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Japanese troops land in hong kong on december 18, 1941, and slaughter. Passage from hong kong 1941 cast and crew moviefone. With yunfat chow, cecilia yip, alex man, kien shih. Out of 1,975 canadians that fought in hong kong, more than 500 never returned back to canada. Passage from hong kong 1941 download full hd youtube. Staff, november 1932 1935 police training school group photo european staff no. Much of hong kong s photographic record was destroyed during the fighting and the years of hardship that followed. One of the opening battles of the conflict in the pacific, japanese troops commenced their attack on the british colony the same morning as their attack on the us pacific fleet at pearl harbor.
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