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Savage Christmas: Hong Kong 1941*

• 1992 ----- color ----- 104 min ----- vhs
• (Valour and the Horror, The series, Part 1) In the autumn of 1941, nearly 2,000 Canadian soldiers were sent to Hong Kong at the request of the British government. Most of the soldiers were inexperienced and poorly trained, but Britain's military leaders thought a symbolic show of strength would deter a Japanese attack on the colony. Canada's prime minister agreed. They were wrong. Hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbour, Japanese troops began a massive assault on the Commonwealth defensive positions near Hong Kong. Vastly outnumbered by an enemy far more formidable than expected, the British and Canadian soldiers found themselves in the midst of a desperate battle they could not hope to win. On Christmas Day, 1941, the British colony of Hong Kong officially surrendered to Japan. The surviving defenders became prisoners of war. Over the next three and a half years, many of them would come to envy the dead. (Closed-Captioned) (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)
• Topics: (Canadian Studies, Far Eastern Studies, History: Asian, History: British, History: Canadian, War and Peace)

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