WW2 Hongkong 1941 (Part 1)

HOUR OF DARKNESS - Canadians in Hong Kong: 1941 (Part1 of 3)<br /><br />In November 1941, Canada volunteers two battalions to reinforce the British garrison at Britain's colony of Hong Kong on the coast of China. One of the young Canadians is Alfred Babin.<br /><br />Three weeks after the Canadians arrive, on December 8, 1941, Japan launches all-out war in Asia and the Pacific. After a week of bombardment, the Japanese invade the island of Hong Kong.<br /><br />With Norm Christie we follow the battle, visiting the bunkers, pillboxes, ravines and mountain tops, as-though outnumbered and ill-equipped-the Canadians and other British, local, and Asian troops fight desperately. They inflict huge losses on the Japanese, but finally surrender on Christmas Day, 1941.<br /><br />Not a single Canadian escapes from the battle at Hong Kong - all are dead or imprisoned. More than 200 of those who survive the fighting will die in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.