History of Hong Kong

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  • China drops Opium into Humen

    China drops Opium into Humen to stop people in Hong Kong from having it

  • The Island Giveaway

    China gave Hong Kong Island to Britain.

  • Currency change

    The Japanese made it illegal to use Hong Kong dollars and they changed the Currency to Japanese yen

  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

    The Japanese took USA by surprise when they attacked them on Pearl Harbour.This caused the USA to make 2 atomic bombs.They dropped the atomic bombs on Japan on the 6th August 1945.The atomic bombs made Japan surrender to Hong Kong.The attack was on the 7th December 1941.
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    Battle of Japan and Hong Kong

    Japan caught Hong Kong by surprise when they dropped bombs on Kai Tak Aerodrome.The Japanese slowly took over the different parts of Hong Kong.Hong Kong surrender on the 25th of December 1941.

  • Sir Mark Young Surrendered to Japan

    Sir Mark Young surrendered to Japan because Japan caught HK by surprise by dropping 2 bombs.They landed their plane and bought out their canons and guns.
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    The Japanese Occupation

    Hong Kong surrendered to Japan on the 25th December 1941.
    The Japanese surrendered because of the 2 atomic bombs that dropped on Japan.They surrendered on 15th of August 1945.Japan were in control of Hong Kong for 3 years and 8 months.

  • Food rationing

    The Japanese did not allow the Hong Kong people to have much food. Many people starved to death.
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    White civilians

    The Japanese locked up most of the workers in jail.There were not many people to attack the Japanese.

  • General Rensuke Isogai became governor

    General Rensuke Isogai became the first ever Japanese governor of Hong Kong

  • USA dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

    USA dropped an atomic bomb named Enola Gay on Japan.Many warriors were killed and it made Japan have a weaker army

  • USA dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan

    This time the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki

  • Japan Surrendered to Hong Kong

    Japan surrendered to Hong Kong because 2 atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.They surrendered 7 days after the bombing.