1941-12-25

Surrender of Hong Kong

mainland ChinaSurrender of Hong Kong is a city fall record, situated in the phase connecting the China front to the Pacific War through logistics, air war, and political warfare. It belongs to the wider reshaping of the mainland Chinese front and political map.

Other events in this phase

China Wartime Endgame132
  1. Flying Tigers enter combat
  2. Flying Tigers begin operations around Kunming
  3. Third Battle of Changsha
  4. Surrender of Hong KongCurrent record
  5. Rent and interest reduction in CCP base areas
  6. Eastern Zhejiang anti-Japanese base area
  7. Sheng Shicai turns toward the Nationalist government
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Wartime Position

the attritional phase where rear capitals, occupation rule, guerrilla bases, and Allied supply routes coexisted

Surrender of Hong Kong is a city fall record, situated in the phase connecting the China front to the Pacific War through logistics, air war, and political warfare. It belongs to the wider reshaping of the mainland Chinese front and political map.

Reading The Record

Placed against nearby events, the location, date, and actors around mainland China clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Japanese troops at North Point and Wikimedia Commons · Japanese troops in North Point provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Japanese troops at North PointVisual recordJapanese troops at North PointA photograph from the fall of Hong Kong immediately after the Pacific War began.

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Japanese troops in North PointOpen source