- Title Pages
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- New Preface
- New Introduction
- Preface
- Introduction
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1 Politics -
2 Life in the Camp I -
3 Life in the Camp II -
4 Life in the Camp III -
5 The Final Months and Liberation -
6 A Summing Up - A Note on Personal Interviews
- Appendices
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Appendix II -
Appendix III Deaths during Internment (from the gravestones, Stanley Cemetery) -
Appendix IV -
Appendix V (The Stericker Papers, Appendix V) -
Appendix VI -
Appendix VII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VI) -
Appendix VIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix II) -
Appendix IX (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VIII) -
Appendix X -
Appendix XI ‘Stanley Recipes’ -
Appendix XII ‘A Farewell to Stanley’ -
Appendix XIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix IV) -
Appendix XIV Broadcast by Mr. Gimson, 16th September 1945 Prior to His Departure from Hong Kong -
Additional Appendix I -
Additional Appendix II -
Additional Appendix III -
Additional Appendix IV -
Additional Appendix V -
Additional Appendix VI -
Additional Appendix VII - Bibliography
- Additional Bibliography
- Index
The Final Months and Liberation
The Final Months and Liberation
- Chapter:
- (p.165) 5 The Final Months and Liberation
- Source:
- Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945
- Author(s):
Geoffrey Charles Emerson
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
This chapter discusses the final months of the internees in Stanley camp and release from captivity. It observes that American air raids on Hong Kong continued in the final months, and as elsewhere in the Far East the Japanese were being pushed back to their home islands. It reports that by mid-January 1945, the Philippines had been regained by the Allies and at the end of March, Iwo Jima was captured. It observes that soon after Germany's surrender, with the ever-worsening war situation for Japan, all newspapers were forbidden in the Camp. It notes that this prohibition resulted in a new item for the black market traders. It further reports that on the day following Japan's Emperor's broadcast of his acceptance of the Potsdam Proclamation, a copy of The Hongkong News was brought into the Camp with the news about Japan's surrender.
Keywords: Stanley camp, American air raids, Hong Kong, Japanese, Iwo Jima, newspapers, black market, Postdam Proclamation, The Hongkong News
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- Title Pages
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- New Preface
- New Introduction
- Preface
- Introduction
-
1 Politics -
2 Life in the Camp I -
3 Life in the Camp II -
4 Life in the Camp III -
5 The Final Months and Liberation -
6 A Summing Up - A Note on Personal Interviews
- Appendices
-
Appendix II -
Appendix III Deaths during Internment (from the gravestones, Stanley Cemetery) -
Appendix IV -
Appendix V (The Stericker Papers, Appendix V) -
Appendix VI -
Appendix VII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VI) -
Appendix VIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix II) -
Appendix IX (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VIII) -
Appendix X -
Appendix XI ‘Stanley Recipes’ -
Appendix XII ‘A Farewell to Stanley’ -
Appendix XIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix IV) -
Appendix XIV Broadcast by Mr. Gimson, 16th September 1945 Prior to His Departure from Hong Kong -
Additional Appendix I -
Additional Appendix II -
Additional Appendix III -
Additional Appendix IV -
Additional Appendix V -
Additional Appendix VI -
Additional Appendix VII - Bibliography
- Additional Bibliography
- Index
