70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
Shows diary entries from seventy-one years ago, using today's date in Hong Kong as the starting point. To see pages from earlier dates (they go back to 1 Dec 1941), choose the date below and click the 'Apply' button.
18 Jun 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-05-19 21:10Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 18 Jun 1942Idea of invading Ind. & Aust. given up by Japs. Withdrawing troops from Burma for defence of Jap. Malaya proving a white elephant to them. Three million Allied troops ready in UK. Kai Tak bombed?
18 Jun 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Wed, 2016-04-13 15:27Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 18 Jun 1942I'm beginning to feel sorry we brought Mabel away, and that I didn't stick out the nursing lectures and have been with her.
18 Jun 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2017-04-17 11:42Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 18 Jun 1942Issue of Pirate cigarettes (8 for 40 cts.)
