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Winston Churchill Realises HK is in danger
Winston Churchill realizes that Hong Kong is in danger and decides to send
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Canadian Troops Arrive
2 Canadian battalions arrive to reinforce Hong Kong, they increase them number of battalions to 6. This was effectively good money thrown after bad. -
Japanese Attack Kai-Tak Airfield
36 Japanese fighters attack Kai Tak airfield destorying most of the Britsh aircraft and also civillian aircraft. Japanese enginers quickly patch up the broken bridges a roads damaged by the bombing. The airfield is left badly damaged. They start their attack on HK -
Shing Mun Redoubt capture
The strongest line of the "gindrinkers" line is captured, there was no counter-attack attempted. The britsh forces were forced to withdraw back to Hong Kong Island -
Japanese Demand Surrender
Ignored -
Heavy Bombing On HK Island
Japanese begin a heavy bombing and artillery barrage of the island's northern coastal defenses. -
Japanese's Main Attack On HK Island
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Grenadiers Retake mount Butler with heavy casualties
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Japanese attack Royal rifles and capture Stanley fort
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Currency change to Japanese Millitary 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. -
HK-Kowloon brigade established
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)
They fight until the end of the occupation -
Streets Renamed To Japanese (Central)
streets and buildings in Central were renamed in Japanese
