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Supplement, 29 January 1948; A Record of the Actions of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps in the Battle of Hong Kong December, 1941 (1953). For the official Hong Kong account of the surrender, see Hong Kong Government (1948).
3 The literature referred to in this section is not exhaustive and focuses on books and reports only. English and Chinese newspapers and periodicals from time to time carry articles on the Battle. Post-war annals of universities, university halls and secondary schools in Hong Kong are also a good source of materials about the Battle. There are also a number of novels on war events,
+ The emphasis is placed on attacking the enemies' "line of least resistance" or "line of least expectation".
5 As quoted in Ko and Wordie (1996), p.18.
"They were influenced by the views of Air Chief Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, the British Commander-in-Chief in the Far East.
7 During the initial stage of the Battle, BBC broadcasts (Orwell, 1987) placed high hopes on the availability of Chinese forces in the vicinity of Hong Kong. Such forces were never to come.
Liddell Hart (1999): footnote at 219.
"Colonel Hewitt is the author of a number of books on the Battle and Japanese occupation of the Colony.
10 The title of the book is a misnomer as the police force obtained the royal title only in the late 1960s.
Blackburn gave an account of the anarchic situation of Hong Kong shortly before the surrender (Blackburn 1989).
12 On 23 October 1937, the Joint Overseas and Home Defence Committee considered re-fortification or demilitarisation of Hong Kong, assuming that it took 90 days for the British fleet to relieve Hong Kong. Rollo (1992): 113. According to Aldrich, the British Chiefs of Staff considered the abandonment of Shanghai and demilitarisation of Hong Kong to avoid confrontation with Japan. Aldrich (1993): 261.
135
Supplement, 29 January 1948; A Record of the Actions of the Hong Kong Vol- unteer Defence Corps in the Battle of Hong Kong December, 1941 (1953). For the official Hong Kong account of the surrender, see Hong Kong Government (1948).
3 The literature refereed to in this section is not exhaustive and focuses on books and reports only. English and Chinese newspapers and periodicals from time to time carry articles on the Battle. Post-war annals of universities, university halls and secondary schools in Hong Kong are also a good source of materials about the Battle. There are also a number of novels on war events,
+ The emphasis is placed on attacking the enemies' "line of least resistance" or
"line of least expectation".
5 As quoted in Ko and Wordie (1996), p.18.
"They were influenced by the views of Air Chief Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, the
British Commander-in-Chief in the Far East.
7
During the initial stage of the Battle, BBC broadcasts (Orwell, 1987) placed
high hopes on the availability of Chinese forces in the vicinity of Hong Kong. Such forces were never to come.
Liddell Hart (1999): footnote at 219.
" Colonel Heweitt is the author of a number of books on the Battle and Japanese
occupation of the Colony.
10 The title of the book is a misnomer as the police force obtained the royal title
only in the late 1960s.
Blackburn gave an account of the anarchic situation of Hong Kong shortly be- fore the surrender (Blackburn 1989).
12 On 23 October 1937, the Joint Overseas and Home Defence Committee consid- ered re-fortification or demilitarisation of Hong Kong, assuming that it took 90 days for the British fleet to relieve Hong Kong. Rollo (1992): 113. According to Aldrich, the British Chiefs of Staff considered the abandonment of Shanghai and demilitarisation of Hong Kong to avoid confrontation with Japan. Aldrich (1993): 261.
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