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The was an army

Corps

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of the Imperial Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Army

-Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...

recruited from, and stationed, on the island of Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

as a garrison

Garrison

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force.

History

Following the First Sino-Japanese War

First Sino-Japanese War

The First Sino-Japanese War was fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Korea...

, the Treaty of Shimonoseki

Treaty of Shimonoseki

The Treaty of Shimonoseki , known as the Treaty of Maguan in China, was signed at the Shunpanrō hall on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and Qing Empire of China, ending the First Sino-Japanese War. The peace conference took place from March 20 to April 17, 1895...

transferred control of Taiwan from Qing dynasty

Qing Dynasty

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China

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to the Empire of Japan

Empire of Japan

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. The Japanese government established the Governor-General of Taiwan

Governor-General of Taiwan

The position of Governor-General of Taiwan existed when Taiwan and the Pescadores were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.The Japanese Governors-General were members of the Diet, civilian officials, Japanese nobles or generals...

based in Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

. The Governor-General of Taiwan was given control of local military forces on 20 August 1919, which formed the nucleus of the Taiwan Army of Japan.

Primarily a garrison force, the Taiwan Army of Japan was placed under control of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army

Shanghai Expeditionary Army

The was a corps-level ad hoc Japanese army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.The Shanghai Expeditionary Army was first raised on February 25, 1932 as a reinforcement for Japanese forces involved during the First Battle of Shanghai...

at the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...

in 1937. A component of the Taiwan Army, the Taiwan Independent Combined Brigade, was active in numerous campaigns on the Chinese mainland, and was later expanded into the 48th Infantry Division.

Towards the end of World War II

World War II

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, as the situation looked increasingly desperate for Japan, the Taiwan Army was merged with several other units garrisoning the island of Taiwan against possible Allied

Allies of World War II

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invasion, and the Taiwan Army was absorbed into the new Japanese Tenth Area Army on 22 September 1944, under which it formed the Taiwan District Army on 1 February 1945, but its command was directly by the Japanese 10th Area Army.

Commanding officers

	Name	From	To
1	General Jiro Akashi	20 August 1919	26 October 1919
2	General Goro Shiba Shiba Goro -External links:*- Notes :...	1 December 1919	4 May 1921
3	Lieutenant General Heitaro Fukuda	4 May 1921	6 August 1923
4	General Soroku Suzuki	6 August 1923	20 August 1924
5	Lieutenant General Takaichi Kanno	20 August 1924	28 July 1926
6	Lieutenant General Kunishige Tanaka	28 July 1926	10 August 1928
7	General Takashi Hishikari Takashi Hishikari - Notes :...	10 August 1928	3 June 1930
8	General Jotaro Watanabe	3 June 1930	1 August 1931
9	Lieutenant General Saburo Hayashi	1 August 1931	9 January 1932
10	General Nobuyuki Abe	9 January 1932	1 August 1933
11	General Iwane Matsui Iwane Matsui was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the expeditionary forces sent to China in World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by hanging by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for responsibility over the Nanking Massacre.-Early life...	1 August 1933	1 August 1934
12	Field Marshal Count Hisaichi Terauchi	1 August 1934	2 December 1935
13	Lieutenant General Heisuke Yanagawa Heisuke Yanagawa - Notes :...	2 December 1935	1 August 1936
14	Field Marshal Shunroku Hata	1 August 1936	2 August 1937
15	Lieutenant General Mikio Tsutsumi	2 August 1937	8 September 1938
16	Lieutenant General Tomou Kodama	8 September 1938	1 December 1939
17	Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima Mitsuru Ushijima - Notes :...	1 December 1939	2 December 1940
18	Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma Masaharu Homma was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He is noteworthy for his role in the invasion and occupation of the Philippines during World War II. Homma, who was an amateur painter and playwright, was also known as the Poet General.-Biography:...	2 December 1940	6 November 1941
19	General Rikichi Ando Rikichi Ando -See also:* Taiwan under Japanese rule...	6 November 1941	17 September 1945

Chief of staff

	Name	From	To
1	Major General Koichiro Soda	20 August 1919	25 February 1921
2	Major General Kojiro Satoi	25 February 1921	4 February 1924
3	Major General Kinzo Watanabe	4 February 1924	26 July 1927
4	Major General Nenosuke Sato	26 July 1927	24 April 1930
5	Major General Takeshi Kosugi	24 April 1930	11 April 1932
6	Major General Yoshishige Shimizu	11 April 1932	18 March 1933
7	Major General Kennosuke Otsuka	18 March 1933	22 January 1934
8	Major General Sumei Kuwaki	22 January 1934	1 August 1935
9	Lieutenant General Ryuhei Ogisu	1 August 1935	1 March 1937
10	Major General Masataka Hata	1 March 1937	19 February 1938
11	Lieutenant General Hisaichi Tanaka Hisaichi Tanaka -External links:* - Notes :...	19 February 1938	8 September 1938
12	Major General Kazuo Otsu	15 October 1938	9 March 1940
13	Lieutenant General Mikio Uemura	9 March 1940	1 March 1941
14	Lieutenant General Takaji Wachi Takaji Wachi - Notes :...	1 March 1941	20 February 1942
15	Lieutenant General Shichiro Higuchi	20 February 1942	29 October 1943
16	Lieutenant General Shinpachi Kondo	29 October 1943	8 July 1944
17	Lieutenant General Haruki Isayama	8 July 1944	17 September 1945

History

Commanding officers

Chief of staff

See also