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Language: en
Pages: 341
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-14 - Publisher: The History Press
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Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-15 - Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
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.
Language: en
Pages: 205
Pages: 205
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
On 8th December 1941, as part of the simultaneous combined attack against Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) invaded the Philippines, Thailand and M
Language: en
Pages: 468
Pages: 468
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: UBC Press
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 y
Language: en
Pages: 530
Pages: 530
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press
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