Born as the Son of Guerrillas
He was born in the Paektusan Secret Camp on February 16, 1942.
At that time, the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle was being waged around Mt. Paektu in Korea.
His father is the great leader
The news of his birth in Mt. Paektu spread all over the country like a legend.
Hearing the news behind time, the embarrassed Japanese imperialists attempted to suppress the public excitement. A document of the Japanese imperialist police wrote on the following public sentiment at that time: "This heaven-born son is said to be a general who will liberate Korea. Korea will be liberated in the near future. All turn out to achieve it."
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The guerrillas were the first to wish him a happy future.
His patched quilt was made by women guerrillas with cotton from their padded uniforms and his toys by men guerrillas.
He built up his courage, seeing military uniforms of the guerrillas, listening to their words of command and singing their war songs.
The anti-Japanese guerrillas called him a "young general".
He built up his courage, seeing military uniforms of the guerrillas, listening to their words of command and singing their war songs.
The anti-Japanese guerrillas called him a "young general".
Born into a family of guerrillas, Kim Jong Il grew up listening to the gun report of the anti-Japanese war as a lullaby.
The noble moral obligation and indomitable faith of the
anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters served as a valuable spiritual nourishment to his life.