1. The Battle of Hong Kong Canada’s dirty little secret

2. The Battle of Hong Kong About 60 000 Japanese soldiers crossed the Shenzhen River to attack @ 08:30 on December 8, 1941. Japanese forces broke through the Gin Drinkers Line in a day…it was supposed to hold up for weeks. Take control of the reservoir on December 11, 1941 thus cutting off the Allies water supply. Japanese forces took Kowloon and the remainder of the Allied troops retreated to Hong Kong Island on December 13, 1941 Japan starts attack on Hong Kong island at midnight on the 15 th. Landed on the eastern side of the island by the 18 th. The Governor of Hong Kong surrenders to the Japanese on Christmas day, 1941. It is known as ‘Black Christmas’.

3. Hong Kong…Canada’s Dirty Little Secret  The government of Canada sent 1975 men to Hong Kong to help the British forces defend their colony.  The men that were sent were poorly trained soldiers, and they were being sent to an almost certain defeat.  The British knew full well that Hong Kong was nearly un-defendable when they asked Canada for help defending it.  However, Canada was looking to get involved in the war and to be recognized on equal footing with other allied countries.

4. Hong Kong…Canada’s Dirty Little Secret  The battle in Hong Kong began when the Japanese attacked on the morning of the 8 th of December, 1941.  They attacked via land, and in less than three days had claimed victory past the ‘Gin Drinkers Line’ (which was supposed to hold for weeks).  By the 11 th of December, the Japanese were in control of the main reservoir that supplied Hong Kong and Kowloon (the mainland part of Hong Kong).

5. Hong Kong…Canada’s Dirty Little Secret  By midnight of the 15 th of December, the Japanese were invading the island of Hong Kong.  The Japanese forces totaled more than 50,000 men…a far cry from the 5,000 that the allies thought were coming.  The Japanese were ruthless…they killed civilians and used the women and girls as sex toys, raping them repeatedly.

6. Hong Kong…Canada’s Dirty Little Secret  The allied forces were terribly outmanned and outgunned on the island. They fought valiantly, however were forced to surrender on the 25 th of December, 1941.  One of the atrocities of the war was the massacre of St. Stephen’s Hospital.  A present day private school, on that fateful day in 1941 it served as a field hospital for the allies.  The Japanese invaders broke into the hospital, killed the doctors and repeatedly raped the nurses. They then systematically killed many of the injured Canadian soldiers…jumping from bed to bed bayoneting them to death.

7. Hong Kong…Canada’s Dirty Little Secret  The soldiers that were injured on the streets of Hong Kong were left behind by their comrades…their comrades were told that they would be well taken care of.  They were well taken care of…the Japanese bayoneted each of them to death and discarded their bodies in a stream.  The remaining allied troops were marched off to prison camp. They were horribly mistreated, beaten, starved, worked to death and killed…their bodies incinerated.

8. Hong Kong…Canada’s Dirty Little Secret Questions from video need completed now.