Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War

This is the fourth of a series of five reviews on the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum Complex. If you have not already done so, please read my Introductory Complex review before continuing.

Prior to the addition of the Museum, the military hardware displays and the USS Pueblo in 2012 this site was dedicated to the Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War which encompasses all the monuments you see, including the grand entrance to the whole complex.

The Monument was opened on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the end of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War (Korean War) on the 27th July 1993. Inside the entrance, to the left, you can see a large granite plaque containing a dedication of the Monument to the “Korean People’s Army and Korean people who defeated the US imperialists and its allies during the Fatherland Liberation War” signed by Kim Il-sung.

The victory/victorious aspect of the Monument comes from that fact that North Korea holds the view that it won the Korean War and, as such, the 27th July 1953 is often referred to as Victory Day.

The bronze monuments here are colossal and in the classic soviet realist style. The central monument (main picture) – the Victory Sculpture – depicts a triumphant North Korean soldier while the remainder of the bronzes depict scenes from important (to the North Koreans) battles which took place during the War.

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Having admired these colossal monuments it was time to enter the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum itself.

This blog entry is one of a group (loop) of entries on The Rambling Wombat’s trip to Pyongyang, North Korea which I recommend you read in a particular order.  I suggest you continue with my next entry – Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum. If necessary, go to my Pyongyang introduction entry –  Pyongyang – A Capital City Unlike any Other – to start this loop at the beginning.