Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941 Cracknell Philip
Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941 Cracknell Philip On the same day as the Pearl Harbor attack, forces of the Japanese Empire attacked the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong without warning. Hong…
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Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941 Cracknell Philip
On the same day as the Pearl Harbor attack, forces of the Japanese Empire attacked the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong without warning. Hong Kong had become a strategic liability, an isolated outpost. Philip Cracknell provides a research-driven narrative about the Battle for Hong Kong in 1941, which commenced on December 8 and lasted for three weeks until the surrender on Christmas Day 1941.
The main priorities for the British in Asia were Malaya and Singapore. It would be sacrificed, but not without a fight. The Crown colony was gallantly defended, but it was a battle against overwhelming odds.
Crucially, as a resident of Hong Kong for 30 years, the author knows every inch of the ground. He challenges some assumptions, for example the whereabouts of "A" Coy, Winnipeg Grenadiers on December 19, when the company was destroyed during a fighting retreat. What exactly happened, and where
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