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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 ...
Major-General Francis Henry Kelly, Commander British Forces in Hong Kong, 1913–1915. The British colony of Hong Kong saw no military action during World War I (1914–1918). The biggest external threat to the colony was perceived to be the German East Asia Squadron, but the squadron was eliminated in December 1914.
In Allied countries during the war, the "Pacific War" was not usually distinguished from World War II, or was known simply as the War against Japan. In the United States, the term Pacific theater was widely used. The US Armed Forces considered the China Burma India theater to be distinct from the Asiatic-Pacific theater during the conflict.
Japanese shipping at Hong Kong under attack by United States Navy aircraft on 16 January 1945 Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong, under attack on 16 January. The United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy conducted numerous air raids against Japanese-occupied Hong Kong and shipping near the city during World War II.
The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941) was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. Allied. Maj. Gen. Christopher Maltby, Garrison ...
Pages in category "World War II sites in Hong Kong" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Long Night's Journey Into Day: Prisoners of War in Hong Kong and Japan, 1941-1945. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0-88920-362-8. Tony Banham (2009). We Shall Suffer There: Hong Kong's Defenders Imprisoned, 1942-1945. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-960-9. Dee Larcombe with Ronald Clements (2020). The Girl in the Drawer. New ...
The Cenotaph is a war memorial constructed in 1923 and located between Statue Square and the City Hall in Central, Hong Kong, [1] that commemorates the dead in the two world wars [2] who served in Hong Kong in the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.