Kim Ung (Korean: 김웅; Korean pronunciation: [ki.muŋ] or [kim] [uŋ]; 1912 – ?[1]) was a North Korean general and vice-minister of defence.[2][1] He was a member of the Yan'an faction.
Kim Ung | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1912 Gimcheon, Keishōhoku-dō (North Gyeongsang Province), Korea, Empire of Japan[1] |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Korean People's Army |
| Years of service | 1945–1950 |
| Commands | KPA front commander |
| Battles/wars | See battles
|
| Kim Ung | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 김웅 |
|---|---|
| Hancha | 金雄 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Ung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Ung |
| Alternative name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 왕신호 |
| Hancha | 王信虎 |
| Revised Romanization | Wang Sinho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Wang Sinho |
| [1] | |
Chinese military
editKim fled China to avoid the Japanese occupation, and was trained at the Whampoa Military Academy in the late 1920s or early 1930s. He became a communist and probably was on the Long March. During the late 1930s and the 1940s he was in the Eighth Route Army and became brigadier or divisional commander.[2]
Korean war
editOn the outbreak of war, 25 June 1950, Kim was a lieutenant general commanding 1 Corps of the Korean People's Army (KPA).[2] On the death in action of Lieutenant General Kang Kon, Kim succeeded him as chief of staff to General Kim Chaek, front commander.
By 1951 Kim Ung was KPA front commander,[3] succeeding Kim Chaek, who was purged for his failure at the Incheon Landing, Kim Ung held the post until the end of the war.[2]
Post war
editAfter the war Kim Ung was appointed vice Defence Minister of North Korea. In 1958 he was purged by Kim Il Sung, rehabilitated and purged again in 1978.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Kim, Seonguk. 김웅(金雄) [Kim Ung] (in Korean). Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Spencer Tucker (2003). Who's Who in Twentieth Century Warfare. Routledge. pp. 168–9. ISBN 9781134565153.
- ^ Rober M. Collins (2014). "Korean Peoples Army". The Ashgate Research Companion to the Korean War. Ashgate research companions. Professor Donald W Boose Jr, Professor James I Matray (editors). Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 257. ISBN 9781472405838.
