Slaget om Hongkong

Slaget om Hongkong
Del av stillahavskriget under andra världskriget

Kanadensiskt infanteri i Hongkong.
Ägde rum8-25 december 1941
PlatsBrittiska Hongkong med närhet
ResultatJapansk seger,
Japanska ockupationen av Hongkong
Stridande
Storbritannien StorbritannienJapanska imperiet Japan
Befälhavare och ledare
Storbritannien Mark Aitchison Young
Kanada Christopher Maltby
Japanska imperiet Takashi Sakai
Styrka
14 000 man52 000 man
Förluster
2 113 döda eller saknade1 996 döda och 6000 skadade
Civila förluster:
4 000 döda,
3 000 svårt skadade

Slaget om Hongkong var ett slag under stillahavskriget. Kombattanterna var Storbritannien med sina allierade och Japan. Japan gick segrande ur striden och ockuperade därmed Hongkong, som hade varit en brittisk koloni. Slaget pågick 8-25 december 1941. Det började endast åtta timmar efter attacken mot Pearl Harbor.

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