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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 ...
Company Sergeant Major John Robert Osborn, VC (2 January 1899 − 19 December 1941) was a Canadian soldier. Osborn was a recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Several Canadian regiments were garrisoned in Newfoundland during the Second World War: the most famous regiment was The Royal Rifles of Canada who were stationed at Cape Spear before being dispatched to British Hong Kong; In July 1941, The Prince Edward Island Highlanders arrived to replace them; In 1941 and 1942, The Lincoln & Welland ...
In 1944, the 1,000th Canadian-built vessel since the start of World War II was launched in Toronto. During the war, most of the city's industries were converted for war-time production. During World War II, Toronto became a major centre for Canada's military. The Exhibition Place was taken over for military training and deployment.
Pages in category "World War II sites in Hong Kong" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Mobile view ...
Osborn was a British-born Canadian who died defending Hong Kong in 1941. He was awarded the Victoria Cross [2] and a barracks in Hong Kong was named in his honour in 1945 after the liberation. Osborn is memorialised at Sai Wan War Cemetery [3] and also through a statue of an anonymous World War I soldier in Hong Kong Park on Hong Kong Island. [4]
C" Force to Hong Kong: A Canadian Catastrophe. Toronto: Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-55488-043-0. Macri, Franco David (2011). "Canadians under Fire: C Force and the Battle of Hong Kong, December 1941". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong. 51: 233– 251. Morton, Desmond (1999). A Military History of Canada. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart.
Hong Kong in World War II — in the South-East Asian theatre as a colony of the British Empire in World War II, and under Japanese occupation from 1941−1945. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.