Carrying Forward the Tradition of Victory
Century after Century
On August 15, 1945, the Korean people put an end to the four-decade-long Japanese military occupation of their country and liberated it.
The great leader Comrade KimIl Sung, who embarked on the road of revolutionary struggle in his teens, founded the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army, the first revolutionary armed force of the Korean people, on April 25, 1932, and led the anti-Japanese armed struggle, thus finally achieving the historic cause of national liberation.
In the Korean war (1950-1953) ignited by the US imperialists, the Korean people, under the outstanding leadership of Comrade Kim Il Sung, inflicted an ignominious defeat on the US imperialists, who boasted of being the “strongest” in the world, for the first time in history and achieved a miraculous victory.
They won one victory after another in the post-war period, too, frustrating the ceaseless moves of the US imperialists to ignite a war, including the US armed spy ship Pueblo incident in 1968 and the large spy plane EC-121 incident in 1969.
In the closing years of last century when the imperialists were hell-bent on blockade, sanctions and pressure to isolate and stifle their socialist country, they, under the leadership of the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il, resolutely frustrated the hostile forces’ moves for aggression and war, and defended its sovereignty and dignity.
Today, they are staunchly carrying forward the tradition of victory under the wise leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who has put the self-reliant defence capabilities of the country on the highest level and steadily brought about uninterrupted leaps forward and changes on the road for the comprehensive development of socialism.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung in the days of founding the Anti-Japanese People’s Guerrilla Army
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung among soldiers of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army (centre in the back row)
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung among officers of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army (centre)
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung among soldiers of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army (centre in the second row)
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung makes a speech at the mass rally of Pyongyang citizens held in welcome of his triumphant return in October 1945.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung reviews a military parade at the opening ceremony of the Pyongyang Institute in February 1946.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung on the platform of reviewing the military parade in celebration of the founding of the Korean People’s Army in February 1948
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung test-fires in December 1948 a submachine gun produced by the Korean workers.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung gives important instructions on the work of the Korean People’s Army in May 1949.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung inspects a mechanized unit in May 1950.
The great leader 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.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung has a talk with combatants of the Korean People’s Army in April 1951.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung has a talk with Heroes of the Republic and model combatants in June 1951.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung has a talk with soldiers at a tunnel-digging site in October 1951.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung examines and ratifies the armistice document in July 1953.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, in July 1953, waves back to the enthusiastic cheers of the heroic officers and men of the Korean People’s Army and civilians who won the Fatherland Liberation War.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung puts forward the line of simultaneously promoting economic construction and defence building at the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Fourth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea in December 1962.
The great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il inspect an army post on Mt Taedok in February 1963.
The great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il inspect a unit of the Korean People’s Army in May 1965.
The great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il guide the training of sailors in May 1965.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung sees the weapon of a soldier of the Korean People’s Army in May 1965.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung estimates in April 1969 the weight of weapons handled by soldiers.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung oversees a joint military rehearsal of combined units of the Korean People’s Army in October 1970.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung inspects an air force unit of the Korean People’s Army in December 1971.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Ilinspects in August 1973 a unit of the Navy of the Korean People’s Army that captured the US armed spy ship Pueblo.
The great leaderComrade Kim Jong Il indicates operational and tactical schemes to cope with the provocative moves of the US imperialists in June 1975.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il oversees the training of sailors in July 1975.
The great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il oversee the rehearsal of a combined unit of the Korean People’s Army in April 1989.
The great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on the platform of reviewing the military parade in celebration of the 60th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army in April 1992.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il inspects the Dwarf-Pine Post of the Korean People’s Army in January 1995.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il looks round a warship of the Navy of the Korean People’s Army in February 1995.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il acquaints himself with the living of soldiers in February 1996.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il inspects an air force unit in February 1996.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il inspects the army post at Panmunjom in November 1996.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il inspects a unit of the Korean People’s Army in April 1997.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il at a forefront lookout post in June 1997
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il awards a weapon during his inspection of a sub-unit of the Navy of the Korean People’s Army in June 1997.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il appreciates a recreation party of soldiers in August 2006.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il looks round a bedroom of soldiers in July 2008.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il and the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un wave back to the ranks at a military parade in October 2010.
The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il and the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un inspect a unit of the Korean People’s Army in November 2011.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un puts forward the line of simultaneously carrying on economic construction and the upbuilding of the nuclear forces at the March 2013 Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea in March 2013.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un guides the actual manoeuvres of sailors in June 2014.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the test-fire of a new-type anti-ship missile in February 2015.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the combat flight aviation contest-2015 of the flight commanding officers of the Air and Anti-aircraft Force of the Korean People’s Army in July 2015.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un guides the nuclear weaponization in March 2016.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the test-fire of SLBM on the spot in April 2016.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees in March 2017 the static firing of a newly-developed high-thrust motor developed by the Academy of Defence Sciences.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the test-fire of ground-toground IRBM Hwasongpho-12 on the spot in May 2017.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the test-fire of ICBM Hwasongpho-14 on the spot in July 2017.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the second test-fire of ICBMHwasongpho-14 on the spot in July 2017.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees in August 2017 the target-striking contest of the special operations units of the Korean People’s Army to occupy an island.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the whole course of the test-fire of ICBM Hwasongpho-15 in November 2017.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the test-fire of a newly-developed super-large MLRS in August 2019.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the test-fire of long-range strategic cruise missile on the spot in October 2022.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un inspects in August 2023 the Guards 2ndSurface Ship Flotilla of the East Sea Fleet of the Navy of the Korean People’s Army honoured with the title of O Jung Hup-led 7th Regiment.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un attends the ceremony of launching a newly-built submarine in September 2023.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the launch of reconnaissance satellite on the spot in November 2023.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the drill of launching ICBM Hwasongpho-18 on the spot in December 2023.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the evaluation test-fire of surface-to-sea missile Padasuri-6 in February 2024.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the artillery firing drill of large combined units of the Korean People’s Army in March 2024.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the training match between large combined tankmen’s units of the Korean People’s Army in March 2024.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the training of air-borne units of the Korean People’s Army in March 2024.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the first test-fire of Hwasongpho-16 Na, a new-type intermediate-range solid-fuelled ballistic missile loaded with newly-developed hypersonic gliding warhead, on the spot in April 2024.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the power demonstration firing of 600mm-calibre super-large multiple rocket launcher sub-units in May 2024.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un inspects the training base of the special operations units of the Korean People’s Army in the western area in October 2024.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversees the test-fire of the latest-type ICBM Hwasongpho-19 on the spot in October 2024.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un guides the defence science research work of the Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex and the detection and electronic warfare research group in March 2025.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un attends the ceremony of launching a destroyer of the Navy of the Korean People’s Army in April 2025.
Soldiers of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army under combat training
Soldiers of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army make full preparations for combat.
Japanese military trains destroyed by the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army, and data on its adroit military actions
On August 9, 1945, the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army launched the general offensive for national liberation. The Japanese imperialists, who were dealt with a decisive blow by the fierce attacks of the KPRA and the active all-people resistance, declared unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945.
Military parade held on the occasion of the founding of the Korean People’s Army in February 1948
Young Koreans volunteer to fight on the front in response to the great leader Comrade Kim IlSung’s radio address.
Soldiers of the Korean People’s Army liberate Seoul only three days after the outbreak of the war.
Mechanized units of the Korean People’s Army enter the city of Taejon.
Combatants of the Korean People’s Army cross the Raktong River.
Combatants of the Korean People’s Army deal crushing blows to the enemy by applying the Juche-oriented war tactics created by the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, including tunnel warfare and aircraft-hunting, tank-hunting and assault team movements.
Ceremony of signing the armistice held at Panmunjom on July 27, 1953
Officers and men of the Korean People’s Army, full of pride in being victors who defeated the US imperialists, march past the square of military parade in August 1953.
The workers turn out in the efforts to implement the line of simultaneously promoting economic construction and defence building put forward at the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Fourth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea in December 1962.
The US armed spy ship Pueblo and its crew that were captured by the Navy of the Korean People’s Army in January 1968, and the letter of apology from the US government which recognizes the acts of espionage
The US large spy plane EC-121, shot down by the Korean People’s Army in April 1969 after intruding into the airspace of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
The US helicopter and its pilots captured in August 1969 while committing acts of espionage after intruding into the airspace of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Columns of the military parade in celebration of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War in July 2023
A column of the military parade in celebration of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War in July 2023
Air squadrons fly past the sky above the square during the military parade in celebration of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War in July 2023.
Columns of mechanized units at the military parade in celebration of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War in July 2023
A new-type ICBM Hwasongpho-18 passes through the square of the military parade in celebration of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War in July 2023.
