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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Fall_of_Hong_Kong
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gptkbp:awarded
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gptkb:Victoria_Cross_(John_Robert_Osborn)
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 2,000 Allied killed or wounded
over 2,500 Japanese killed or wounded
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:History_of_Hong_Kong
Battles of World War II involving Canada
Battles of World War II involving India
Battles of World War II involving Japan
Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Hong_Kong_Volunteer_Defence_Corps
gptkb:British_India
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Maltby,_Christopher_Michael
gptkb:Sakurai,_Takeo
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gptkbp:endDate
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25 December 1941
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Hong Kong
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Hong_Kong
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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surrender of British forces on Christmas Day, 1941
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gptkbp:notableInmate
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gptkb:Franklin_Charles_Gimson
gptkb:John_Robert_Osborn
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:Middlesex_Regiment
gptkb:Hong_Kong_Volunteer_Defence_Corps
gptkb:Rajput_Regiment
gptkb:Royal_Rifles_of_Canada
gptkb:Winnipeg_Grenadiers
gptkb:Royal_Scots
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Japanese_invasion_of_Malaya
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Singapore
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gptkbp:result
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Japanese victory
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gptkbp:significance
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marked the beginning of Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
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gptkbp:startDate
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8 December 1941
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Second_Sino-Japanese_War
gptkb:Victoria_Harbour
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkb:Southeast_Asian_Theater_of_World_War_II
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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