Truku War

Truku war
Police forces set off from Karenkō for Tkijig in Truku area
Date May – August 1914 Location Karen District, Karenkō Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Hualien County, Taiwan) Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Truku Tribe	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Holok Naowi	Siyat Teymu[1]
Strength
~3,000–5,000	~11,075
Casualties and losses
Unknown	~364

The Truku War (Chinese: 太魯閣戰爭; pinyin: Tàilǔgé zhànzhēng, Truku language: Tnegjyalan Truku), is series of events happened between May and August 1914, involving the Truku indigenous group uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Japanese Taiwan.

The conflict's main scope was to dominate the area around the area today known as Hualien County, until then controlled by the Truku people. Since the beginning of the Japanese rule of Taiwan in 1895, the Truku Tribe was seen as a major target in that area and for many years before the capitulation. Sakuma Samata, the Governor-General of Taiwan employed massive resources in order to contain and overpower the resistance of Truku warriors, mobilizing as many as 20,000 soldiers and police officers in the field against a population of about 2,000 aboriginals. During a battle, Sakuma Samata was seriously injured but in the second half of August 1914, the Japanese declared victory over the Truku and on August 28, the Governor-General of Taiwan declared the end of the war.^[2]