Lesson from General Sherman Should Not Be Forgotten

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Lesson from General Sherman Should Not Be Forgotten

In 1866 USS General Sherman intruded into the waters of the feudal Joson dynasty, which was an outrageous act of military invasion committed by the US in accordance with its policy of Korea.

At that time, the US was attempting to secure its rights and interests in Korea so as to gain a foothold for colonizing the latter. It worked out a “plan for forcing Korea to open itself up,” a scheme designed to invade Korea, and pushed for its preparations, overtly revealing its aggressive ambition.

The US government dispatched the aggressor ship General Sherman to the west coastal waters of Korea to implement the plan in a military way.

In August 1866 General Sherman crept into the estuary of the Taedong River to force an unequal treaty upon Korea and open the way to invade it by threatening its feudal rulers with warship and cannons. The ship sailed on upstream along the river illegally conducting espionage activities and measuring the depth of the water. While on their voyage towards Pyongyang, the crewmen landed on nearby villages to rape local women and commit other atrocities. They impudently demanded that the Korean government allow them into the Walled City of Pyongyang and offer 1 000 som (one som equals about 144kg) of rice as well as lots of gold, silver and insam. When their demand was refused, they resorted to violent robbery and murder.

Outraged by the insolent acts of the aggressors, the people and soldiers in Pyongyang organized a death-defying corps, which sank the ship by setting fire to it. This was the first time that the US aggressors suffered an ignominious defeat in Korea.

The US went to war against the DPRK in the 1950s, but it had to kneel down before the heroic Korean people again and sign a surrender document.

Facts clearly show that if the US imperialists cling to their war drills against the DPRK and vicious moves to isolate and stifle it as they do now, oblivious of the lesson from General Sherman, they will inevitably be doomed to disgraceful defeat and death.

Ko Jin Chol

2026-09-04