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December 8 1941

8AM • Kai Tak airport attacked by 12 bombers, 36 fighters.

All HK planes destroyed on the ground.

12pm • Western side of New Territories invaded

Evening• Japanese advanced as far as Tai Po

December 8 1941

December 9 1941

Morning

• Japanese near Tai Mo Shan

Evening

• Japanese advanced on Shing Mun defenses, gateway to Kowloon. They succeed within a few hours.

9 December 1941

December 11 1941

Morning

• Japanese nearing Kowloon

Noon

• British decide to abandon Kowloon completely and retreat to Hong Kong Island.

10 December 1941

11 December 1941

12 December 1941

13 December 1941

December 13 1941

• Japanese demand surrender.

• British refused.

13 December 1941

Artillery Attacks 15-18 Artillery Attacks 15-18 December 1941December 1941

15 - 18 December 1941

• Japanese shell and dive bomb Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay.

• Governor asked to surrender on 17th. He refuses again.

• Japanese begin assault 18 Dec. Land at North Point at 9:45pm.

18 December 1941

19 December 1941

19 December 1941

• Japanese control northeastern part of island.

• Canadian commander of western Hong Kong killed

21 December 1941

20 December 1941

• Repulse Bay Hotel surrounded - held out for three days of heavy fighting

• Deep Water Bay taken

• Japanese troops rested and waited for reinforcements

22 December 1941

22 December 1941

• Planes dive bombed northern island

• Wanchai still in British/Canadian hands

23 December 1941

• Water shortage

• troops withdraw to Stanley

24 December 1941

• All areas heavily shelled

• Japanese take most northern island

24 December 1941

25 December 1941

• Informal truce

• in the morning, Governor asked to surrender again. Refuses.

• Japanese capture Wanchai.

• Soldiers exhausted after 17 days of fighting.

• Governor surrenders at 7pm in Room 336 of the Peninsula Hotel.

25 December 1941

Surrender of Hong Kong

J APANESE BRITISH/CANADIAN/INDIAN

40,000 12931

Total Troop Strength

Dead Wounded

J apanese 683 1413

British/Canadians/ Indian

2113 (combat)9495 (incamps)

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