WW2 (HK)

By Anderson123

  • Hong Kong was in Danger

    Winston Churchill realizes that Hong Kong is in danger and decides to send reinforcements

  • The Evacuations

    The evacuations of Kowloon and the New Territories.

  • The First Attacks

    The Japanese attack began shortly after 08:00 on 8 December 1941, they also bombed Kai Tak Airport.

  • Two Demands for Surrender

    Two demands for surrender and when these were rejected, Japanese forces crossed the harbor on the evening of 18 December and landed on the island's north-east/ going across the habour.

  • Surrendering of Hong Kong

    British colonial officials headed by the Governor of Hong Kong Mark Aitchison Young surrendered at the Japanese headquarters and the day became "Black Christmas".

  • St. Stephen's College Attack

    Drunken Japanese soldiers entered the College, which was being used as a hospital. The Imperial Japanese then shot volunteer doctors when the entry was refused. They then went inside and attacked people.

  • Hong Kong was Signed Over

    The handing over of Hong Kong was signed on the 26th at the Peninsula Hotel.

  • The Kempentai

    In January 1942, former members of the Hong Kong Police were recruited into reformed police with new uniforms.

  • Manipulating the East Asian Trade

    The Japanese people used the fact that HK is an international trading hot spot to manipulate the east Asian trading market.

  • Rensuke Isogai - the First Japanese Governor of HK

    He was the creator the Japanese Military Yen, caused severe disruption of the economy, which still to this day Japan hasn't really acknowledged the inflation and the scams.

  • The Food Limits

    By the Japanese rules, each person was only able to get like a mug of rice every day, and many people starved to death.

  • Population Control

    The population of Hong Kong went from 1.6 million in 1941 to 600,000 in 1945 for population control, in which they were sent to camps in China.

  • Education under the Japanese

    Most teachers were inrolled in Japanese learning classes and the students were fired to learn about Japan and it's a culture.

  • The Disgusting Things the Japanese Committed to the Locals

    The Japanese committed such crimes to the locals, as rape and torture.

  • Propoganda

    Posters were put up everywhere about the greatness of the Japanese empire.

  • The First Bomb

    The US dropped an atomic bomb from a Plane, called the “Enola Gay” on Hiroshima.

  • The Second Bomb

    The 2nd bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

  • Japanese Surrender

    The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ended in 1945 after Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945.

  • 重光紀念日

    The 30 August was declared as 'The Liberation Day'.

  • The Executions

    General Takashi Sakai, was tried as a war criminal and executed.