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Great Army-Leadership Exploits Performed in National Liberation

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- The Korean people are greeting the 62nd anniversary of the country's liberation from the Japanese colonial rule which falls on August 15.
    On this auspicious occasion, an endless stream of working people of all strata and school youth and children are visiting the Korean Revolution Museum.
    The visitors are recollecting the immortal revolutionary exploits made by President Kim Il Sung and the revolutionary spirits displayed by the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters, looking round with deep attention the historical materials in the period of the general offensive for national liberation.
    The President issued an order to the units of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army (KPRA) to mount an all-out offensive for the liberation of the country on August 9, Juche 34 (1945), a lecturer of the museum Kim Kyong Hui said, and continued:
    The KPRA units in the secret camp on Mt. Kanpaek, the offensive base, expanded their offensive achievements as the operation plan envisaged while increasing their ranks.
    Those who were mustered in the area along the River Tuman broke through the border fortresses of the enemy all at once and liberated the areas of Kyongwon and Kyonghung. They expanded battle successes towards Unggi (at that time) to liberate vast area of the homeland.
    Some advance units of the landing force landed at Unggi in close joint operation with ground force units to advance towards Chongjin.
    The small groups and political underground workers of the KPRA who had been active in the homeland positively organized and roused the people's armed units, armed uprising organizations and broad people to armed riot.
    In those days the President conducted indefatigable activities to command the historic operation for national liberation.
    Examining the reports on the battle results from the landing force units advancing along the east coast, the ground force units which entered the operation theatres in the homeland near the Amnok and Tuman Rivers and all other front units, he took new measures in accordance with the ever-changing situation.
    He also directed in time the people's anti-Japanese uprisings organized by local revolutionary organizations to support the advance of the KPRA.
    The Japanese imperialists unconditionally surrendered within a week after the general offensive started under the operational plan of the President.