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Hong kong surrenders,
Hong kong governer Mark Aitchison Young surrenders to the japanese forces in Peninsula Hotel. -
Period: to
three year eight months of occupation
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Anti japanese resistance begins
The british army aid group and east river column of the Guangdong people's anti-Japanese east river guerrillas resisted the japanese rule by gathering intellegence to the allies, rescuing prisoners of war and allied airmen shot down in combat over hong kong -
Interment of european civilians
The japanese intern most of the "white" european civilians in POW camps -
Hong kong under japanese control
the japanese took away english shop signs and advertisments, many streets and buildings were renamed in japanese with totally different meaning, food rationing also began and hong kong civilians are forced to pay high price for food -
Japanese influence increases
people are told to exchange HKD to japanese miliitary yen, schools in hong kong are forced to teach japanese, all japanese holidays are commemorated in hong kong, the hong kong police are trained into the kempeitai and british and chinese bank are closed and replaced by japanese banks -
Japanese properganda in hong kong
The japanese properganda film called "the battle of hong kong" was made in hong kong by the Dai Nippon (meaning "great japan") film company. -
Japanese empire day celebrated in hong kong
The japanese celebrated the festival that centers around the worship of the first japanese emperor jimmu -
Transfer of the managment of gas, water and electrity to japanese forces
The management of gas water and electricity was transfered into the hands of the japanese people rulling hong kong -
Hyperinflation caused by japanese millitary yen
The japanese are more desperate on the war effort due to the increasing amount of allied victories in the pacific at leyte gulf, phillipine sea... And therefore starting to print more millitary yen causing inflation and poverty in hong kong and persumbly many other places occupied by the japanese. -
Japanese occupational goverment surrenders, end of occupation
Japanese goverment in hong kong surrenders to the royal navy on 30th august 1945 with no japanese resistance. The day was made a public holiday until 1997