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Battle of Hong Kong (1941)

The battle of Hong Kong took place early in the Second World War, when Japan attacked Commonwealth troops, including soldiers of the Winnipeg Grenadiers and the Royal Rifles of Canada, who were stationed at Hong Kong. The garrison fell to the Japanese on 25 December 1941, and all Canadians were captured or killed.

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Other Resources

Battle of Hong Kong. Content archived on 13 Aug. 2021 (original link)
Battle of Hong Kong - Veteran Stories - The Memory Project
Battle of Hong Kong - Wikipedia
Canada and the Battle of Hong Kong - The Canadian Encyclopedia. Content archived on 11 Dec. 2024
Canadians and the Battle for Hong Kong | Facts & Opinions. Content archived on 6 May 2021
Canadians in Hong Kong - Second World War - History - Remembrance - Veterans Affairs Canada. Content archived on 19 May 2023
Former Prisoner of War recalls the Fall of Hong Kong on Christmas Day, 1941 – The Maple Leaf. Content archived on 23 Jan. 2021
HONG KONG: The Inside Story Of Canada’s Role In A Doomed Garrison | Legion Magazine. Content archived on 26 June 2022
Japan invades Hong Kong - Dec 18, 1941 - HISTORY.com
Savage Christmas: Hong Kong 1941 by Brian McKenna - NFB
The Battle of Hong Kong - World War II. Content archived on 6 June 2023
The Fall of Hong Kong. Content archived on 22 Dec. 2018
WarMuseum.ca - A Chronology of Canadian Military History - 1941
WarMuseum.ca - Democracy at War - Hong Kong, December 1941 - Operations
“A Cauldron of Hell”: The Story of Canada’s Hong Kong Veterans | Canadian Museum for Human Rights

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