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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| Chinese celebrate Japanese surrender, Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Chinese sampan, H.M.C.S. Ontario in background, Hong Kong, August 31, 1945 |
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| Crossing drawbridge in Kowloon, August 31, 1945 |
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| Empress returning allied POWs leaving Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Filming officers of Allied forces, Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Kings Theater, Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Kowloon Street setting off firecrackers in celebration, August 31, 1945 |
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| Lei Yue Mun Barracks, Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Mt. Cameron memorial to dead Canadian troops, Hong Kong, August 31, 1945 |
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| Pot makers in Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Pottinger Street, looking towards Queen's Road Central, from the junction with Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Queen's Road West, westbound from the junction with Queen Street. At far end when the road turned to right, junction with Hollywood Road was seen at left hand side, Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Repulse Bay showing Eucliff and Repulse Bay Hotel, Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Russian orchestra entertaining, Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Street scene in Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Street scene in Hong Kong, August 1945 |
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| Woman doing laundry in gutter, Hong Kong, August 31, 1945 |
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