"The Battle of Hong Kong (8\u201325 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II. On the same morning as the attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked British Hong Kong. The attack was in violation of international law as Japan had not declared war against the British Empire."@en . "52,000 troops" . . "Japanese victory andoccupation of Hong Kong" . . "14,000 troops" . . . . "1941-12-25Z"^^ . "2,113 killed or missing, and 2,300 wounded" . . . . . . "Battle of Hong Kong"@en . . "10,000 captured" . . "*" .