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.
28 Apr 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2012-03-13 15:50Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Apr 1942More rain.
1 ½ duck eggs issued. Fish & meat bad.
Jap. Fleet re-called from Ind. Ocean.
Landing of Allied Force in France confirmed. Stalin says he can clear up the war in Eur. in 6 weeks.
Local conditions very poor for Chinese. Many bodies found daily due to starvation.
28 Apr 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Grace on Wed, 2015-04-29 11:17Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Apr 1942Gardeners opp. S.S. Coll. fired on
Barbed wire put up
28 Apr 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Tue, 2016-04-05 16:06Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Apr 1942Mum frightens me – but there's nothing we can do but pray.
