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The Battle for Hong Kong, 1941-1945: Hostage to Fortune

by Oliver Lindsay, John R. Harris · 2006

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Oliver Lindsay presents an authoritative account of how the British, Canadian, Indian and Chinese defenders surrendered Hong Kong to the Japanese after 18 days of intense fighting, on Christmas Day, 1941.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisHong KongHong KongMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 290 pages

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