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Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-15 - Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
25 December 1941 is known to this day by the people of Hong Kong as ‘Black Christmas’. The battle for Hong Kong is a story that deserves to be better known.
Language: en
Pages: 144
Pages: 144
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-07 - Publisher:
On the same day as the assault on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese army attacked Hong Kong. Among the colony's garrison were regiments from Britain, Canada and India
Language: en
Pages: 461
Pages: 461
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-02-01 - Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
More than 10% of Hong Kong's defenders were killed in battle; a further 20% died in captivity. Those who survived seldom spoke of their experiences. Many died y
Language: en
Pages: 530
Pages: 530
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press
The definitive account of the wartime history of Hong Kong On Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese captured Hong Kong, and Britain lost control of its Chinese colony
Language: en
Pages: 341
Pages: 341
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-14 - Publisher: The History Press
In this remarkable study of the Far Eastern War, Oliver Lindsay and John R Harris have provided the most thorough and searching enquiry into the debacle which l