Japanese occupation of Hong Kong: Difference between revisions

[[File:1945 liberation of Hong Kong at Cenotaph.jpg|thumb|Liberation of Hong Kong in 1945. Picture taken at the Cenotaph in [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]], Hong Kong]]

[[File:JapaneseWarCriminalsHK.jpg|thumb|Japanese war criminals prepare for their transfer to [[Stanley Prison]] on 29 September 1945]]

 

The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ended in 1945, after Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945.<ref name="Mchi" /><ref name="Roehrs">Roehrs, Mark D. Renzi, William A. [2004] (2004). World War II in the Pacific Edition 2. M.E. Sharpe publishing. {{ISBN|0-7656-0836-7}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7656-0836-9}}.p 246.</ref><ref name="Roehrs" /><ref name="Nolanc">Nolan, Cathal J. [2002] (2002). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations: S-Z. Greenwood Publishing Group. {{ISBN|0-313-30743-1}}, {{ISBN|978-0-313-30743-0}}. p 1876.</ref> Hong Kong was handed over by the Imperial Japanese Army to the [[Royal Navy]] on 30 August 1945; British control over Hong Kong was thus restored. 30 August was declared as "Liberation Day" ({{zh|links=no|t=重光紀念日}}), and was a public holiday in Hong Kong until 1997.