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.
[edit] Commanders-in-Chief of Formosan Army
- Nobuyuki Abe: Commander in Chief Formosan Army
- Hisaichi Terauchi: Commanding General, Formosan Army
- Shunroku Hata: Formosan Army Commander
- Masaharu Homma: Commanding General, Formosan Army
- Ando Rikishi: recalled to active duty-Commanding General, 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
- Japanese 9th Division
- Japanese 71st Division
- Japanese 10th Division
- Japanese 50th Division
- Japanese 66th Division
(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
- Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
- 7th Sentai
- 5th Sentai: about 150 planes
- 4th Air Training Regiment
[edit] Formosa anti-aircraft regiments
- 51 AA Regiment
- 8 Reserve AA Regiment
[edit] Chief of Staff, Formosan Army
- Hisaichi Tanaka:- 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
