Formosan Army (Imperial Japanese Army)

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Until 1945, the military of the Empire of Japan stationed significant forces — and recruited them — on Formosa. The main formation was the Formosan Army.

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[edit] Commanders-in-Chief of Formosan Army

[edit] Chief of regular armies in Formosa

  • Shojiro Iida: Commanding General, Formosa Mixed Brigade
  • Mitsuo Nakazawa: Commanding General, Fortieth Army (Formosa),
  • Ando Rikishi: Commander in Chief 10th Area Army, Formosa
  • Hidezo Hitomi: General Officer Commanding 12th Division, Formosa
  • Sadanao Ishimoto: General Officer Commanding 50th Division, Formosa

[edit] Operative Army in Formosa

  • Japanese Fourteenth Army: Advance units on Formosa and Palau. Main body on Formosa and Amami-Oshima, in the northern Ryukyus.

[edit] Operative Groups in Formosan Army

(A total of six brigades and five divisions.)

[edit] Air units on Formosa

  • Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service
    • 2nd Tainan Air Group
    • 1st Air Group
    • Toko Air Group
    • Takao Air Group

[edit] Formosa anti-aircraft regiments

  • 51 AA Regiment
  • 8 Reserve AA Regiment

[edit] Chief of Staff, Formosan Army

[edit] Staff Officers in Formosan Army

  • Kiyotake Kawaguchi: Staff Officer, Formosan Army, recalled to active duty, Commanding General, Tsushima Fortress
  • Toshimichi Uemura: Staff Officer, Formosan Army (Colonel)

[edit] Officers in reserve list (Formosan Army)

  • Kioji Tominaga: transferred to first reserve list (Formosa)

[edit] Military Governor-General of Formosa

  • Ando Rikishi: Governor-General of Formosa

[edit] Structures of Formosa Fortress

  • Keelung Fortress Formation
  • Kausing Fortres Formation
  • Peng Hu Fortress Formation
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