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Kim Il Sung 1912 -
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Kim
Il Sung 1954 - 1994
The
Kim Family |
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| April
15 1912 |
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Kim Il
Sung ( Kim was born Kim Sun Ju) was born in Korea at Mangyongdae. He was the eldest
of three sons by a peasant couple named Kim Hyong Jik and Kang Pan Sok. |
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| 1926 |
Kim
Il Sung and his family moved to Manchuria in China. |
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| 1927 |
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Kim
Il Sung in his school days at Yuwen Middle School in Jilin Province,
Manchuria. |
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| May
10 1929 |
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Kim
Il Sung is jailed for political activism while attending Yuwen
Middle School in Jilin province, Manchuria. Earlier he joined the South
Manchurian Communist Youth Association. |
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| 1930 |
Kim Il Sung is released from jail.
He joins a Korean
Independence Army unit led by Yang Se Bong. About a year later, Kim
leaves Yang Se Bong and forms his own unit made of 18 men. |
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| 1931 |
Kim
Il Sung became a member of the Communist Party of Korea |
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| October
4 1936 |
In
Seoul Choson Ilbo publishes a news article on Kim Il
Sung's raid of a small village of Shiliudaogou in Manchuria. Kim and
about 40 "red bandits" confiscate live stocks and rice from a
farmer called Park Hun Young. Japanese newspapers described Kim Il Sung as
a bandit preying upon poor Korean farmers. |
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| February
26 1937 |
Kim Il Sung defeats the Japanese police in Changbaik
province near Mount Paiktu. In a classic guerrilla warfare, Kim baits the
Japanese with a small force of 50 men. The Japanese fall for the bait
and walk into a trap set by 350 partisans . Kim kills 13 officers and
captures 17. Cao Guoan's Chinese partisan unit of 150 men aids Kim Il
Sung in this and other battles in the area. |
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| June
4 1937 |
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Kim
Il Sun's partisans (6th Division, 2nd Army of the 1st Route Army)
aided by Park Tal's Kapsan Operation Committee raid Pochonbo near Kapsan.
Some 200 partisans occupy the town and destroy Japanese installations.
A few hours later, the Hyesan garrison sends a detachment of police to
investigate. The Japanese are ambushed by the waiting guerrillas and
seven Japanese policemen are killed. The guerrillas gather up weapons,
uniforms and other goodies and f ade away into their mountain lairs.
Park Tal delivers some 80 recruits from Kapsan to Kim Il Sung. The
Japanese refer to the raid as as 'Hyesan Incident', the Korean people as
"The Pochonbo Battle".
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| June 6, 1937 |
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Kim's partisans aided by
Choe
Hyon's unit raid a Japanese outpost near Mount Paikdu and scores
another victory.
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| April
26 1938 |
Kim Il Sung raids
Liudaogou, Manchuria.
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| May
1939 |
Kim Il Sung raids several villages near
Kapsan.
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| March
25 1940 |
Kim Il Sung scores his biggest victory at Daimalugou.
His forces of 250 men virtually wipe out a Japanese Special Police unit
commanded by Lt. Maeda Takeshi. Lt. Maeda and 70 of his men are killed.
Kim takes 17 prisoners and a large qua ntity of war materiel.
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| July
1 1940 |
Kim Il Sung's guerrilla army reaches its peak strength
of 300 men. He has some commanders loyal to him: Choe Hyon,
Choe Chun Guk, Kim Tong Gyu and An Kil.
(Choe Hyon hold many high
positions in Korea and died in bed in 1982 . Choe Chun Guk was killed
in action in 1950. Kim Tong Kyu held high positions until his purge in
1977. An Kil died in bed in 1947.)
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| March
10 1941 |
Kim Il Sung is about the only surviving partisan
leader of the Anti-Japanese United Army still active in Manchuria. Kim
and what remains of the Korean Revolutionary Army vacate their bases and
flee to Siberia. Kim is no longer any threat to the Japanese police, but
his legend lives on more colorful than ever. People are trying to turn
him into a superhuman - sort of like a modern-day "Hong Gil Dong"
(a legendary Korean folk hero).
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| March
15 1941 |
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The Soviets detain Kim Il Sung and his band of
guerrillas of about 25 men and subject them to lengthy interrogations.
They are forced into the Red Army. Later some of them will fight the
Germans in Stalingrad and further on during the war. Kim
Il Sung and his partisans are pressed into the 88th Special
Independent Guerrilla Brigade of the Soviet Army. The main task of this
unit is to gather military intelligence in Manchuria. The 88th is
located in an area of Vyachkra near Habarovsk in Siberia.
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Kim Il Sung commands the 1st Battalion (about 200 Chinese, Koreans
and Russians) of the 88th Brigade. The Brigade has about 60 Korean
partisans from Manchuria (including Yi Don Wha, Kang Gun, commander of
the 4th Battalion, Kim Chaik, Choe Yong Gun, and An Kil)
(photo: from left to right: An Kil, Kim Il Sun and Choe
Hyon).
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| February
16 1942 |
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In
Siberia Kim Jong Suk, the second wife of Kim Il Sung,
gives birth to their first son, Kim
Jong Il.
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| September
19 1945 |
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Kim
Il Sung and his second wife Kim Jong Suk returned to Korea from
Siberia. Kim and his guerrillas numbering about 40
arrive at Wonsan, with the help of the Soviet warship Pukachev.
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| October
14 1945 |
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Kim
Il Sung is given a hero's
welcome at the Pyongyang Municipal Stadium.
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Kim Il Sung and his Soviet adviser.
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| February
8 1946 |
Establishes
the North Korean Provisional People's Committee and elected Head of
State.
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| August
23-30 1946 |
Inaugurates
the Congress of the North Korean Workers' Party by reorganizing the
North Korean Communist Party. |
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| November
3 1946 |
Organizes
the first democratic election in Korea. |
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| February
22 1947 |
Organizes
the North Korean People's Committee, elected Head of State |
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| February
8 1948 |
Kim Il Sung forms
the Korean People's Army by reorganizing the Korean People's
Revolutionary Army. |
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| April
20 - 24 1948 |
Kim
leads the Joint Conference of Representatives of Political Parties and
Social Organizations in North and South Korea. |
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| September
9 1948 |
The
Democratic People's Republic of Korea founded. Kim is elected Head of
State. |
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| June
30 1949 |
The
North and South Korean Workers' Parties merged. Kim Il Sung is elected
chairman. |
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| July
4 1950 |
Kim
Il Sung is elected supreme commander
of the Korean People's Army. |
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| February
7 1953 |
Kim
Il Sung is awarded the title of Hero of the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea. |
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| July
1953 |
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President
Kim Il Sung is received In Pyongyang with loud cheers at a celebration
of the victory of the Korean War (The
Fatherland Liberation War). |
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
