72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
| 2 Sep 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary Posted: 01 Sep 2014 11:04 PM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Sat, 2 Sep 1944 9.30 a.m. Outdoor roll-call Ox tongue for pm meal Workers received "back pay" cigarettes |
| 2 Sep 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 04 Sep 2014 03:09 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Sat, 2 Sep 1944 Fine. Wind SE. Outside roll-call 9.15AM. 4 Pkt.Cigs issued. Japs making up deficiency of workers cigs 1-10Aug. Parcels promised & expected this afternoon again delayed, damn their bloody slant eyes. Canteen gear promised for tomorrow arrived today. Russians nearing Bucharest. Bulgars ordered their troops to return from Yugo-Slavia & Greece and asked for Armistice 29th? The only opposition in Bulgaria & Romania now is German. Rheims comes into the news again after 30 yrs. rest. German General in broadcast said it took only 4 mths to lose as much territory as it had taken 4 yrs to obtain. Propaganda & diplomacy has played a major part in the downfall of the Axis just as Stephen King-Hall said it would if employed correctly. With Steve pm. We had sliced tongue for pm meal & stew with plenty of fat in it. |
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