Kim Il Sung

Kim Il Sung was the founding leader of North Korea. Backed by the Soviet Union after Japanese rule ended, he established a one-party state and launched the invasion of South Korea in 1950, beginning the Korean War.

Jeff Shaara’s The Rising Tide is set in 1942. The United States enters the ground war against Germany through the difficult campaigns in North Africa. Griff Hosker’s Commando places Kim Il Sung within a narrative shaped by military command and battlefield decision-making, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and exploration, travel and cultural encounter. Other novels featuring Kim Il Sung include Jeff Shaara’s The Steel Wave, Jeff Shaara’s No Less Than Victory, Griff Hosker’s Behind Enemy Lines, Griff Hosker’s Beyond the Rhine, and Griff Hosker’s Breakout.

In non-fiction, Kim Il Sung is discussed in Giles Milton’s D-Day and John Man’s The D-Day Atlas. Giles Milton’s D-Day approaches the subject through military command and battlefield decision-making, social change and the pressures of ordinary life, and empire, conquest and resistance.