Battle of Hong Kong

Quando

8 de dez. de 1941 – 25 de dez. de 1941

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

22.28° N, 114.16° E

Description

1941 battle, one of the first of the Pacific campaign of World War II

War

World War II

One of the first battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II

The Battle of Hong Kong, also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. On the same morning as the attack on Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the British Crown colony of Hong Kong around the same time that Japan declared war on Britain.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “WWII: The Battle of Hong Kong begins shortly after 8:00 a.m”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “prise Hong Kong par les Japonais”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “Японские войска наносят поражение объединённым британо-канадским силам у Гонконга и оккупируют его”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte

• World War II1 de set. de 1939 · Guerra mundial · Mortes 75.000.000
• World War II in Asia (approx)3 de set. de 1939 · Guerra entre Estados · Mortes 3.269.818