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51 relations: Artillery battery, Battle of Hong Kong, Bay, Beacon Hill, Hong Kong, Bren light machine gun, British Army, Charing Cross, Christopher Maltby, Combat engineer, Devil's Peak, Hong Kong, Gin Drinkers Bay, Hazard (golf), Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Kai Tak Airport, Kam Shan Country Park, Kowloon Peninsula, Kwai Chung, Kwai Fong, Land reclamation in Hong Kong, Lei Yue Mun, Lieutenant, Lion Rock, London, Machine gun, Maginot Line, Mainland China, Major general, Middlesex Regiment, Mount Davis, Hong Kong, New Territories, Pacific War, People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison, Port Shelter, Prisoner of war, Rearguard, Redoubt, Sai Kung Town, Sha Tin Pass, Sham Chun River, Shing Mun, Shing Mun Reservoir, Stonecutters Island, Tai Mo Shan, Tai Po, Tate's Cairn, Trench, United Kingdom, Vickers machine gun, ..., World War I. Expand index (1 more) »
Artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of artillery, mortars, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface to surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles etc, so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.
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Battle of Hong Kong
The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.
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Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.
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Beacon Hill, Hong Kong
Beacon Hill is a large hill in the northern part of the Kowloon peninsula in Hong Kong.
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Bren light machine gun
The Bren gun, usually called simply the Bren, are a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.
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Charing Cross
Charing Cross is a junction in London, England, where six routes meet.
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Christopher Maltby
Major General Christopher Michael Maltby, (13 January 1891 – 6 September 1980) was a senior officer in the British Indian Army who served as Commander of British Troops in China in 1941 before the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, after which he became a prisoner of war.
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Combat engineer
A combat engineer (also called field engineer, pioneer or sapper in many armies) is a soldier who performs a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions.
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Devil's Peak, Hong Kong
Devil's Peak is the peak besides Lei Yue Mun on New Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Gin Drinkers Bay
Gin Drinkers Bay or Gin Drinker's Bay, also known as Lap Sap Wan, was a bay in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong.
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Hazard (golf)
A hazard is an area of a golf course in the sport of golf which provides a difficult obstacle, which may be of two types: (1) water hazards such as lakes and rivers; and (2) man-made hazards such as bunkers.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.
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Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong.
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Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
The Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (香港日據時期) began when the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to Imperial Japan on 25 December 1941.
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Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak International Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998.
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Kam Shan Country Park
Golden Hill Country Park or Kam Shan Country Park, also known in Hongkong as Monkey Hill(), established on 24 June 1977, is a country park located in the ranges north of Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Kowloon Peninsula
The Kowloon Peninsula is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong.
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Kwai Chung
Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
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Kwai Fong
Kwai Fong is an area of Kwai Chung Town, Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong.
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Land reclamation in Hong Kong
The reclamation of land from the ocean has long been used in mountainous Hong Kong to expand the limited supply of usable land with a total of around 60 square kilometres of land created by 1996.
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Lei Yue Mun
Lei Yue Mun (also called Lyemun, Lymoon Pass, Lye Moon Passage or Ly-ee-moon Passage) is a short channel in Hong Kong, between Junk Bay and Victoria Harbour, separating Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.
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Lieutenant
A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer in the armed forces, fire services, police and other organizations of many nations.
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Lion Rock
Lion Rock, or less formally Lion Rock Hill, is a mountain in Hong Kong.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm designed to fire bullets in rapid succession from an ammunition belt or magazine, typically at a rate of 300 rounds per minute or higher.
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Maginot Line
The Maginot Line (Ligne Maginot), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany and force them to move around the fortifications.
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Mainland China
Mainland China, also known as the Chinese mainland, is the geopolitical as well as geographical area under the direct jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Major general
Major general (abbreviated MG, Maj. Gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.
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Middlesex Regiment
The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1966.
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Mount Davis, Hong Kong
Mount Davis is an area surrounding and including the westernmost hill on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
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New Territories
The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula.
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Pacific War
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in the Pacific and Asia. It was fought over a vast area that included the Pacific Ocean and islands, the South West Pacific, South-East Asia, and in China (including the 1945 Soviet–Japanese conflict). The Second Sino-Japanese War between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China had been in progress since 7 July 1937, with hostilities dating back as far as 19 September 1931 with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. However, it is more widely accepted that the Pacific War itself began on 7/8 December 1941, when Japan invaded Thailand and attacked the British possessions of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong as well as the United States military and naval bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines. The Pacific War saw the Allies pitted against Japan, the latter briefly aided by Thailand and to a much lesser extent by the Axis allied Germany and Italy. The war culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and other large aerial bomb attacks by the Allies, accompanied by the Soviet declaration of war and invasion of Manchuria on 9 August 1945, resulting in the Japanese announcement of intent to surrender on 15 August 1945. The formal surrender of Japan ceremony took place aboard the battleship in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. Japan's Shinto Emperor was forced to relinquish much of his authority and his divine status through the Shinto Directive in order to pave the way for extensive cultural and political reforms. After the war, Japan lost all rights and titles to its former possessions in Asia and the Pacific, and its sovereignty was limited to the four main home islands.
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People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison
The People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison is a garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), responsible for defense duties in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region since the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC in 1997.
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Port Shelter
Port Shelter, also known as Ngau Mei Hoi indigenously, is a harbour south of Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong.
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Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
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Rearguard
A rearguard is that part of a military force that protects it from attack from the rear, either during an advance or withdrawal.
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Redoubt
A redoubt (historically redout) is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on earthworks, although some are constructed of stone or brick.
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Sai Kung Town
Sai Kung Town or simply Sai Kung is a town on Sai Kung Peninsula, facing Sai Kung Hoi (Inner Port Shelter), part of Sai Kung District in the New Territories, Hong Kong.
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Sha Tin Pass
Sha Tin Pass or Shatin Pass, and sometimes Sha Tin Au, is a mountain pass between Temple Hill and Unicorn Ridge in Hong Kong.
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Sham Chun River
Sham Chun River (also called Shenzhen River in Shenzhen) serves as the natural border between Hong Kong and Mainland China, together with the Sha Tau Kok River and Deep Bay.
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Shing Mun
Shing Mun is an area between Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
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Shing Mun Reservoir
Jubilee (Shing Mun) Reservoir (Hong Kong Cantonese: sing4 moon4 sui2 tong4) is a reservoir in Hong Kong.
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Stonecutters Island
Stonecutters Island or Ngong Shuen Chau (Hong Kong Hakka: Ngong2 Son2 Ziu1) is a former island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.
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Tai Mo Shan
Tai Mo Shan is the highest peak in Hong Kong, with an elevation of 957 m. It is also the tallest coastal peak in Southern China and second tallest coastal peak in China after Mount Lao, and located at approximately the geographical centre of the New Territories.
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Tai Po
Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
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Tate's Cairn
Tate's Cairn is a mountain peak in Hong Kong, in height.
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Trench
A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole).
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Vickers machine gun
The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a name primarily used to refer to the water-cooled.303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Drinkers_Line
