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Kim Jwa-jin

김좌진 ( 金佐鎭 )

1889 – 1930

Courtesy Name (자 / 字)명여 (明汝) (明汝)

Art Name (호 / 號)백야 (白冶) (白冶)

Primary Office총사령관 (Supreme Commander, Northern Military Administration Army)

Historical Biography

Legendary military leader of the armed Korean Independence Movement. Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Military Administration Office (Bukro Ganjeongseo), who planned and led the historic Battle of Cheongsanri (1920) in Manchuria.

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The General of Cheongsanri: Kim Jwa-jin and the Greatest Victory of the Korean Independence War (1920)

How the Andong Kim military commander led the Northern Military Administration Army to crush imperial Japanese divisions in the frozen forests of Manchuria.

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