The Japanese imperialists, who occupied Korea illegally, were intensifying fascist repression of the Korean people in the middle of the 1930s.

President Kim Il Sung made up his mind to wage a battle in the homeland to inspire the local people with hope for the liberation of the country and encourage them to join in the anti-Japanese war.

He led the main unit of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army (KPRA) to the northern border area of the country after crossing the River Amnok.

With his gun report as a signal at 10 p.m on June 4, Juche 26 (1937), the KPRA unit attacked the police substation, forest conservation office, subcounty office, post office and other agencies of the Japanese imperialists. All of them were enveloped in flames in minutes.

After the battle, the President delivered a speech before the cheering crowd. He said the flames showed that the Korean people were not dead but alive and that if they fought against the Japanese imperialists, they would surely win.

The Pochonbo battle served as a landmark event that inspired the Korean people with conviction of victory in the struggle against the Japanese imperialists.