3.1운동 전후 조선인의 군사적 이용에 관한 일본 육군 내 논의

초록

The First World War (1914~18) and the March First Movement (1919) shook the ruling order of Japanese imperialism. With these events as the momentum, Imperial Japan, as well as Japanese Army, sought the reorganization of imperial ruling order. The Japanese Korean Army (Chosen-gun) was optimistic about the possibility of assimilating colonial Koreans and using them in the military. Therefore, to promote the assimilation of Koreans, the Army insisted that Military Academy should be open to Koreans and Korean volunteer units should be organized. Also, the reinforcement of deployed forces in Korea was requested, partly to accept Koreans into the Army. These stances remained firm in spite of the shock from the March First Movement. On the other hand, the Ministry of War (Rikugunsho) focused on political, economic, and military legitimacy. For them, the military use of colonial Koreans was the final goal to be realized after assimilating Koreans enough for the conscription law to be enforced in Korea. Also, the March First Movement weakened their optimism about the possibility of such assimilation. As a result, the Ministry of War remained negative to the military use of Koreans until the mid-1930s.

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