Taiwan Army of Japan, the Glossary

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1. 36 relations: Allies of World War II, Armies of the Imperial Japanese Army, Corps, Empire of Japan, First Sino-Japanese War, Garrison, Governor-General of Taiwan, Heisuke Yanagawa, Hisaichi Terauchi, Hisakazu Tanaka, Imperial General Headquarters, Imperial Japanese Army, Infantry, Iwane Matsui, Japanese Korean Army, Jōtarō Watanabe, Masaharu Homma, Mitsuru Ushijima, Nanjing Massacre, Nobuyuki Abe, Qing dynasty, Rikichi Andō, Second Sino-Japanese War, Shanghai Expeditionary Army, Shiba Gorō, Shunroku Hata, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman, Takaji Wachi, Takasago Volunteers, Takashi Hishikari, Tenth Area Army, Treaty of Shimonoseki, World War II, 48th Division (Imperial Japanese Army).

2. Japan–Taiwan military relations

Allies of World War II

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.

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Armies of the Imperial Japanese Army

was a term in the Imperial Japanese Army was used in different ways to designate a variety of large military formations that corresponded to the army group, field army, and corps in the militaries of Western nations.

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Corps

Corps (plural corps; from French corps, from the Latin corpus "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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First Sino-Japanese War

The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) or the First China–Japan War was a conflict between the Qing dynasty and the Empire of Japan primarily over influence in Korea. Taiwan Army of Japan and First Sino-Japanese War are Taiwan under Japanese rule.

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Garrison

A garrison (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it.

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Governor-General of Taiwan

The governor-general of Taiwan (Taiwan Sōtoku) was the head of the Government-General of Taiwan in the Japanese era (including Formosa and the Pescadores) when they were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945. Taiwan Army of Japan and governor-General of Taiwan are Taiwan under Japanese rule.

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Heisuke Yanagawa

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.

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Hisaichi Terauchi

Count was a Gensui (or field marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army, commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group during World War II.

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Hisakazu Tanaka

was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and governor of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in World War II.

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Imperial General Headquarters

The was part of the Supreme War Council and was established in 1893 to coordinate efforts between the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during wartime.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Iwane Matsui

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the expeditionary force sent to China in 1937.

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Japanese Korean Army

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army that formed a garrison force in Korea under Japanese rule.

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Jōtarō Watanabe

was a general in the early Shōwa period Imperial Japanese Army, noted as one of the victims of the February 26 Incident.

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Masaharu Homma

was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Mitsuru Ushijima

was a Japanese general who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

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Nanjing Massacre

The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as Nanking) was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the Battle of Nanking and the retreat of the National Revolutionary Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, by the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Nobuyuki Abe

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Prime Minister of Japan, and the last Governor-General of Korea.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.

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Rikichi Andō

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and 19th and final Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan from 30 December 1944 to October 1945.

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Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931.

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Shanghai Expeditionary Army

The was a corps-level ad hoc Japanese army in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Taiwan Army of Japan and Shanghai Expeditionary Army are Japanese armies.

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Shiba Gorō

was a samurai of Aizu Domain and later a career officer and general in the Meiji period Imperial Japanese Army.

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Shunroku Hata

was a field marshal (gensui) in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

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Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman

A Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman is any Taiwanese person who served in the Imperial Japanese Army or Navy during World War II whether as a soldier, a sailor, or in another non-combat capacity. Taiwan Army of Japan and Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman are Japan–Taiwan military relations, military history of Taiwan and Taiwan under Japanese rule.

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Takaji Wachi

was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

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Takasago Volunteers

were volunteer soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army, recruited from Taiwanese indigenous peoples (also known as Taiwanese aborigines) during World War II. Taiwan Army of Japan and Takasago Volunteers are military history of Taiwan and Taiwan under Japanese rule.

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Takashi Hishikari

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Tenth Area Army

The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Treaty of Shimonoseki

The, also known as the Treaty of Maguan in China and in the period before and during World War II in Japan, was an unequal treaty signed at the hotel, Shimonoseki, Japan on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and Qing China, ending the First Sino-Japanese War. Taiwan Army of Japan and treaty of Shimonoseki are Taiwan under Japanese rule.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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48th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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See also

Japan–Taiwan military relations

• Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
• Mudan incident
• Murayama Tōan
• Taiwan Army of Japan
• Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Army_of_Japan

Also known as Formosan Army, Formosan Army (Imperial Japanese Army), Formosan Army of Japan, Japanese Formosan Army, Structure of Taiwan Army, Structure of the Taiwan Army of Japan.