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"A gigantic fleet... has massed in Pearl Harbor. This fleet will be utterly crushed with one blow at the very beginning of hostilities...Heaven will bear witness to the righteousness of our struggle."
Rear-Admiral Ito - Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet - November 1941
Rear-Admiral Ito - Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet - November 1941
__War in the Pacific: Canada in Hong Kong
The Japanese decided to take over Hong Kong because they were in need of natural resources in Southeast Asia like oil, rubber, and tin.
- The Canadians were sent to Hong Kong to defend the British Colony.
- However on Christmas Day 1941 Hong Kong and Canada fell to the Japanese were 1975 lives were lost and POW'S where taken.
- 555 of the POW'S later died in the camps.
- The Canadians were sent to Hong Kong to defend the British Colony.
- However on Christmas Day 1941 Hong Kong and Canada fell to the Japanese were 1975 lives were lost and POW'S where taken.
- 555 of the POW'S later died in the camps.
Summary
Japanese invaded Hong Kong and Canada went to help out. Canadians died and were taken to POW.