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Part One: Kim Jong Un and His Family of Dictators

Behind the Bastards

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Kim Il-Sung's Invasion of South Korea

Kim Il-sung wants to take over South Korea and reunify the Korean Peninsula. He goes to Stalin, Mao Zedong and eventually gets both dictators on board. The North Korean People's Army invades South Korea within a matter of weeks. A tremendous number of people died, mostly from bombing campaigns carried out by the United States.

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