STEWART, Evan.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

A Record of the Actions of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps in the Battle for Hong Kong December, 1941. First edition of this detailed history, covering the period from the opening attack on 8 December (hitting Kai Tak airport) to the capitulation at 1515 hours on Christmas Day. The author, a veteran of the western front in the First World War, participated in the battle for Hong Kong as commander of No. 3 (Machine Gun) Company; he was only named as the author in the 1956 second edition.

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