The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45
Title | The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45 PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Cracknell |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2022-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1398110280 |
Four years of fear: escapes, resistance, internment, occupation and finally - liberation. Philip Cracknell brings his unrivalled knowledge of Hong Kong during this time.
Captive Years
Title | Captive Years PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Birch |
Publisher | Heinemann Educational Books |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Resistance During Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45
Title | Resistance During Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45 PDF eBook |
Author | Vivienne Poy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Guerrillas |
ISBN |
Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941
Title | Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941 PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Cracknell |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2019-07-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1445690500 |
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.
The Fall of Hong Kong
Title | The Fall of Hong Kong PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Snow |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 530 |
Release | 2003-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780300103731 |
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
The Battle For Hong Kong 1941-1945
Title | The Battle For Hong Kong 1941-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | Oliver Lindsay |
Publisher | The History Press |
Pages | 341 |
Release | 2016-09-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0750980540 |
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.
Captive years
Title | Captive years PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Birch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | British |
ISBN |