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Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. The Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. His surrender occurred after 18 days of fierce fighting against the Japanese forces that invaded the territory.
16 nov 2009 · Japanese troops land in Hong Kong on December 18, 1941, and slaughter ensues. A week of air raids over Hong Kong, a British crown colony, was followed up on December 17 with a visit paid...
- Missy Sullivan
Background. Britain first thought of Japan as a threat with the ending of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1921, a threat that increased throughout the 1930s with the escalation of the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 21 October 1938 the Japanese occupied Canton (Guangzhou) and Hong Kong was surrounded. [8] .
The photograph was used on The 1945 Government House Christmas Card and was probably taken in November, 1945. 1945. 06-08-204. Japanese War Memorial, Mount Cameron, 1945. 1940s. 01-23-701. Queen Victoria Statue was removed and replaced during Japanese Occupation period. Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in the background, 1940's.
The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ( Chinese: 香港日治時期) was a time when Japan controlled Hong Kong. It began when the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, gave up the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. [1] The occupation lasted for three years and eight months until Japan gave up ...
Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. This chapter deals with the period of Japanese occupation and the Japanese attempt to use Hong Kong as a shipping hub to support their war effort. The Anglo-Chinese underground resistance such as the British Army Aid Group and the East River Column will be discussed.
Although it had world-class dockyards, Hong Kong’s shipping and naval functions were not utilised because Hong Kong was occupied and administered by the Japanese Army, not the Japanese Navy. Hong Kong was only regarded by the Japanese as a supply and repair depot in East Asia.
