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The Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941.
Nov 16, 2009 · Learn how Japan launched a surprise attack on Hong Kong on December 18, 1941, and slaughtered the British and Chinese defenders. Find out how the War Powers Act and the censorship law affected the US media during World War II.
The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. On the same morning as the attack on Pearl Harbor , forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the British Crown colony of Hong Kong around the same time that Japan ...
Japanese Defence of Hong Kong and Allied Counterattacks. From January 1942 to early 1945, the Japanese used Hong Kong as a naval and logistics base in the Western Pacific.
This GIS-based interactive map showcases the experiences of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation during the "Three Years and Eight Months" (December 25, 1941, to August 30, 1945) from military, governance, economy, and social perspectives.
March to June: Japanese forces uncovered the British Army Aid Group's network in Hong Kong and raided the base of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Independent Brigade; March: GOT issued "Regulations for government Schools in east Asia (1943 Hong Kong Government Order No. 11)"
Aug 21, 2023 · As China's major cities fell to the Japanese one by one, many prominent politicians, writers, artists, singers, dancers, comic artists, journalists and filmmakers came to Hong Kong, where they made use of the city's unique location to promote antiJapanese messages to foreign countries.
