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Hong Kong is in danger ???
The Prime Minister in Britain at that time, Winston Churchill, decides that Hong Kong is in danger and sends reinforcements. -
The first troops arrive from Canada..
Canadian troops arrive on the HMCS Prince Robert. -
The Japanese's first attack....
36 Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak airfield and units of the Japanese23rd cross the Sham Chun Shan river. -
New Territories..
Evacuation of New Territories... -
Kowloon
Evacuation of Kowloon... -
Japanese demand surrender...
Japanese demand surrender (surrender is ignored)... -
Japanese begin a heavy bombing and artillery barrage
Japanese begin a heavy bombing and artillery barrage of the northern coast of HK Island... (North Point, Quarry Bay etc..) -
Japanese main attack on Hong Kong..
Japanese main attack on Hong Kong Island starts... -
Retaking Mount Butler
Grenadiers retook Mount Butler with heavy casualties... -
HK Comanding officer Lawson killed..
Sadly, HK's Comanding officer Lawson is killed, as Fortress Hong Kong is captured... -
Royal rifles Retreat to Stanley..
Royal Rifles (Sharpshooters) retreat to Stanley.. -
Black Christmas
Christmas was supposed to be a jolly day, however, it was not a joly day for Hong Kong...
-Japanese attacked the Royal Rifles and captured Stanley Fort...
-Japanese attacked st. Stephens hospital, leaving many dead, as there were many sick and people injured because of the war...
- Hong Kong is forced to surrender... -
First Month of 1942
It meant a lot of bad things (not a lot...)
- Over the month 10,000 women are raped...
- Hong Kong Dollar was outlawed and replaced by the Japanese Military Yen. Theexchange rate was fixed at 2 Hong Kong dollars to one military yen.
- Internment of most 'white' Allied civilians....
- police recruited to be Kempeitai... (Japanese agents) -
A Resistance...
The HK-Kowloon brigade (港九大隊) was established from the GuangdongPeople's anti-Japanese rebillion force led by Cai Guo-liang (蔡國梁) -
April 1942...
-food rationing begins..
-streets and buildings in Central were renamed in Japanese. -
The British Army Aid Group
The British Army Aid Group was formed by Colonel Lindsay Ride. -
Electrcity and Water supply....
Public utilities handed over to Japanese control.... -
The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima..
The US dropped an atomic bomb called the “Enola Gay” on Hiroshima, killing over 70,000 instantaneously..... -
Nagasaki Bombing
The US bombing Japan, again, this time in Nagasaki... -
Japan Surrenders..
Japan Surrenders in August 15, 1945... -
Hong Kong was handed over by Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy
The "30 August" was declared as the "Liberation Day" (Chinese: 重紀念日), and had been apublic holiday in Hong Kong until 1967. -
Happy September...
1/9/- Franklin Gimson, Hong Kong's colonial secretary, declares himself interim governor.
6/9- British Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourts formally accepts the Japanese surrender. Mark Young resumes as Governor.
30/9- General Takashi Sakai, is tried as a war criminal and executed in the after noon..
