Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (1941–1945)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Japanese_military_yen
gptkbp:endDate 1945-08-30
gptkbp:event gptkb:Battle_of_Hong_Kong
gptkbp:followedBy British rule in Hong Kong
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Isogai_Rensuke
gptkb:Okada_Takashi
Tanaka Eikichi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (1941–1945)
gptkbp:languageImposed gptkb:Cantonese
Japanese
gptkbp:liberatedBy gptkb:British_forces
1945-08-30
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hong_Kong
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Stanley_Internment_Camp
Guerrilla resistance
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Sir_Mark_Young
gptkb:Franklin_Charles_Gimson
gptkbp:notableMassacre gptkb:murder
gptkb:propaganda
gptkb:black_market
forced labor
starvation
deportation
destruction of property
looting
public executions
curfews
torture
rationing
press censorship
restriction of movement
execution of prisoners of war
civilian massacres
closure of schools
collapse of public services
confiscation of goods
forced repatriation to China
imprisonment of civilians
gptkbp:occupyingPower gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:population about 600,000
gptkbp:populationBefore 1.6 million
gptkbp:precededBy British rule in Hong Kong
gptkbp:resultedIn food shortages
population decline
civilian hardship
surrender of British forces
gptkbp:startDate 1941-12-25
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Hong_Kong_government
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7