On June 25, 1950, The Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Il Sung, after obtaining Stalin's permission, led his army to launch an offensive against South Korea, and the Korean War officially began.
In the early days, the North Korean army was in a state of great strength and the offensive was very fierce, and the South Korean army had lost Seoul only two days after it had entered a state of combat readiness, and the United States, which had been paying attention to the war situation between the two countries, could no longer sit still, and immediately ordered the American Far Eastern Army stationed in Japan to support South Korea.
However, even so, the situation was still impossible to reverse, and in the next two months, the North Korean army occupied many places one after another, and finally even forced the Rok and U.S. troops to the Busan area, which could not help but be impressive.
In fact, the North Korean army was so invincible in the early days and had an inseparable relationship with the 7 division commanders under Kim Il Sung, so who were they? And how did it help the North Korean army to victory?
As is well known, the contradictions and conflicts between the DPRK and the ROK began as early as the eve of Japan's surrender, when the United States and the Soviet Union occupied the southern and northern sides of the Korean Peninsula respectively, with the 38th Parallel as the boundary and not interfering with each other.
However, in the later period, because the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union wanted to entrust the Korean Peninsula and establish a provisional democratic government on the Korean Peninsula, in the next few years, the Korean people in the North and south began one nationalist movement after another.
During this period, in order to support its own power, the Soviet Union sent troops to suppress the opposition, while the United States continued to support new leaders who were inclined to their own governments, so the issue of reunification of the Korean Peninsula was never resolved.
It was not until October 1948 that the Soviet Union chose to withdraw from Korea, and six months later the United States withdrew its troops from South Korea, and the ties between the two sides of the 38th Parallel were cut off.
On June 11, 1950, North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Il Sung, sent three representatives to South Korea to submit an appeal for the peaceful reunification of the country, but unfortunately the three were arrested by the other government, so on June 25 of the same year, after obtaining the approval of Soviet leader Stalin, Kim Il Sung fired the first shots of the Korean War.
In fact, before the war began, North Korea and South Korea had already had no less than a thousand disputes near the 38th Line.
With the gradual escalation of contradictions, the outbreak of the Korean War was inevitable.
In the early days, because of the meticulous planning and full preparations, coupled with the support of the Soviet side and the help of military advisers, the momentum of the North Korean army was very strong, and it occupied the capital of South Korea, Seoul, just two days later, the top brass of the South Korean government began to retreat urgently, and then ordered the blowing up of the Han River Bridge.
In order to ensure his rights and interests on the Korean Peninsula, on the second day of the outbreak of the Korean War, U.S. President Harry Truman ordered the U.S. Far East Army stationed in Japan to support South Korea, but at this time the North Korean army was still very strong, and soon the South Korean army and the U.S. army were forced to the Busan area.
At this time, the victory was not far away, and Kim Il Sung immediately called on the whole army to end the battle as soon as possible at the end of August, but at this time, he did not expect that the US government had begun to make small moves in the international community.
At that time, the representative of the United States to the United Nations proposed a bill unfavorable to North Korea in the Security Council, and the seat of the Chinese representative was occupied, and Stalin of the Soviet Union refused to attend the Security Council, so the proposal was successfully passed, and soon a United Nations army composed of 15 countries officially announced its entry into the war, and they went to participate in the consolidation of the South Korean defense line, so that North Korea could no longer take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the war between the two Koreas was instantly reversed.
At this time, China was also paying attention to the war between North and South Korea, and after receiving a request for assistance from Kim Il-sung, in September of the same year, the CCP began to prepare a military proposal.
On October 19, the Chinese volunteers were ordered to cross the Yalu River, and on October 25, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea officially began.
In the following battles, the North Korean military and civilians fought in concert with the Chinese military and civilians, crushing the UN forces, during which the DPRK retook the capital Pyongyang, and the UN forces had no choice but to retreat near the 38th Line. After the Battle of Shangganling, the situation on the Korean battlefield gradually stabilized, and on July 27, 1953, the United States signed an armistice agreement with Korea and China, and since then, the war has officially ended.
In the early days, the Korean military and civilians were able to achieve such a miracle under the joint confrontation between the Rok army and the US army, which was also thanks to the 7 division commanders under Kim Il Sung, who played a big role in the early stage of the Korean War.
And what is even more surprising is that 5 of them are from the Northeast Anti-Japanese League, and 2 are from the Eighth Route Army.
The first to come from the Northeast Anti-Japanese League were Choi Kwang, Kim Chang-deok, Lee Kwon-woo, Lee Yong-ho, Choi Hyun, Choi Kwang was born in North Korea, followed his parents to northeast China to live in his teens, and then joined the Antibody Youth Volunteer Brigade, actively participated in anti-Japanese activities, at the same time, he joined the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition.
In 1940, Choe Kwang followed the remaining units of the Anti-Japanese League into the Soviet Union, studied at the local military academy, and when he returned home, he served as the commander of the First Division of the Korean People's Army and was awarded the rank of major general.
When the Korean War broke out in 1950, Choi Kwang led his army to participate in the Battle of Seoul, the Battle of the Han River, and the Battle of Daejeon, etc., and his combat strength was very brave. When the fourth battle broke out, Choi Kwang was unfortunately injured by the Attack of the Rok Army, but at this time, at the moment of emergency in the battle, he did not dare to slacken off, so he continued to fight and command in the front, and finally annihilated the enemy in one fell swoop.
Before the UN army landed in Inchon, he successfully brought more than 5,000 soldiers back to Korea, and when the Korean War was won, Choe Kwang was awarded the rank of marshal of the Korean People's Army.
Kim Chang-deok was the deputy commander of the 164th Division of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, and when the Korean War broke out, Kim Chang-deok led the 164th Division stationed in Changchun, Jilin Province, to Ronan, North Korea via Honin, North Korea. This army was subsequently reorganized into the 5th Division of the Korean People's Army, and Kim Chang-deok became the commander of the division.
After the war, he was awarded the National Flag Medal.
Then there was Li Quanwu, who first joined the Communist Party of China, then went to the Moscow Oriental University to study, and when he returned to China, he went to Yan'an, and since then he has joined the research class of the Overseas Committee of the CPC Central Committee, mainly working in the Korean group.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Li Quanwu joined the Eighth Route Army.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1945, Lee Kwon-mo joined the Korean Volunteer Army and served as the chief of staff of the 5th Detachment, and in 1949, he was officially awarded the rank of major general by the state.
At the outbreak of the Korean War, Lee Kwon-mo was appointed commander of the 4th Division, and then led his army to attack the Korean government, and in July of the same year, he engaged in a fierce confrontation with the American army at the Battle of Osan, and finally successfully repelled it. After the Un army landed in Inchon, he led his men back to North Korea, and when the Korean War was won, Lee Kwon-mo was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Then there was Major General Li Yonghao, who was born in Yanji, China, and learned that his uncle had served as the commander of the Seventh Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese League, and he also joined him. In 1940, Lee yong-ho joined the Anti-Japanese Coalition and served as the political commissar of the Second Brigade of the Second Detachment of the Second Route Army, and then followed the troops to the Soviet Union.
After the surrender of Japan in 1945, Lee Yong-ho arrived in Korea at the end of the year and served as the commander of the Third Division, and soon after the outbreak of the Korean War, Lee Yong-ho led his subordinates to engage in many confrontations with the U.S. and United Nations forces.
Because he had been rigorously trained on the battlefield in China, Li Yonghao was very brave and fierce, and was later promoted to lieutenant general.
Finally, there is Cui Xian, whose resume can be said to be very eye-catching,
Also born in China, Choe Hyun joined the Korean Independence Army with his father at the age of 11 against the enslavement of the Japanese invaders.
Then, by chance, Choi Hyun was imprisoned by the warlords of the Feng clan, so he joined the underground anti-imperialist alliance and completely transformed from a nationalist to a communist.
In 1932, Cui Xian escaped from prison and joined the Communist Party of China that year, during which time he served in the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army and the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army.
From the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan to the official end, Cui Xian participated in more than 300 battles of all sizes, showing his outstanding military talents to the fullest, and even the Japanese army had to admit that he was a "fierce man." ”
When Japan was defeated, Choe Hyun returned to his native Korea under Kim Il Sung and launched several attacks on South Korea under his instructions. After the outbreak of the Korean War, Choi Hyun served as the commander of the Second Division as a major general and participated in several battles. When the American and allied forces landed at Inchon, he retreated north with his men.
In the following battles, Choi Hyun led the army back to the battlefield, and fought fiercely with the U.S. army, although the war was won and lost during the war, but the merits he established in the Korean War must not be ignored, and after the victory of the Korean War, Choi Hyun was awarded the rank of general.
As for the two division commanders from the Eighth Route Army, their identities are also very special, namely Choi In and Fang Hushan, Choi In joined the CSA Officer School in 1933, joined the Korean Youth Vanguard Alliance in 1938, and in the same year, he went to Wuhan, China to form a Korean volunteer brigade, and served as the leader of the first detachment, mainly responsible for fighting against the Japanese army in the area ruled by the Kuomintang.
In 1941, Choe In arrived at the anti-Japanese base area behind enemy lines in Taehang Mountain, served as the leader of the third team of the North China Detachment of the Korean Volunteer Army, and when the Anti-Japanese War was victorious, he went to the northeast to fight against the Kuomintang, and successively participated in many battles, such as the well-known "Sibao Linjiang".
In July 1949, when there were already many contradictions between the two Koreas, Choi In was ordered to go to Korea, and soon after participated in the Korean War, with his previous experience in fighting with the Japanese army, he led his subordinates to formally engage the Korean army, and initially successfully occupied Wonju in the central part of the Korean Peninsula.
Then there was Fang Hushan, who was sent by the Central Manchurian Province to study in Moscow, the Soviet Union in 1936, and during this period of study, in order to ensure that the information was not leaked, Fang Hushan used a pseudonym to interact with his classmates.
In 1939, he and several practitioners went directly from Moscow to Ili, Xinjiang, because there was always a Kuomintang tracking at that time, so after several months of circling with the other side, Fang Hushan successfully arrived in Yan'an.
Not long after, Fang Hushan was assigned to the unit of the Eighth Route Army and became a company-level cadre, mainly responsible for production. When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was won, Fang Hushan was incorporated into the Yan'an troops of the Korean Volunteer Army and began to set out for the northeast region, and after arriving,
He then called on all Koreans who remained in Manchuria to join the Volunteer Army and prepare for the liberation of China and Korea.
In the following days, Fang Hushan successively negotiated with the remaining Japanese soldiers and Kuomintang agents, and finally successfully annihilated them, and after the outbreak of the Liberation War, Fang Hushan served as the division political commissar of the Independent Fourth Division of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, mainly responsible for participating in and assisting in the formulation and implementation of relevant decisions.
At that time, with his unremitting efforts and teachings, a large number of Korean revolutionary cadres and local democratic regimes appeared one after another, and the base areas in southern Manchuria were also much more stable.
When Shenyang was liberated in 1948, Fang Hushan followed the 166th Division back to Korea, and this army was subsequently reorganized into the 6th Division of the Korean People's Army, and he was appointed as the commander of the Major General Division.
On June 25, 1950, the Outbreak of the Korean War, Fang Hushan led the Sixth Division and the U.S. Army to fight fiercely many times, even if the other side had reinforcements, as well as advanced weapons, tanks, artillery and bombers, but Fang Hushan was always not afraid, and even let the US army lose the battle many times, and the outcome was terrible.
When the United Nations army landed in Inchon, the KPA began to retreat, and Fang Hushan's division was also in danger, so he planned a meticulous retreat plan, setting up various means to prevent the American pursuit along the way, and finally let the 6th Division successfully escape from the round-up of the coalition army.
After resting the army for several months, Fang Hushan continued to take them to the Korean battlefield, and fought fiercely against the American army in many battles, making great achievements.
Judging from the experience of the above 7 division commanders, their performance before and after the landing of the US army and the coalition army was different, but in any case, the Korean army could march all the way in the early stage of the war and force the ROK army to the end of the road, and they definitely played a key role!