HONG KONG ON FIRE

By r_x_n_e_e
  • Over the month10,000 women are raped

    Over the month10,000 women are raped

  • Winston Churchill found out Hong Kong is in danger

    Winston Churchill found out Hong Kong is in danger

    Winston Churchill found out Hong Kong is in danger and decides to send reinforcements.
  • canadian troops

    canadian troops

    Canadian troops arrive HMCS Prince Robert
  • ATTACK

    ATTACK

    36 Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak airfield and units of the Japanese23rd cross the Sham Chun Shan river
  • Evacuation of New Territories

    Evacuation of New Territories

  • Evacuation of Kowloon

    Evacuation of Kowloon

  • 12 December, the attackers were in possession of the whole of the mainland, including the Kowloon peninsula.

    12 December, the attackers were in possession of the whole of the mainland, including the Kowloon peninsula.

    whole of the mainland, including the Kowloon peninsula.
  • Japanese demand surrender (surrender is ignored)

    Japanese demand surrender (surrender is ignored)

  • Japanese begin a heavy bombing and artillery barrage of the island's northern coastaldefenses

    Japanese begin a heavy bombing and artillery barrage of the island's northern coastaldefenses

  • MAIN ATTACK HK ISLAND

    MAIN ATTACK HK ISLAND

  • Grenadiers Retake mount Butler with heavy casualties

  • Royal rifles Retreat to Stanely

    Royal rifles Retreat to Stanely

  • HK Comanding officer Lawson killed as Fortress Hong Kong captured

    HK Comanding officer Lawson killed as Fortress Hong Kong captured

  • Japanese attack st. Stephens hospital

    Japanese attack st. Stephens hospital

  • Japanese attack Royal rifles and capture Stanley fort

    Japanese attack Royal rifles and capture Stanley fort

  • Mt Cameron Captured and Malty calls for Governor Young to surrender

    Mt Cameron Captured and Malty calls for Governor Young to surrender

  • 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.

    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.

  • police recruited to be Kempeitai

    police recruited to be Kempeitai

  • Repatriation of Chinese back to the mainland• August 6th, 1945 - the US dropped an atomic bomb called the “Enola Gay” on Hiroshima, killingover 70,000 instantaneously.

    Repatriation of Chinese back to the mainland• August 6th, 1945 - the US dropped an atomic bomb called the “Enola Gay” on Hiroshima, killingover 70,000 instantaneously.

  • Internment of most 'white' Allied civilians

    Internment of most 'white' Allied civilians

  • the HK-Kowloon brigade (港九大隊) was established from the Guangdong

    the HK-Kowloon brigade (港九大隊) was established from the Guangdong

    People's anti-Japanese Guerilla force led by Cai Guo-liang (蔡國梁)
  • streets and buildings in Central were renamed in Japanese.

    streets and buildings in Central were renamed in Japanese.

  • food rationing begins

    food rationing begins

  • street renamed

    street renamed

  • The British Army Aid Group was formed by Colonel Lindsay Ride.

    The British Army Aid Group was formed by Colonel Lindsay Ride.

  • Public utilities handed over to Japanese control

    Public utilities handed over to Japanese control

  • Another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki,

    Another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki,

  • Japan finally surrenders.

    Japan finally surrenders.

    OH yeah, the 4 years occupation finally end.
  • 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 apublic holiday in Hong Kong until 1967.

    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 apublic holiday in Hong Kong until 1967.

    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 apublic holiday in Hong Kong until 1967.
  • Franklin Gimson, Hong Kong's colonial secretary, declares himself interimgovernor.

    Franklin Gimson, Hong Kong's colonial secretary, declares himself interimgovernor.

  • British Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourts formally acceptsthe Japanese surrender. Mark Young resumes as Governo

    British Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourts formally acceptsthe Japanese surrender. Mark Young resumes as Governo

  • General Takashi Sakai

    General Takashi Sakai

    s tried as a war criminal and executed on theafternoon of.