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  2. Battle of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

    • 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 declared war on Great … See more

    Background

    Britain first thought of Japan as a threat with the ending of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1921, a threat that … See more

    Order of battle

    The 5/7th Battalion, Rajput Regiment took up garrison at Hong Kong in June 1937 followed by the 2/14th Battalion, Punjab Regiment in November 1940. Indian troops were also incorporated within several overseas r… See more

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    Date8–25 December 1941
    ResultJapanese victory
    Battle

    Defending the New Territories was the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots in the west, the 2/14th Punjab in the center and the 5/7th Rajput in the east. In front of them was a thin screen of 2/14th Punjab infantry supported by four Bren Gun … See more

    Aftermath

    The Japanese officially reported 675 men killed and 2,079 wounded; western estimates go as high as 1,895 dead and 6,000 casualties overall. Allied casualties were 1,111 men killed, 1,167 missing and 1,362 woun… See more

    Commemoration

    The Cenotaph in Central commemorates the defence as well as war-dead from the First World War. The shield in the colonial Emblem of Hong Kong granted in 1959, featured the battlement design to commemor… See more

    Footnotes

    1. ^ Banham, 2003, p316
    2. ^ "Operations in the Far East, From 17th December 1940 to 27th December 1941" (PDF). London Gazette. 38183 (20 January 1948): 573. 22 January 1948. Retrieved 29 November 2017. … See more

    Bibliography

    • Banham, Tony (2005). Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9622097804.
    • Carew, Tim (1960). Fall of Hong Kong. London: Anthony Blond Ltd.… See more

     
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  2. Japanese troops land in Hong Kong on December 18, 1941, and slaughter ensues. A week of air raids over Hong Kong, a British crown colony, was followed up on December 17 with a visit paid by Japanese envoys to Sir Mark Young, the British governor of Hong Kong.
    www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-invades …
    Six hours after the bombing at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese 38th Division — made up of well-trained, battle-hardened troops — attacked Hong Kong. The invaders bombed the colony’s airfield and other military installations and quickly overran the troops defending the mainland portion of the territory.
    www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-…
    The bombs destroyed Kai Tak Airport and nearly all of Hong Kong’s meagre air force. After the attack, the Royal Navy ordered two of its three destroyers to sail to Singapore, leaving just one ship to defend Hong Kong. The Japanese bombing set the stage for a land invasion by 29,700 troops.
    zolimacitymag.com/december-1941-hong-kongs-ch…
    The British colony of Hong Kong had been captured by Japanese forces in December 1941, and became a significant naval and logistics base. Japanese forces bombed and shelled the urban areas during the invasion of Hong Kong, and 4,000 civilians were killed in the fighting.
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