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  • The Forgotten Struggle of Hong Kong's WWII
  • By: Jenny Chan, Derek Pua
  • Narrated by: Doug Greene
  • Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)
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Summary

Eight hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Army launched an invasion plan for Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong.

Since Hong Kong was a British Colony at the time, soldiers from British colonies including India and Canada fought alongside Chinese guerrilla fighters. However, soldiers defending the city at the time were largely unprepared and Japan claimed its victory within 18 days.

During the Christmas of 1941, the governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young surrendered Hong Kong and started the three years eight months of the Japanese Imperial Army's occupation of Hong Kong. Civilians were raped and tortured during the occupation.

Instead of caring for the citizens' stories and wellbeings at the end of WWII, people cared about who Hong Kong belonged to as England and China raced to reach the city.

The book tells the stories of the Battle for Hong Kong, daily civilian lives, Hong Kong mafia's collaboration with the Japanese Imperial Army, and the POWs camp in Hong Kong during the occupation.
©2019 Pacific Atrocities Education (P)2019 Pacific Atrocities Education
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  • Categories: History
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Great listen

I didn't know what the black Christmas in Hong Kong meant until this audiobook!! OMG. Great inspiring listen. Loved it. Would listen it again.

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Tips in the book are useful and really work

Canadians seriously deserve credit for defending Hong Kong. They are so underappreciated. The narration of this audio book is nice and appropriate to the topic, the narrator was able to narrate the stories nicely.

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Good info, tough via audiobook

Hong Kong is a phoenix that never dies. It went through so much, This was a very insightful book. From start to finish, I enjoyed it. Nailed it!!!!

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