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C Force arrvied from the sea
In Autumn 1941, the British government accepted an offer by the Canadian Government to send two infantry battalions and a brigade headquarters (1,975 personnel) to reinforce the Hong Kong garrison. "C Force" -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor,[9] the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters,[10][11] and Operation Z during planning,[12] was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
36 Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak airfield
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Japanese main attack in Hong Kong Island
On 15 December, the Japanese began systematic bombardment of the island's North Shore.[18] Two demands for surrender were made on 13 and 17 December. When these were rejected, Japanese forces crossed the harbour on the evening of 18 December and landed on the island's North-East. -
HK Comanding officer Lawson killed
On the morning of 19 December fierce fighting continued on Hong Kong Island but the Japanese annihilated the headquarters of West Brigade, causing the death of Brigadier John K. Lawson, the commander of the West Brigade. -
Japanese entered St. Stephen's College
On the morning of 25 December, Japanese soldiers entered the British field hospital at St. Stephen's College and in the St. Stephen's college incident tortured and killed a large number of injured soldiers, along with the medical staff -
Hong Kong Surrender
By the afternoon of 25 December 1941, it was clear that further resistance would be futile and British colonial officials headed by the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Aitchison Young, surrendered in person[23] at the Japanese headquarters on the third floor of the Peninsula Hong Kong hotel. -
An atomic bomb called the “Enola Gay” on Hiroshima.
the US dropped an atomic bomb called the “Enola Gay” on Hiroshima, killingover 70,000 instantaneously. -
Another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
Another antomic bomb dropped by the US -
Japanese Surrender
Japan finally surrenders. -
Hong Kong was handed over by Imperial Japanese Army
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.
