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Japanese Occupation

By tung_1025

  • Winston Churchill realize that Hong Kong is in danger and decides to send reinforcements.

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

  • Canadian troops arrive on the HMCS Prince Robert.

    Canadian troops arrive on the HMCS Prince Robert.

  • 36 Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak airfield and units of the Japanese 23rd cross the Sham Chun Shan river (8:00am)

    36 Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak airfield and units of the Japanese 23rd cross the Sham Chun Shan river (8:00am)

  • Evacuation of New Territories

    Evacuation of New Territories

  • Evacuation of Kowloon

    Evacuation of Kowloon

  • Japanese demand surrender (surrender is ignored)

    Japanese demand surrender (surrender is ignored)

  • Japanese begin a heavy bombing and artillery barrage of the island's northern coastal defenses.

    Japanese begin a heavy bombing and artillery barrage of the island's northern coastal defenses.

  • Japanese main attack Hong Kong Island

    Japanese main attack Hong Kong Island

  • Grenadiers Retake mount Butler with heavy casualties.

    Grenadiers Retake mount Butler with heavy casualties.

  • HK Commanding officer Lawson killed as Fortress Hong Kong captured.

    HK Commanding officer Lawson killed as Fortress Hong Kong captured.

  • Royal rifles Retreat to Stanley

    Royal rifles Retreat to Stanley

  • Japanese attack Royal rifles and capture Stanley fort (5:00am)

    Japanese attack Royal rifles and capture Stanley fort (5:00am)

  • Japanese attack st. Stephen hospital (6:00am)

    Japanese attack st. Stephen hospital (6:00am)

  • Mt Cameron Captured and Malty calls for Governor Young to surrender (3:15pm)

    Mt Cameron Captured and Malty calls for Governor Young to surrender (3:15pm)

  • Over the month 10000 women are raped

    Over the month 10000 women are raped

  • Hong Kong Dollar was outlawed and replaced by the Japanese Military Yen. The exchange rate was fixed at 2 Hong Kong dollars to one military yen.

    Hong Kong Dollar was outlawed and replaced by the Japanese Military Yen. The exchange rate was fixed at 2 Hong Kong dollars to one military yen.

  • Police recruited to be Kempeitai

    Police recruited to be Kempeitai

  • Repatriation of Chinese back to the mainland

    Repatriation of Chinese back to the mainland

  • Internment of most 'white' Allied civilians

    Internment of most 'white' Allied civilians

  • The HK-Kowloon brigade (港九大隊) was established from the Guangdong People's anti-Japanese Guerilla force led by Cai Guo-liang (蔡國梁)

    The HK-Kowloon brigade (港九大隊) was established from the Guangdong People's anti-Japanese Guerilla force led by Cai Guo-liang (蔡國梁)

  • Streets and buildings in Central were renamed in Japanese.

    Streets and buildings in Central were renamed in Japanese.

  • Food rationing begins

    Food rationing begins

  • The British Army Aid Group was formed by Colonel Lindsay Ride.

    The British Army Aid Group was formed by Colonel Lindsay Ride.

  • Public utilities handed over to Japanese control

    Public utilities handed over to Japanese control

  • The US dropped an atomic bomb called the "Enola Gay" on Hiroshima, killing over 70000 instantaneously.

    The US dropped an atomic bomb called the "Enola Gay" on Hiroshima, killing over 70000 instantaneously.

  • Another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki

    Another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki

  • Japan finally surrenders

    Japan finally surrenders

  • Hong Kong was handed over by Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy on the "30 August" was declared as the "Liberation Day", and had been a public holiday in Hong Kong until 1967.

    Hong Kong was handed over by Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy on the "30 August" was declared as the "Liberation Day", and had been a public holiday in Hong Kong until 1967.

  • Franklin Gimson, Hong Kong's colonial secretary, declares himself interim governor.

    Franklin Gimson, Hong Kong's colonial secretary, declares himself interim governor.

  • British Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourts formally accepts the Japanese surrender. Mark Young resumes as Governor.

    British Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourts formally accepts the Japanese surrender. Mark Young resumes as Governor.

  • General Takashi Sakai, is tried as a war criminal and executed on the afternoon of.

    General Takashi Sakai, is tried as a war criminal and executed on the afternoon of.