Battle Of Hong Kong

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	conflict	Battle of Hong Kong
	caption	Japanese soldiers riding horses along Queen's Road in December 1941
	partof	the Pacific Theatre of World War II
	date	8 December 1941 - 25 December 1941
	place	Hong Kong and proximity
	result	Japanese victory
	combatant1	British Army <br> Canadian Army <br> British Indian Army <br> Royal Hong Kong Regiment
	combatant2	Imperial Japanese Army
	commander1	Mark Aitchison Young <br> Christopher Michael Maltby
	commander2	Sakai Takashi
	strength1	15,000 troops
	strength2	50,000 troops
	casualties1	4,500 killed<br>8,500 POWs
	casualties2	706 killed<br>1,534 wounded

	CATEGORIES ABOUT BATTLE OF HONG KONG

	battles involving canada

	history of hong kong

	japanese occupation of hong kong

	military of hong kong under british rule

	china in world war ii

	military history of india during world war ii

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