Research on the Japanese military operation for suppressing the Donghak Peasant Revolution in the First Sino・Japanese war

此次研究项目的成果之一是，发现了日军惩戒部队某大队长所写的历史文献、战斗伤亡碑文、士兵战争日记等。这些文件为分析以下事件提供了证据。东学农民革命在韩国中部山区爆发时，在过去的研究中没有承认这一点。当时，广岛帝国司令部策划了包围和镇压东学农民军主力的军事行动，并派遣了军队。在他们战斗的最后阶段，帝国总部鲁莽地下令消灭他们，导致总共损失了一万多名农民的生命

One of the results of this reseaech project is the discovery of historical documentes written by a battalion commandar of the Japanese punitive force, the stele inscriptions for battale casualties, and soldiers'war diaries.These documents provide evidences for analysis of the following incidents.When the Donghak Peasant Revolution began in Korean central mountainous area, which has not been recognized in previous studies, the Hirosima imperial headquarters planned a military operation to surround and suppress the main body of the Donghak Peasant Army and dispatched troops. At the final stage of their battles, the imperial headquarters made a rash of orders to annihilate them, which led to the loss of more than ten thousands of peasants'lives in total