Ebook: The Lasting Honour: The Fall of Hong Kong, 1941

香港淪陷記 一九四一年

'... Every day that you are able to maintain your resistance you and your men can win the lasting honour which we are sure will be your due.' - Winston S. Churchill. 21 Decemeber, 1941

On Christmas Day, 1941, the six British Empire and Commonwealth Battalions defending Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanses. In all, the fighting lasted just eighteen days.

The events leading up to and including the attack on this Crown Colony were reviewed, in the light of penetrating new information, by Lt. Col. Lindsay. From Spring 1941 onwards, the risk of threat loomed large over Hong Kong. On one hand the colony refused to face the realities of war, on the other, it desperately needed military reinforcements to face the

inevitable attack. By the time raw Canadian troops arrived at the garrison it was days away from an aerial attack which marked the beginning the end.

The story of the courage and bravery of those who defended Hong Kong, and the aftermath that followed, is a moving tribute to our men in the Far East in their most heroic hour.

• 'Lindsay does full justice to those who fought to the end to stave off inevitable defeat.' - Daily Telegraph
• 'Masterly' - Financial Times
• "Well-researched, readable and compassionate" - New Statesman