“C” Force to Hong Kong: A Canadian Catastrophe (Canadian War Museum Historical Publication)

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That is the story of a “no military risk” campaign that slowly turned into a nightmare. The book provides new answers to a lot of difficult questions beginning with a discussion of why Canadian troops were sent to Hong Kong at the request of the British War Workplace. Were the British duplicitous in making this request? Used to be Canadian Chief of the General Team of workers, Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, guilty of putting his own interests above those of his men in telling the minister of National Defence that there Used to be “no military risk” in sending the “C” Force?

The book recounts the formation of the “C” Force and its departure to Hong Kong where it arrived just three weeks before the Japanese attack. It outlines the course of the battle from December 8, 1941, until the inevitable give up of the garrison on Christmas Day. It places appropriate emphasis at the Canadian contribution, refuting 1947 allegations by the British General-Officer-Commanding — allegations that have been only made public in 1993 — that the Canadians did not fight well. Greenhous attacks these charges with solid evidence from participants and eye-witnesses.

In spite of everything, the book tells the story of life and death in the prison camps of Hong Kong and Japan.

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