The Takasago Volunteers

yuanzhumin · 26th March 2011, 02:15 AM

I don't know if there is much interest on the subject of this thread

, but I found this fantastic document recently.

http://idv.sinica.edu.tw/etwisdom/20...thch-0036b.pdf

It's telling a fascinating story about these warriors, the Takasago volunteers, how a tribal Austronesian society and its people in Taiwan were caught in the Second World War, the colonial system, their problem of identities and the History between Taiwan, Japan and China.

Best

Nicolas

26th March 2011, 02:15 AM	#2
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	I don't know if there is much interest on the subject of this thread , but I found this fantastic document recently. http://idv.sinica.edu.tw/etwisdom/20...thch-0036b.pdf It's telling a fascinating story about these warriors, the Takasago volunteers, how a tribal Austronesian society and its people in Taiwan were caught in the Second World War, the colonial system, their problem of identities and the History between Taiwan, Japan and China. Best Nicolas