Taiwan Army of Japan

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Taiwan Army of Japan


caption=Taiwan Army of Japan HQ, Taihoku
dates= 1919-08-20-1944-09-22
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=Taipei
nickname=
battles=command structure
name= Taiwan Army of Japan
date=1935
parent=Imperial General Headquarters
subordinate=
* Taiwan Garrison
** 1st Taiwan Infantry Brigade
** 2nd Taiwan Infantry Brigade
* Taiwan Mountain Artillery Brigade
* 8th Taiwan Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
* 1st Tank Regiment
* 2nd Tank Regiment
* 6th Tank Regiment
* 14th Tank Regiment
* 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
* 18th Field Artillery Regiment
* 1st Signal Regiment
* 3rd Air Division
* 3rd Air Brigade
* 7th Air Brigade
* 10th Air Brigade
* 12th Air Brigade
* 5th Air Division
* 4th Air Brigade

The nihongo|Taiwan Army of Japan|台湾軍|Taiwan gun was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army recruited from, and stationed, on the island of Taiwan as a garrison force.

History

Following the First Sino-Japanese War, the Treaty of Shimonoseki transferred control of Taiwan from Qing dynasty China to the Empire of Japan. The Japanese government established the Governor-General of Taiwan based in Taipei. 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 at the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War 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, 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 invasion, and became part of the Japanese Tenth Area Army on 1944-09-22. It was renamed the Taiwan District Army on 1 February 1945, but its command remained concurred with the Japanese 10th Area Army.

List of Commanders

Commanding Officers

Chief of staff

ee also

*Ethnic Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman
*Armies of the Imperial Japanese Army

References

*cite book
last = Madej
first = Victor
coauthors =
year = 1981
title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945
publisher = Game Publishing Company
location =
id = ASIN: B000L4CYWW

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6885
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Taiwan Army