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|partof=[[Japanese Invasion of Taiwan (1895)]] |
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When the [[First Sino-Japanese War|Sino-Japanese War]] of 1894-1895 ended, the Qing government signed the humiliating [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]], ceding [[Taiwan]] and the [[Penghu Islands]] to [[Japan]]. The [[Chinese]] living on Taiwan resented to their land being taken over by the Japanese as the Japanese were considered an inferior race by the Chinese. After the Japanese Empire settled into Taiwan, the Chinese citizens unsuccessfully tried to revolt against the new settlers, the first of which occurred in [[Tainan]] in which Chinese generals (Qiu Fengjia and Liu Yongfu) refused to surrender to the Japanese. The generals proclaimed Tainan and Kaohsiung as second Republics of Taiwan. This effort turned out as a failure and the Japanese lay siege to Tainan on October 21, 1895. Originally landing in [[Jilong]] on May 30, [[1895]], it had taken the Japanese only five months to destroy Tainan and successfully colonize Taiwan. |
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== References == |
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|date=October, [[1895]] |
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http://www.geocities.com/apapadimos/Taiwan_Pages/Taiwan_History_3.htm |
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|place=[[Tainan]], [[Taiwan]] |
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|result=Decisive Japanese victory<br>Capitulation of [[Tainan]]<br>Collapse of [[Republic of Formosa]] |
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|combatant1=[[Image:1895Flag of Taiwan.jpg|22px]] [[Republic of Formosa]] |
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|combatant2=[[Image: Flag of Japan.svg|22px]] [[Empire of Japan]] |
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|commander1=[[Image:1895Flag of Taiwan.jpg|22px]] [[Liu Yung-fu]] |
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|commander2=[[Image: Flag of Japan.svg|22px]] |
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{{Template:Campaignbox Japanese Invasion of Taiwan (1895)}} |
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The '''Siege of Tainan''' took place in October of 1895, when the Imperial Japanese Army landed in [[Fangliao]] and [[Budai]] to encircle the city of Tainan, then capital of [[Republic of Formosa]]. President [[Liu Yung-fu]], who had been in the position for only a few month, fled the city via a British merchant vessel and left the garrison leaderless. The city eventually capitulated on October 23. |
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[[Category:Battles involving Taiwan]] |
[[Category:Battles involving Taiwan]] |
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Liu Yung-fu |
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The Siege of Tainan took place in October of 1895, when the Imperial Japanese Army landed in Fangliao and Budai to encircle the city of Tainan, then capital of Republic of Formosa. President Liu Yung-fu, who had been in the position for only a few month, fled the city via a British merchant vessel and left the garrison leaderless. The city eventually capitulated on October 23.
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