王梦园香港故事2.docVIP

History site Hong Kong had been the focus of international media during World War II. Before 1941, there were many news clips in the the United Kingdom, introducing how Hong Kong back up the war in mainland China, stating the important role this once colonial of the the United Kingdom had played. Three years and eight months after the fall of Hong Kong, and Japanese media shot promo in Hong Kong from time to time, broadcasting publicly in Japan and the territory in Japanese occupation in praise of the merits and peace. Although there are political motivations behind the shooting of the documentary, but the precious images preserved by the camera, lead us back to 1930s and 1940s of Hong Kong ,understanding the profound friendship between Hong Kong and mainland China from an other perspective, as well as the suffering of the Japanese invasion of China. 2. the fall of Hong Kong On December 18, Japanese soldiers landed in Hong Kong Island from North point, Quarry Bay and Shau Kei Wan, and quickly occupied the premises of Bojia Hill and Bina Hill and ordered to advance on Jardines Lookout and Wong Nai Chung gap. In just a couple of days, Nie Ge Mountain and Cameron Mountaint have fallen into Japanese control. Though Hong Kong garrison has launched a fight back several times, it didn’t work. In view of this, Major General Christopher Michael Maltby met with the Governor, expressing there was no chance to win back. In 1941, the afternoon of Christmas, Governor Sir Mark young accepted the recommendations of the Major General Christopher Michael Maltby and surrendered to the Japanese. The fight ended since then. Social and economic conditions After the fall of Hong Kong, the citizen had experienced a miserable time of three years and eight months long. At that time, due to a shortage of food, all the major supplies, such as rice, sugar, cooking oil, salt, are rationed. Due to the dearth of other foodstuffs such as vegetables and meat, the price has been s