During the war the people of the DPRK gave full play to patriotism.

For six weeks after the outbreak of war more than one million youths volunteered for service in the army. They fought at the risk of their lives to defend their social system which put forward them as the masters of the country liberated by President Kim Il Sung.

Among them were heroes Ri Su Bok, Kang Ho Yong, An Yong Ae and Jo Kun Sil, who did not hesitate to dedicate their precious lives to the defence of the country.

On the other hand, the American soldiers, ideologically and morally corrupt, were in low morale, seized with fear of death.

According to data of the U.S. imperialist aggression army, 46 000 servicepersons deserted their units in the navy in the period from the beginning of the war to late 1952. In the army 20 000 ran away on a monthly average, 3 000 a day sometimes.

At that time a Western writer said, as regards the mentality of the two warring sides, that the U.S. and south Korean troops were running away like sheep while the DPRK army was fighting like tiger.

Soldiers of the U.S. allies deplored that their right in the Korean War was only to advance under a rain of shells in every battle and then bury their dead fellows in an alien land.

The U.S. forces and their mercenaries, armed with advanced weapons, could not match the DPRK people courageously fighting for their leader and country.

Inspired by the President's unique military idea and Juche-based war tactics, the army and people of the DPRK fully displayed their patriotism in the war, setting an example in the anti-imperialist revolutionary war.