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New defence in Hong Kong
The british observe that Hong Kong will not be able to defence it self during a japaness attack. But in the mid of 1930 there are new defence facilities in Hong Kong. Including:
-Wong Nai Chung Gap
-Lye Moon Passage
-Shing Mun Redoubt
-Devil's Peak
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Hong Kong being surrended
On 21 October 1938 the Japanese occupied Canton (Guangzhou) and Hong Kong was effectively surrounded. -
Reduce the Hong Kong Garrison
The british determine to reduce the Hong Kong Garrison to a little part. Robert Brooke-Popham, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Far East Command argued that limited reinforcements could allow the garrison to delay a Japanese attack, gaining time elsewhere. -
Canadian contribution
In Autumn 1941, the British government accepted an offer by the Canadian Government to send two infantry battalions and a brigade headquarters to reinforce the Hong Kong garrison. "C Force" -
The japaness attack
The japaness attack at 8:00, 8 of Octoberless than eight hours after the Attack on Pearl Harbor . The Japanese attack was not proceeded by a declaration of war and so was in clear violation of international law. -
Pilots from CNAC
On 8, 9 and 10 December, eight American pilots of the China National Aviation Corporation CNAC and their crews made a total of 16 trips between Kai Tak Airport and airports in Namyung and Chongqing in China, the war time capital of the Republic of China. -
Golden hill been taken
The line was breached in five hours and later that day the Royal Scots also withdrew from Golden Hill.[5] D company of the Royal Scots counter-attacked and captured Golden Hill. By 10:00am the hill was again taken by the Japanese. This made the situation on the New Territories and Kowloon untenable and the evacuation from started on 11 December 1941 under aerial bombardment and artillery barrage. -
Hong Kong Island been retreated
5/7 Rajputs of the British Indian Army commanded by Lieutenant Colonel R. Cadogan-Rawlinson, the last Commonwealth troops on the mainland, had retreated to Hong Kong Island. -
Landed on North East
On 15 December, the Japanese began systematic bombardment of the island's North Shore. 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. -
Tortured in British hospital
On the morning of 25 December, Japanese soldiers entered the British field hospital at St. Stephen's College, and tortured and killed a large number of injured soldiers, along with the medical staff. -
Black Chrismas
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 at the Japanese headquarters on the third floor of the Peninsula Hong Kong hotel. This was the first occasion on which a British Crown Colony had surrendered to an invading force. The day had remark as 'Black Chrismas'. -
Retreated
After the attack, the place like Causeway bay, Sai Wan Hill that so many people fight and sacrifice etc.
