Fall of Hong Kong (1941)

Initially Winston Churchill regarded the territory as a outpost and would not reinforce it against impending attack and reduced the British garrison there to fight the ongoing war in Europe. From September 1941, he reversed this decision and increase the manpower of the garrison with commonwealth troops as a military deterrent against the Japanese forces. Please consider supporting our videos on Patreon or through Youtube sponsorships https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the SImple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://www.zazzle.com/simplehistory/gifts?cg=196817456987349853 Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ http://www.simplehistory.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/simple_guides Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Narrator: Christian H. Miles Music Credit Sao Meo Orchestral Mix - Doug Maxwell/ Zac Zinger Epic Battle Speech -Wayne Jones Drums of the Deep, Grave Blow by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400021 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Hong Kong map by FreeVectorMaps.com Further reading: Hong Kong 1941–45: First strike in the Pacific War By Benjamin Lai Canadians in Hong Kong - Veterans Affairs Canada