Give the Brits some credit. They and other commonwealth forces liberated Hong Kong peacefully on August 15, 1945.
Give the Brits some credit. They and other commonwealth forces liberated Hong Kong peacefully on August 15, 1945.
You are right. It was only fitting that the British should be the ones, HK was, after all, a British colony. However, it would not have been possible without the US Navy. It was their liberation of the Philippines and surrounding seas that made it possible.