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Capture of Hong Kong

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1941Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1941

Mark Young25 December 1941

Hong Kong · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Surrenders Hong Kong to the Japanese

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill26 December 1941

Hong Kong · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Japan accepts the surrender of Hong Kong

Names involved

Mark YoungWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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