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What happened in Hong Kong in 1941?
Japan attacked Hong Kong on 8 December, 1941. The battle ended on Christmas day.
When did Hong Kong cease being a British colony?
Hong Kong was first formally ceded to the British on August 29, 1842.
Who lost the battle of Hong Kong?
On December 25th, 1941, the British Garrison of Hong Kong, (15,000 soldiers). fell to the Japanese, (at least 50,000 soldiers), after 18 days of brutal fighting, British, Indian, (Punjabi and Rajputs), local militia, The HKVDC and Canadian, (the first of the allied troops to engage in battle during WW2), hung on to Hong Kong. The Battle of Hong Kong was one of the courageous battles in the annuals of Canadian Military history. It has gone largely ignored by historians because it ended in defeat.
Capitalist economy operates somewhat independently from china in what city?
Hong Kong
Chinese island taken over by Britain in 1842?
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