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  caption Map showing how Hong Kong came under Japanese rule in December 1941
  partof the Pacific War
  date 8 December 1941 - 25 December 1941
  place Hong Kong and proximity
  result Japanese victory
  combatant1 British Army , Canadian Army , British Indian Army
  combatant2 Imperial Japanese Army
  commander2 Sakai Takashi
  strength1 15,000 troops
  strength2 50,000 troops
  casualties1 4,500 killed 8,500 POWs
  casualties2 2,750 killed 1,500 wounded