6/13/2023 0 Comments Yellow crested cockatoo![]() ![]() ![]() Young was a prisoner of war in Japanese hands from December 1941 to August 1945 and was mistreated by his captors. Every day that you are able to maintain your resistance you help the Allied cause all over the world." Well, quite frankly, that was simply rubbish, and Churchill - although a war time hero as political leader - has a history of unnecessary slaughter "for the greater good". This was in part based on clear instruction by Churchill directly to Young, advising him that "Every Part of (Hong Kong) Island must be fought over and the enemy resisted with the utmost stubbornness. Young was responsible for the terrible and unnecessary bloodshed of many young doomed young men, as he rebuffed several attempts by General Maltby and others in the military to ask for terms and discuss surrender as early as the 18th. ![]() The battle lasted for 17 days, and ended when Young surrendered the colony to the Japanese on 25 December, known as the 'Black Christmas' by Hong Kong people, who were then subject to Japanese rule for the next 3 years and 8 months. At 08:00, 8 December 1941, several hours after Pearl Harbor was attacked, Hong Kong came under fire by Imperial Japanese Forces. Postscript: Sir Mark Aithison Young served as Governor of Hong Kong between 19. The birds in Hong Kong - some say - where introduced by HK Governor Sir Mark Aithison Young, who released the Government’s entire bird collection (which included cockatoos) before surrendering Hong Kong to Japanese troops in December 1941. ![]()
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