Did Japan invade Hong Kong during World War II?

Hong Kong was occupied by the Japanese army. Macao has never been invaded by Japan.

194 1 year 65438+February 25th (known as "Black Christmas" by Hong Kong people), during the Second World War, the Japanese invaded Hong Kong, and the British troops stationed in Hong Kong were unable to resist. At that time, Governor Yang had no choice but to declare surrender. Hong Kong was occupied by Japan and began the "Japanese rule period" of three years and eight months?

1945 September 15, after Japan's defeat, it signed a surrender in Hong Kong and withdrew from Hong Kong. Hong Kong was ruled by Britain again.

After World War II, Hong Kong's economy and society developed rapidly, becoming the third largest financial center in the world after new york and London. It has not only become one of the "Four Little Dragons of Asia", but also the financial, service and shipping center of Asia.

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The reason why the Japanese army didn't have a strategic Macao

1. One argument is that Portugal claimed to be a neutral country at that time, and the Japanese army could not find an excuse to invade Macao. But at this time, Portugal has become a second-rate country in Europe, and its military combat effectiveness and international influence have fallen sharply compared with when it occupied Macao. The arrogant Japanese army dared to move even the United States, and there was no reason to take little Portugal seriously. So this statement is not so credible.

2. Another view is that Japan, Germany and Spain entered into a military alliance that year, and part of Spain and Germany's reserves and other materials were supplied by Portugal. Allies of allies are of course allies, so Portugal, like Japan, did not occupy Macao in order not to cause trouble to its allies.

3. The third view holds that the key is that Japan pays attention to its immigration problem.

From the beginning of the 20th century, Japan began to immigrate to South America. Brazil is a big country in South America, so Brazil has the largest number of Japanese expatriates. Brazil was a colony of Portugal for a long time, and Portuguese descendants also accounted for a considerable proportion of the residents. Brazil and Portugal are inseparable.

After Japan invaded China, Portugal was afraid that Macao would be annexed, so it informed Japan through the Brazilian government that if Japan sent troops to Macao, Brazil would expel Japanese nationals.

If Brazil really expels Japanese nationals, what impact will it have on Japan? That will have a great impact.

You know, these Japanese expatriates went to Brazil mainly for gold, because Brazil was vast and sparsely populated at that time, and the labor force was seriously insufficient. In the past decades, as many as 300,000 Japanese have flooded into Japan. They made money and remitted it back to Japan. So this has created a huge foreign exchange income for Japan.

However, the long-term war in Japan has led to the emptiness of the national treasury, and we must find ways to continuously replenish funds. If Brazil, an important source of foreign exchange reserves, disappears, it will definitely bring a heavy blow to Japan. Therefore, Japan did not attack Macao during the whole World War II.

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