21 Jan 1945, Harry Ching's wartime diary
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Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2015-05-16 15:28
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Sun, 21 Jan 1945
On roof when drone and saw many planes. Flak then late alert. Formation bombed Wanchai from Oriental Theatre to Naval Yard. Terrible devastation. One third of area. Many casualties. Exhibitionist bombing - 99% civilian damage. Doesn't shorten war by a day. Paper says over 1,000 killed and several thousand wounded. Over 500 buildings demolished.
