Marshal Peng Dehuai in the field in North Korea Communist Forces in Korea
3. Marshal Peng Dehuai with Premier Kim Il Sung of North Korea

Marshal Peng Dehuai is shown with North Korean with Premier Kim Il Sung. We used to listen to Radio North Korea when we worked in China in the 1980s. Kim Il Sung is referred constantly as "Dearly beloved Father Leader Kim Il Sung" at least 25 times a broadcast. North Korea was spending 29% of its GNP on the military. Peng is on the left. He would later be accused of "bossing" Kim around and would be beaten to death by Red Guards after trumped up charges were brought against him by Marshal Lin Biao. He would be exonerated many years later.

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