✦ History

Part of Pacific War

Battle of Hong Kong

December 8–25, 1941 · British Hong Kong

Result Japanese victory

Japan attacked the British colony of Hong Kong hours after Pearl Harbor. The garrison surrendered on Christmas Day.

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Allies

Axis

United Kingdom
British Raj
Canada
Republic of China
Japan
Brigadier Cedric Wallis military commander Mark Aitchison Young military commander Christopher Maltby military commander
Tadamichi Kuribayashi military commander Takashi Sakai military commander Tadayoshi Sano military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
10,976–14,564
Wounded
2,300
Captured
10,947
Aircraft
5
Aircraft lost
5
Ships lost
4
Ships captured
c. 1

Units

38th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 51st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)