Resist to the end [electronic resource] : Hong Kong, 1941-1945 / Charles Barman ; edited by Ray Barman.
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TextSeries: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies seriesPublication details: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 308 pages, [20] pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789888052752
- 9888052756
- 9622099769
- 9789622099760
- Barman, Charles -- Diaries
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Regiment of Artillery -- History
- Prisoners of war -- China -- Hong Kong -- Diaries
- Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Diaries
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British
- Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Siege, 1941
- History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY -- Military -- World War II
- HISTORY -- Asia -- China
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- DS796.H753 B375 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and index.
Print version record.
Cover; Resist to the End -- Hong Kong, 1941-1945; Copyright; Contents; Foreword for the Series; About This Book; Abbreviations; About the Author; Introduction; The Battle; Internment; Postscript; Appendices; Notes; Index.
Charles Barman was a Quartermaster Sergeant in the Royal Artillery during the battle for Hong Kong in December 1941. Here, Barman offers a description of the fighting in Hong Kong as well as his subsequent imprisonment.