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Japanese Korean Army | |
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Active | March 11, 1904 – August 15, 1945 |
Country | Empire of Japan |
Allegiance | Emperor of Japan |
Branch | Imperial Japanese Army |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Army |
Garrison/HQ | Keijo |
Japanese Korean Army | |||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||
Kanji | 朝鮮軍 | ||||||
Hiragana | ちょうせんぐん | ||||||
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Korean name | |||||||
Hangul | 조선군 | ||||||
Hanja | 朝鮮軍 | ||||||
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The Japanese Korean Army (朝鮮軍, Chōsen-gun, lit. 'Korean military') was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army that formed a garrison force in Korea under Japanese rule. The Korean Army consisted of roughly 350,000 troops in 1914.