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221: The Battle of Hong Kong 1941 (Part 2)
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This is Part 2 of my story about the battle (and fall) of Hong Kong in December 1941.
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Just hours after the attack on Pearl Harbour, the Japanese invaded the British colony of Hong Kong on the 8th December 1941.
Smashing through the wonderfully named Gin Drinkers Line (which British military planners had optimistically called the “Oriental Maginot Line”), the British commander, General Christopher Maltby was forced to…
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