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.
5 Dec 1941, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-01-26 05:00Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Fri, 5 Dec 1941Japan's reply expected to be against USA policy, which should mean breaking off of diplomatic relations, then Japan going on her way re Indo China and Burma, then WAR.
5 Dec 1941, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2012-12-05 13:31Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Fri, 5 Dec 1941Observation posts close to the border report a build-up of Japanese troops.
The number one degree of readiness order is issued at Kai Tak airport. All personnel are confined to the station, the defences are manned and the military planes dispersed.
Sources:
Observation: Charles Barman, Resist to the End, 2009, 1
Tony Banham, Not The Slightest Chance, 2003, 13
