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.
22 Jun 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-05-19 21:14Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 22 Jun 1942Re-inforcements [sic] arrived in Alex. OK after battle with Italian fleet. Some losses but It. lost more. Channel mined and shipping warned. (2nd Front?) US s/ms around China and Jap Coasts.
2 AA guns & troops went to Fort this PM.
Jap paper gloomy for us as usual.
22 Jun 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2016-06-27 13:32Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 22 Jun 1942Very Hot.
