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HK-Kowloon Brigade established
On February,The HK-Kowloon Brigade was established from Guangdong. -
Japanese main attack Hong Kong Island
On December 18th 22:30,Japanese started main attacking Hong Kong Island. -
Canadian troops arrive to HMCS Prince Robert
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Evacuation of Kowloon
On December 13,Kowloon was evacuated. -
Japanese begin bombing and artillery barrage of the island's northern coastal defenses
On November 4,Japanese begins bombing Japanese begin bombing and artillery barrage of the island's northern coastal defenses -
Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak
36 Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak air fields -
Grenadiers return Mount Buttler
On December 19,Grenadiers returned to Mount Buttler with heavy casualties. -
Hk commander officer Lawson killed
On December 20,Hk commander officer lawson was killed as Fortress hong Kong captured. -
Royal rifles retreat to Stanley
On December 23,Royal Rifles retreated to Stanley -
Japanese attacked royal rifles and captured stanley firt
On December25 5am,The Japanese attacked The Royal Rifles and captured Stanley Fort. -
Japanese attacked St.Stephen Hospital
On December 25 6am,after attacking the royal rifles they attacked St.Stephen Hospital near Stanley fort. -
Mt Cameron Captured and Malty calls for Governor Young to surrender
On December 25 3:15pm,Mt Cameron was captured and malty calls for governor young to surrender. -
Hong Kong dollar outlawed and replaced by Japanese Yen
On January,Hong Kong Dollar was outlawed and replaced by Japanese Military Yen.The exchange rate was fixed at Hong Kong Dollar to 1 Japanese Military Yen. -
Repatriation of China back to Mainland.
On January,the repatriation of China was turned back to Mainland. -
Streets and Building in Central renamed
On April,streets and buildings in Central were renamed in Japanese names -
British Army Aid Group formed
On July 1942,The British Army Aid group was formed by Colonel Lindsay Ride. -
Public utilities handed over to Japanese control
On June,all public utilities are handed over to Japanese to control. -
US dropped atomic bomb to Hiroshima
Oh August 6,The US dropped atomic bomb called "Enola Guy" on Hiroshima killing more than 70,000 people. -
Another Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
On August 9,few days after atomic bomb on Hiroshima.another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki -
Japanese surrenders
Oh August 15,the Japanese finally surrendered. -
Hong Kong handed over to Royal Navy
On August 30,Hong Kong was handed over by the Japanese Imperial Navy to the Royal Navy.August 30 was declared at "Liberation Day" and has been a public holiday until 1967. -
Hong Kong Colonial secretary Franklin Gimson declared as interium governor
On September 1,Hong Kong secretary Franklin Gimson declared himself as interium governor -
British rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourts accept Japanese surrender
On September 6,British rear admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourts formally accepts Japanese surrender.Mark Young resumes as governor -
General Takshi Sakai executed
On September 30,General Takashi Sakai was executed due to he is tried as a war criminal