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Battle of Hong Kong
The Japanese launched an assaualt on Hong Kong, while Hong Kong and its British, Canadian and Indian forces tried to counterattack, but were quickly outnumbered. -
Surrender of Hong Kong
After many days of battling, Hong Kong finally surrendered to the Japanese on 25 December. To the locals, this day was called "Black Christmas". -
Life in Japanese Hong Kong
Starting on Black Christmas, the Japanese have rapidly changed the way Hong Kong has originally lived. The population of Hong Kong has greatly decreased from 1.6 million in 1941 to 600,000 in 1945. A great amount of Hong Kongers were executed, tortured, raped or mutilated by the Japanese. The Japanese also created and destroyed facilities under their own will. Food, water, hygiene and education were also taken by Japanese. It wasn't until 1945 when Japan surrendered where Hong Kong had freedom. -
Anti-Japanese Resistance
There were three groups that tried to fight against Japan. However all three failed to win against Japan.