Battle of Hong Kong Timeline

By HumbugDaniel
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    WW2 Battle of Hong Kong

  • Over 10,000 woman are raped

    Over 10,000 woman are raped

  • Hong Kong Dollar was outlawed and replaced by the Japanese Military Yen. The exchange rate was fixed to be two Hong Kong dollars to one military yen.

    Hong Kong Dollar was outlawed and replaced by the Japanese Military Yen. The exchange rate was fixed to be two Hong Kong dollars to one military yen.

  • September 1941

    Winston Churchill realise that HK is in danger and decides to send reinforcements.

  • November 16 1941-Canadian troops arrive on the HMCS Prince Robert

    November 16 1941-Canadian troops arrive on the HMCS Prince Robert

  • 8 am December the 8th - 36 Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak airfield and the units of Japanese 23rd cross the Sham Chun Shan River.

    8 am December the 8th - 36 Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak airfield and the units of Japanese 23rd cross the Sham Chun Shan River.

  • Evacuation of New Territories

    Evacuation of New Territories

  • Evacuation of Kowloon

    Evacuation of Kowloon

  • Japanese Demand Surrender (Surrender is Ignored)

    Japanese Demand Surrender (Surrender is Ignored)

  • Japanese begin heavy bombing and artillery barrage of the island's northern coastal defences

    At 22:30 hrs, Japanese begin heavy bombing and artillery barrage of the island's northern coastal defences

  • 19th December, 1941 Grenadiers retake Mount Butler with high Casualties

    19th December, 1941 Grenadiers retake Mount Butler with high Casualties

  • HK Commanding Officer Lawson was killed when Fortress of Hong Kong is captured

    HK Commanding Officer Lawson was killed as Fortress of Hong Kong captured

  • Royal Rifles retreat to Stanley

    Royal Rifles retreat to Stanley

  • 25th December, 1941 5:00 a.m. Japanese attack Royal Rifles and capture Stanley Fort

    25th December, 1941 5:00 a.m. Japanese attack Royal Rifles and capture Stanley Fort

  • Japanese attack St.Stephens Hospital

    Japanese attack St.Stephens Hospital

  • 25th December 1941 Mt Cameron captured and Malty calls for governor Young to surrender

    Mt Cameron captured and Malty calls for governor Young to surrender

  • January 1942 Police recruits Kempeitai

    January 1942 Police recruits Kempeitai

  • Repatriation of Chinese back to mainland

    Repatriation of Chinese back to mainland

  • 21st January, 1942 Internment of most "white" civilians

  • February 1942 HK-Kowloon Brigiade was established in Guangdong

    February 1942 HK-Kowloon Brigiade was established in Guangdong
    People's anti Japanese Guerrilla Force was led by Cai-Guo Liang

  • April 1942 Streets and Buildings in Central were renamed in Japanese

  • Food Rationing Begins

  • July 1942-The British Amy Aid Group was led by Colonel Lindsay Ride

  • Public utilities handed over to Japanese Control

    Public utilities handed over to Japanese Control

  • The US dropped an atomic bomb called the "Enola Gay" on Hiroshima, killing over 70,000 instantaneously

    The US dropped an atomic bomb called the "Enola Gay" on Hiroshima, killing over 70,000 instantaneously

  • Another atomic bomb was dropped in Nagasaki

    Another atomic bomb was dropped in Nagasaki

  • Japan finally surrenders

    Japan finally surrenders

  • 30 August 1945 - Hong Kong was handed over by Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy on • The "30 August" was declared as the "Liberation Day" (Chinese: 重光紀念日), and had been a public holiday in Hong Kong until 1967.

    30 August 1945 - Hong Kong was handed over by Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy on
    • The "30 August" was declared as the "Liberation Day" (Chinese: 重光紀念日), and had been a
    public holiday in Hong Kong until 1967.

  • 1 September 1945 - Franklin Gimson, Hong Kong's colonial secretary, declares himself interim governor.

    1 September 1945 - Franklin Gimson, Hong Kong's colonial secretary, declares himself interim
    governor.

  • 6 September 1945 - British Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourts formally accepts the Japanese surrender. Mark Young resumes as Governor.

    6 September 1945 - British Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourts formally accepts
    the Japanese surrender. Mark Young resumes as Governor.

  • 30 September 1946 - General Takashi Sakai, is tried as a war criminal and executed on the afternoon of.

    30 September 1946 - General Takashi Sakai, is tried as a war criminal and executed on the
    afternoon of.