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Battle of Shanghai
At first, happened in downtown Shanghai, lasted for 9 days since 13 Aug 1937.
Then, happened around JiangSu beaches, which Japanese Army soldiers are trying to patrol the whole area and invade every house they could find but the Chinese defended their area. This large fight lasted for 2 months.
At last, Chinese were retreating towards NanJing and the Japanese chased, lasted for 1 month. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/1937-battle-shanghai-japans-brutal-attack-china.html -
Hong Kong in danger
After Japanese forces attacked GuangDong, Winston Churchill realizes that Hong Kong is in danger and decides to send reinforcements to help Hong Kong. http://www.biography.com/people/winston-churchill-9248164#early-life -
Occupation began
Japanese Army ground forces occupied Shanghai and later moved to Hong Kong. -
Kai Tak got attacked
On 8am, 36 Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak airport.
(The image shows a DC-2 destroy by the Japanese Army during the attack of Kai Tak.) http://industrialhistoryhk.org/pearl-harbour-day-hong-kong/ -
Evacuation
The Japanese evacuated the New Territories on the 11th and evacuated the Kowloon on the 12th. http://www.walkhongkong.com/guidedwalkshongkong/ww2battlefieldswalk.html -
Attack of HK Island
At 22:30, the main force of Japanese army attacked Hong Kong Island. http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=61 -
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Hong Kong dollar outlawed
In the month, Hong Kong dollar was outlawed and replaced by the Japanese Military "Yen". The exchange rate was fixed later in the month. http://www.joelscoins.com/images/chinapm27r.jpg -
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Anti-Japanese force
The Anti-Japanese Guerilla force was formed by a group of GuangDong people and led by Cai Guo-Liang. The Anti-Japanese Guerilla force also established the HK-Kowloon brigade. -
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Atomic Bombs dropped
On 6 Aug 1945, the US dropped an Atomic Bomb which is called "Enola Gay" on this Japan city called "Hiroshima" and killed over 70000 people.
On 9 Aug 1945, the US dropped another Atomic Bomb on this Japan city called "Nagasaki" which also killed a lot of people. -
Japan surrendered
After 3 years of occupation, the Japan finally surrendered and claim that "the enemy force have created a ultimate weapon that can destroy our country very soon, we have no choice but to surrender or we will lost our country." http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders -
Liberation day
Hong Kong was handed over from the Japan Army to the Royal Navy on 30 Aug 1945. On the same day, 30 Aug was called the "Liberation Day", it has been a public holiday for Hong Kong until 1967.
