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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 ...
Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8208-70-8. Rothwell, Victor (2001). The Origins of the Second World War. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-5958-5. Weinberg, Gerhard (2005). A World at Arms: A Global History of World War Two. Cambridge ...
In 2005, a plaque remembering Osborn's sacrifice was unveiled on the Hong Kong Trail parallel to where he fell. [3] The supposed spot where he died is marked by a pile of rocks nearby the sign, but is relatively inaccessible due to heavy foliage. His name is engraved on the memorial hall of Sai Wan War Cemetery in Hong Kong. Tributes in Canada
During the war, Canada was subject to direct attack in the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and in the shelling of a lighthouse at Estevan Point on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. [4] The financial cost was $21.8 billion between 1939 and 1950. [5] By the end of the war Canada had the world's fourth largest air force, [6] and third largest navy. [7]
West Brigade Headquarters north bunker at Wong Nai Chong Gap, Hong Kong The headstone of Brigadier J. K. Lawson at Sai Wan War Cemetery. John Kelburne Lawson (27 December 1886 – 19 December 1941) was a Canadian military officer who served as commander of the West Brigade during the Battle of Hong Kong.
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.
No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station (Canada) 4 Field Ambulance (Canada) 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) 8th Canadian Infantry Division; 12 (Vancouver) Field Ambulance; 12e Régiment blindé du Canada; 18 Field Ambulance; 26th Army Tank Battalion (The Grey and Simcoe Foresters) 31 Canadian Brigade Group; 31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The ...
During World War II, it was a premiere naval recruiting depot in the British Commonwealth through which over 17,000 personnel passed during the years of the war. HMCS York was named after the original name of the city of Toronto and the first British commercial craft on Lake Ontario.