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Author | : Philip Snow |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780300103731 |
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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 for almost four years, a turning point in the process by which the British were to be expelled from the colony and from East Asia. This book unravels for the first time the dramatic story of the Japanese occupation and reinterprets the subsequent evolution of Hong Kong. "Magnificent. . . . The clarity of mind Snow brings to his labor of storytelling and contextualizing is] amazing."--John Lanchester, Daily Telegraph "Beautifully written, with many telling anecdotes."--Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs "Very good. . . . Provides] a much more nuanced picture than has appeared before in English of life among Hong Kong's different communities before and during the Japanese occupation."--Economist
Author | : Mark Roberti |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1994-08-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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The United Kingdom Government papers related to this period are withheld from public view until well into the 21st century under the United Kingdom's Thirty Year Rule. The Fall of Hong Kong uncovers the startling truth about the hand-over of power. In a compelling, fast-paced narrative, peppered with vivid portraits of the personalities involved, Roberti pierces the veil of secrecy shrouding the negotiations.
Author | : Tim Carew |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Hong Kong |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George S. MacDonell |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2002-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1550024086 |
Download One Soldier's Story 1939-1945 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This story details the fateful adventures of two Canadian army regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese.
Author | : Philip Cracknell |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2019-07-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445690500 |
Download Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Andy Flanagan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9781773100050 |
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"Near the end of October 1941, a few hundred soldiers from New Brunswick were among the 1,975 Canadian troops who set sail from Vancouver to reinforce the British Colony of Hong Kong. Within two short months, after a hard-fought but disastrous battle against the Imperial Japanese Army, the island fell to the invaders on Christmas Day, and its defenders were ordered to surrender by the governor of Hong Kong. The survivors were taken captive. Based on the first-hand accounts of the author's father, Andrew "Ando" Flanagan, a rifleman from Jacquet River, NB, The Endless Battle explores the Battle of Hong Kong and its long aftermath, through the eyes of the soldiers. During their captivity, the POWs endured starvation, forced labour, and brutal beatings. They lived in deplorable conditions and many died from illness. But the soldiers stuck together, bound by their camaraderie, loyalty to King and Country, and collective desire to sabotage the Japanese war effort. Writing intimately and sensitively about the lingering effects of the trauma of the soldiers held in captivity, Andy Flanagan shows both the heroism of individual soldiers and the terrible costs of war."--
Author | : Derek Pua |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017-08-25 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781947766006 |
Download Three Years Eight Months Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The occupational period by the Imperial Japanese Army in WWII is Hong Kong¿s darkest chapter in history, colloquially known as the ¿Three Years and Eight Months¿ period amongst veterans and survivors. However, the lack of contemporary interests towards this subject by historians has led to a limited amount of academic works on the subject being published. This lack of written works, coupled with the declining population of veterans and survivors, has already resulted in the memory of the war to be neglected amongst Hong Kong¿s youth, almost forgotten.
Author | : Oliver Lindsay |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2016-09-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0750980540 |
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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 led to over 12,000 British, Canadian, Indian and Chinese defenders surrendering Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941. The authors have made use of a mass of unpublished material - part of it drawn from the original war diaries which have never before been in the public domain.Although it is over 60 years since Hong Kong was liberated from the Japanese, numerous important questions regarding the war in the East and occupation of the Colony from 1941 to 1945 have not been explored until now. To what extent, for example, were Churchill and the successive Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff responsible for abandoning this outpost, which could not be reinforced when attacked or defended adequately? Is it true that fine leadership prolonged the fighting, inflicting serious casualties on the highly experienced Japanese when they struck in 1941? How useful was Britain's spying organization in China, which led to catastrophic repercussions for the POWs and Internees? What form did the Japanese atrocities take upon the helpless captives?This detailed and authoritative account of the campaign will provide a particularly compelling read for those interested in the Second World War or the history of the Far East.
Author | : George Wright-Nooth |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780304352340 |
Download Prisoner of the Turnip Heads Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
It took endurance beyond belief. On Christmas Day, 1941, Hong Kong fell to the Japanese Army, and George Wright-Nooth--along with many other British soldiers and personnel stationed there--became their prisoner. This is their shocking story, captured in Wright-Nooth's secret diary, kept at great risk. What unfolds is the horrifying tale of near starvation, cruel beatings, and massacres. The term "turnip heads" comes from the nickname that the Chinese called the Japanese, their long-time enemies.
Author | : Tony Banham |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 461 |
Release | : 2003-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9622096158 |
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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 young. The little 'primary' material surviving – written in POW camps or years after the events – is contradictory and muddled. Yet with just 14,000 defending the Colony, it was possible to write from the individual's point of view rather than that of the Big Battalions so favoured by God (according to Napoleon) and most historians. The book assembles a phase-by-phase, day-by-day, hour-by-hour, and death-by-death account of the battle. It considers the individual actions that made up the fighting, as well as the strategies and plans and the many controversies that arose. Not the Slightest Chance will be of interest to military historians, Hong Kong residents and visitors, and those in the UK, Canada, and elsewhere whose family members fought, or were interned, in Hong Kong during the war years.