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Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)

On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “The conquest of Taiwan”

May–Oct 1895 — Taiwanese defenders proclaim a short-lived Republic of Formosa and resist the Japanese landing for five months. By Japan’s own count about 14,000 Taiwanese fighters and civilians were killed, and armed resistance in the hills continued for years.

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Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars (chapter 6 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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Map showing Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895), site of memory in Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
SITE OF MEMORY · REMAKING THE STATE: MEIJI JAPAN 1600–1912 AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA 1964–2000

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