72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

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9 Feb 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 17 Mar 2012 03:42 AM PDT Book / Document:  Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date(s) of events described:  Tue, 9 Feb 1943 General Alexander Patch declares Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, secure. A series of bitter combined-operations battles that began on August 7 1942 has ended in Allied victory. The Battle of Midway (June 1942)put paid to Japanese hopes of a quick military victort that would force the Americans to accept a negotiated peace, but the task of actually dislodging the Japanese from the territory they'd occupied during their 'six months of victories' was a mammoth one. The bitter fighting at Guadalcanal, which culminated in a major naval battle in November 1942, marked the first stage in the Allied offensive.

9 Feb 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 01 Feb 2013 04:34 AM PST Book / Document:  R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date(s) of events described:  Tue, 9 Feb 1943 Canteen took Y8000 today. Fine crisp day. ((G.)) Walk with Steve pm.  ((G.)) Black-out.

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