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Author Chan, Sui-jeung.

Title East River Column : Hong Kong guerrillas in the Second World War and after / Chan Sui-jeung
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations
Series Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Birth of the East River Column -- 3. Hong Kong and the War years -- 4. Guerrilla organizations and activity -- 5. The hour of victory -- 6. Civil War and repatriation -- 7. After the Revolution: The fate of the East River Column
Summary This book thus finally gives due prominence to the role of the Chinese guerrillas in Hong Kong during the war, while at the same time setting that struggle into the broader contexts of Guangdong province, the long war between China and Japan, and the victory of the Communists and the early years of their rule in the South
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and index
Notes Print version record
In HKU Press digital editions
Subject Guangdong ren min kang Ri you ji dui. Dongjiang zong dui -- History
SUBJECT Guangdong ren min kang Ri you ji dui. Dongjiang zong dui fast
Subject Guerrillas -- China -- Hong Kong -- History
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- China -- Hong Kong
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
Guerrillas
War -- Underground movements
China -- Hong Kong
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789882201149
9882201148