In 1940, despite Japan’s three-year war with China, Britain decided to reduce its garrison in Hong Kong to “symbolic” size. By the summer of 1941, however, with the Japanese massing on the colony’s ...

Seventy-five years ago, a handful of idealistic “Free French” took up arms to defend the British colony of Hong Kong in a futile battle against Japanese invaders. But their sacrifice, though largely ...

Joe Manio LETHBRIDGE HERALD For most Canadians, the Second World War has a familiar soundtrack. D-Day. Dieppe. Juno Beach. Vimy Ridge. But 85 years ago, ...

High up on a hillside in the south of Hong Kong, shaded beneath dense green foliage, are the pockmarked remnants of World War II pillboxes, a reminder of the city’s failed attempt to fend off a ...

The daughter of a Canadian battle of Hong Kong World War II veteran donated a plaque honouring veterans like her father to ...