WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Dec 8th 1941
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Feb 4th 1939
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January 31st 1945
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April 1st 1937
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Detailed explanation-1: -As part of a general Pacific campaign, the Japanese launched an assault on Hong Kong on the morning of 8 December 1941. British, Canadian, and Indian forces, supported by the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Forces attempted to resist the rapidly advancing Japanese, but were heavily outnumbered.
Detailed explanation-2: -At 07.30 on December 8th, 1941, Imperial Japan launched its attack on Hong Kong.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first wave of Japanese troops landed in Hong Kong with artillery fire for cover and the following order from their commander: “Take no prisoners.” Upon overrunning a volunteer antiaircraft battery, the Japanese invaders roped together the captured soldiers and proceeded to bayonet them to death.
Detailed explanation-4: -The defenders of Hong Kong surrendered on Christmas Day 1941, after several days of intense fighting. Over the course of the battle, 290 Canadian soldiers were killed and another 493 were wounded. [2] All 1, 685 surviving soldiers were taken as prisoners of war (POWs).