Kim Chwa-chin and the Victory at Qingshanli

Kim Chwa-chin and the Victory at Qingshanli

Kim Chwa-chin

Kim Chwa-chin was a prominent commander of the Korean anti-Japanese armed struggle in Manchuria. As leader of the Northern Military Administration Office Army, he organized and trained disciplined guerrilla units to resist Japanese colonial expansion. In October 1920, Kim commanded coalition forces alongside Hong Beom-do in the famous Battle of Qingshanli, orchestrating precision ambushes that inflicted heavy casualties on Japanese troops in one of the independence movement's greatest military victories. Overcoming subsequent organizational fracturing, he dedicated his later years to managing anarchist self-governing bodies for Korean residents in Manchuria before his tragic assassination in 1930.

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Year Kim Chwa-chin
1889
Birth of Kim Chwa-chin (Period: December 16, 1889 (lunar calendar date November 24, 1889 in some sources), Location: Around Galsan-myeon, Hongseong County, Chungcheong-namdo, Republic of Korea)
1900
Liberation of Nobi (Slaves) and Enlightenment Activities (Age: 10 years old, Period: Early 1900s, Location: Hongseong region, Chungcheong Province, Korea)
1910
Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle in the Korean Independence Movement (Age: 20 years old, Period: Late 1910s–1930, Location: Korea and Northeastern China (Manchuria))
1919
Inauguration as Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Military Administration Office (Kim Chwa-chin, Age: 29 years old, Period: 1919, Location: Northeastern China, North Gando)
1921
Free City Incident (Age: 31 years old, Period: June 1921, Location: Russian Far East, Free City (present-day around Svobodny))
1925
Organization of Sinminbu (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1925, Location: Northeastern China, Manchuria)
1929
Formation of the Korean People's Association in Manchuria (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1929, Location: Northeastern China, Manchuria)
1930
Death of Kim Chwa-chin (Age: 40 years old, Period: January 24, 1930)
Assassination of Kim Chwa-chin (Age: 40 years old, Period: January 24, 1930, Location: Yamanshi Town, Ning'an County, Jilin Province, China (present-day near Hailin City, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province))
Unknown
Marriage (Kim Chwa-chin, Sources list names such as Oh Suk-geun, Kim Gye-wol, Na Hye-guk, etc., Period: Exact timing for each marriage cannot be confirmed, Location: Unknown)

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