Battle of Hong Kong

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Hong Kong was a 1941 World War II conflict in which Japanese forces swiftly defeated British, Canadian, Indian, and local defenders, leading to the occupation of Hong Kong.

Aliases (7)

Japanese invasion of Hong Kong ×3
Defence of Hong Kong ×2
Defence of Hong Kong 1941 ×1
Fall of Hong Kong ×1
Hong Kong campaign ×1
Invasion of Hong Kong ×1
invasion of Hong Kong ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → battle →
alsoKnownAs	Defence of Hong Kong → Fall of Hong Kong →
attacker	Imperial Japanese Army →
belligerent	British Hong Kong forces → British India → Canada → Empire of Japan → Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps → United Kingdom →
casualtiesAndLosses	heavy Allied casualties → significant Japanese casualties →
commander	Maltby, Christopher Michael → Mark Aitchison Young → Sakai Takashi →
conflict	World War II →
country	British Hong Kong →
date	December 1941 →
defender	British forces → Canadian forces → Indian forces → local Hong Kong units →
duration	17 days →
endDate	1941-12-25 →
followedBy	Japanese occupation of Hong Kong →
garrison	British garrison in Hong Kong →
historicalPeriod	Second World War →
involvedUnit	Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps → Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army → Middlesex Regiment → Royal Rifles of Canada → Royal Scots → Winnipeg Grenadiers →
location	British Hong Kong → Hong Kong →
notableEvent	first land battle of the Pacific War involving Commonwealth forces → surrender of Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941 →
partOf	Pacific War →
precededBy	Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor →
relatedEvent	Attack on Pearl Harbor → Japanese invasion of Malaya →
result	Japanese occupation of Hong Kong → Japanese victory →
significance	marked beginning of Japanese rule in Hong Kong →
startDate	1941-12-08 →
strategicObjective	capture of Hong Kong →
surrenderDate	1941-12-25 →
surrenderTo	Empire of Japan →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gipsy Danger → Herc Hansen → Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army → Striker Eureka →	notableBattle
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ("Invasion of Hong Kong") → Christopher Michael Maltby ("Japanese invasion of Hong Kong") → Royal Rifles of Canada →	conflict
Battle of Hong Kong ("Fall of Hong Kong") → Battle of Hong Kong ("Defence of Hong Kong") →	alsoKnownAs
Pacific War ("Hong Kong campaign") → World War II →	hasPart
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces → Middlesex Regiment ("Defence of Hong Kong 1941") →	notableEngagement
Leatherback →	battle
Royal Rifles of Canada ("Defence of Hong Kong") →	battleHonour
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps →	engagedIn
Royal Rifles of Canada ("Japanese invasion of Hong Kong") →	engagement
Mark Aitchison Young ("Japanese invasion of Hong Kong") →	event
Raleigh Becket →	fightsIn
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong →	hasCause
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
South-East Asian theatre of World War II →	majorCampaign
Mako Mori →	notableWork
Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army ("invasion of Hong Kong") →	operation
Christopher Michael Maltby →	participantIn
Winnipeg Grenadiers →	participatedIn
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) →	significantEvent