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The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ended in 1945, after Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945. 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”, and was a public holiday in Hong Kong until 1997.
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| Hong Kong in late August 1945 |
General Takashi Sakai, who led the invasion of Hong Kong and subsequently served as governor-general during the Japanese occupation, was tried as a war criminal, convicted and executed on 30 September 1946.
These amazing photos from WWII album of
Blake Smith’s father that captured street scenes of Hong Kong in late August 1945, just after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ended.
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| Bomb shattered jetty, Hong Kong, August 31, 1945 |
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| Bombed buildings in Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Boys from ship rickshaw ride in Hong Kong, August 31, 1945 |
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| Centre Street at Sai Ying Pun, looking towards Des Voeux Road West from the junction with Queen’s Road West, Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Chinese boy making rope, Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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