강원지역 공비토벌 연구 - 1948 ~ 6·25전쟁 직전까지 -

Abstract

The purpose of the current study is to explain the activities of guerrillas in the Gangwon Province from 1948 to June 25, 1950. Secondly, the ultimate reason and reason why the guerrillas tried to develop their activities in this area. Third, the process and achievements of fighting against guerrillas of South Korean soldiers and police. Since August 15, 1945, the Soviet Union and North Korea had tried to make the entire Korean peninsula based on a socialist system, whereas the U.S. military government and South Korea wanted to build a social and national system centered on a liberal democracy. North Korea has continued to engage in illegal warfare, such as a guerrilla war, in alliance with the Namrodang to achieve its communist revolution in southern part of the 38th Parallel. Activities of the Namrodang in Gangwon Province started in 1946. The North Korean People's Liberation Army was formed in July 1949 after the South and the North Korean Workers Party officially decided to merge. The aim of organizing the People's Liberation Army was to organize and operate more massive guerrilla warfare that had traditionally been carried out across South Korea. The period when the guerrillas activities were more active was after August and September 1948, when the independent government was established in the South and North respectively. In November 1948, the North Korean guerrilla group expanded in solidarity with the existing Namrodang and South Korean soldiers and police collaborated to destroy the North Korean guerrillas. The historic meaning of the war being fought by South Korean soldiers and police in Gangwon Province is as follows; first, it resulted in blocking the movements of guerrillas and the supply of weapons to mountains linked to Odaesan, Taebeoksan, and Jirisan. Second, it weakened the solidarity of North Korean soldiers and North Korean guerrillas during the Korean War begun on June 25, 1950.