ISBN10: 0176015248, ISBN13: 9780176015244, [publisher: Nelson, Scarborough] Softcover SUBTITLED : ` The Battle of Hong Kong '. In the fall of 1941, based on a British request for troops, a rather rag-tag group of Canadian soldiers were on their way to Hong Kong. Read more about : Corporal Harold Pelham, Raiputs, machine-gunners, fifth-column, strike force, Martin Tso Hin-chi, Chou Li-fu, Fanling, noncombatants, and Happy Valley Race Track. Two sections of b/w photos accompany text. Also two or more b/w maps. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with black lettering . Artwork on cover shows a fallen Canadian soldier. Bright and clean. Binding started at page 68. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 145) : " The twenty-five member staff (most of the Chinese helpers had already fled) were rounded up and marched into the courtyard. The Raiputs in the ambulance were bayoneted and patients unable to walk were ._._._. .' Size: 12mo
[Linden, AB, Canada] [Publication Year: 1981]