THE EMBASSY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO SWITZERLAND
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No 57/23 July 20, 2023
1. Defeated Generals of the US
2. Flag Held by 12 Soldiers
3. DPRK’s Serious Practical Warning
4. Viaduct in Songhwa Street
Defeated Generals of the US
During the Korean war (1950-1953), many a renowned general of the US gained the title of a defeated general.
MacArthur
In November 1950, the US stepped up preparations for a “Christmas general offensive” by hurling reinforcements into the Korean front.
MacArthur, the then Commander-in-Chief of the US forces in the Far East and commander of the “UN forces,” mobilized all of the state-of-the-art weapons and other military hardware developed by the United States until then as well as divisions with rich combat experiences. He made desperate efforts by drawing on all the experiences he had gained in the wars for scores of years, in order to end the war as soon as possible. But the strong counterattack of the KPA routed the “UN forces.”
In the letter sent to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, he wrote that the KPA was offensive and a well-trained, professional army and its Supreme Headquarters was brilliant in commanding and in using the principles of operational tactics.
Judging that if he was tasked with the war any longer, a greater loss would occur, the US administration dismissed him in April 1951.
Ridgway
Ridgway, who took office after MacArthur had been dismissed, was known as an officer, who possessed a strong will and high commanding abilities, and as a schemer, who was ready even to sacrifice his life if it were for his promotion and fame.
On arriving at the front in his field jacket with hand grenades hanging on his neck, he resorted to every possible means and method to turn back the war situation. After suggesting the first armistice talks, he, behind the scenes, had “summer and autumn offensives” and other military operations conducted briskly, but all in vain. During the “autumn offensive” alone, the United States lost more than 147 000 soldiers, 279 tanks and armoured vehicles, 961 aircraft and many other military and technical equipment.
Witnessing successive defeats by the KPA soldiers who were defending their positions based on tunnels, he said that the KPA’s defence line would be the most secure among those known in the world.
At that moment, the KPA’s victory in the battle to defend 1211 Height could be ascribed to the tunnel warfare, whereby the defenders could get enough rest singing and dancing to the accompaniment of frontline musical instruments amid the enemy’s frantic bombing and bombarding.
Ridgway’s term expired in one year.
Clark
The United States pinned a great hope on Clark, who replaced Ridgway. It was because during the Second World War he accepted surrender of the German and Italian forces in Italy. Immediately after being appointed as commander of the “UN forces,” he clamoured that he would have the 78 cities in north Korea disappear from the map for good, and had straggling operations launched by means of merciless bombing. As the last gambling, he attempted to demonstrate the might of the “UN forces” and achieve an “honourable armistice” through a “new offensive.” But, his dream ended in an abject failure.
He had to sign the armistice agreement.
While analyzing the Korean war, he confessed: The north Korean army could win victory thanks to outstanding command of General Kim Il Sung, who had achieved great exploits in the resistance of many years against the Japanese army until the defeat of Japan in the Second World War; he is enjoying the respect of all the Korean people, and his name is symbolic of patriotic deeds in Korea.
Flag Held by 12 Soldiers
The flag below is one which flew in the battle to take Kachil Peak near Height 1211 in the eastern sector of the front during the Korean war (1950-1953). Riddled with over 270 holes made by bullets and splinters of bombs and shells, it was carried by one soldier after another–12 in all–who took it over in succession, whenever one fell down, until it reached the top of the height.
The blood-stained flag, a symbol of the matchless self-sacrificing spirit and heroism of the brave fighters of the Korean People’s Army, is preserved in the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang, capital city of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Serious Practical Warning
The United States made public up the “Washington Declaration” in April last. It is scheming to discuss the use of nuclear weapons against the DPRK through a the US-south Korea “Nuclear Consultative Group,” which will be the parent body of the US-Japan-south Korea “tripartite nuclear alliance.” It is driving the regional situation to the brink of an unprecedented nuclear war, while frequently dispatching nuclear submarines and strategic bombers to the Korean peninsula and its vicinity under the pretext of increasing the “visibility” of its strategic assets.
The test-fire by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on July 12 of the new-type ICBM Hwasongpho-18, the core weapons system of its strategic forces, serves as a serious practical warning to the enemy, aimed at clearly showing them, who are making clearer their policy of nuclear threat to the DPRK, its unwavering will to overwhelmingly counter them and the entity of its physical strength, and making them realize clearly once again the danger and recklessness of their anti-DPRK military option.
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Viaduct in Songhwa Street
The photos below show a viaduct in Songhwa Street, which was inaugurated in April 2022 on the eastern gateway to Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It serves as a commercial service facility for the local people as well as a traffic route. There is a resting place beside the bridge.
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