
competent in producing technologically advanced weapons. This is demonstrated
by the vast array of weapons the KPA possesses, including H bombs. The KPA has
shown that by pursuing the correct strategy within a Juche based society any
imperialist enemy can be defeated.
The Korean people’s army is a true Juche
orientated revolutionary armed force and is the army of the party, the working
class and the leader. Under the wise leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un the
Korean people’s army will advance to further victories and will continue to be
the central pillar of the revolution. So we Juche idea and Songun idea
followers in the UK salute the great achievements of the heroic Korean People's
Army under the command of marshal Kim Jong Un on the 85th anniversary of its
foundation.
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