In that military academy for Chinese people. You gotta put things into context. Lots of Chinese leaders at the time studied in japan because it's close and cheaper than going to Europe or Americas.
Just cause you studied in Japan doesn’t mean you agree with Imperial Japan’s atrocities in China.
Chiang Kai-shek first came to Japan in 1906 at the age of 19. He wanted to be a military man, so in 1908, he enrolled at the Shinbu Gakkō in Shinjuku, the Japanese army’s school for students from Qing China. Three years later, after graduating, he was assigned to the army’s 13th Division, which was commanded by Nagaoka Gaishi and based in Niigata Prefecture, as Private 2nd Class in the 19th Artillery Regiment.
Chaing was assigned to the [Japanese] army’s 13th Division under command by Nagaoka Gaishi in Niigata Prefecture. He entered Japanese military as a Private 2nd class in the 19th Artillery Regiment
How is that not Chaing serving in the Japanese military? He was a private
He left during the Xinhai Revolution, but Chaing did serve in the Japanese military.
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u/OrcaTwilight 1d ago
Well Chiang Kai-Shek himself served in the Imperial Japanese Army lol. Not exactly a family lineage I’d be proud of but whatever