1944-09-01

Conscription introduced in Taiwan

TaiwanTaiwan · Late in the war, Japan incorporated colonial Taiwan more directly into its military mobilization system.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Operation Ichi-Go
  2. Defense of Hengyang
  3. Tojo Cabinet resigns
  4. Conscription introduced in TaiwanCurrent record
  5. Guilin-Liuzhou operation
  6. Ili Rebellion and Three Districts Revolution
  7. Tokyo firebombing
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Context

Taiwan conscription shows wartime total mobilization extending deeply into colonial Taiwan. Even where the territorial surface barely changes, social and military mobilization intensified sharply.

Sources

A Taiwan historical article is linked with a U.S. Navy description of Japanese administration preserved by NYU.

Media

Drafted Taiwanese soldiers during World War IIVisual recordDrafted Taiwanese soldiers during World War IIA photograph illustrating Taiwanese conscription and wartime mobilization under Japanese rule.

Source Trail

Historical Article聚珍臺灣 · 1944年9月1日，日本政府開始對臺灣人實施徵兵制Open sourceArchiveNYU Faculty Digital Archive · Japanese Administrative Organization in TaiwanOpen sourceMedia RecordWikimedia Commons · 臺籍日本兵出征前_Drafted_Taiwanese_soldiers_during_World_War_II.jpgOpen source