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WWII HONG KONG
 III. THE RETURN OF HMCS PRINCE ROBERT
Liberation of Hong Kong
Part 3: Japanese Surrender


Collecting surrendered Jap weapons


 Jap suicide boat from Lamma Island destroyed before formal surrender.


RN Commander Carr escorts Jap envoys to Government House for surrender


Captain Creery entering Government House
for the Sept 16 signing of the peace treaty


Jap officer on the way to the formal surrender


Surrendered Jap soldiers


Captured head of the Jap POW camp

Admiral Harcourt and Japanese Admiral
Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt and Japanese Vice Admiral Fujita
Entering the Government House to sign the Armistice.


Signing the Surrender Document


Surrender by the head of the Japanese navy


Signing of the Peace Treaty for Hong Kong liberation


Major General Umekichi signing the Japan surrender of Hong Kong on 16th September


Harcourt signing the acceptance of the Japanese surrender


Japanese Surrender


Japanese Surrender


1945 Rear Admiral Harcourt broadcasting
news of the Japanese surrender to the people of Hong Kong


Japanese Colonel Tokunaga arrested as a war criminal in Hong Kong


Jap army units burning the Regimental Colours after surrender

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