page_title: Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
section_title: Japanese surrender
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese occupation of Hong Kong / Japanese surrender
caption_attribution_description: English: The Royal Navy cruiser HMS Swiftsure (08), entering Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, through North Point on 30 August 1945. 中文: 英國戰艦史維蘇里號於1945年8月30日經香港鯉魚門進入維多利亞港
context_page_description: The Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. The surrender occurred after 18 days of fierce fighting against the overwhelming Japanese forces that had invaded the territory. The occupation lasted for three years and eight months until Japan surrendered at the end of Second World War. The length of this period later became a metonym of the occupation.
context_section_description: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ended in 1945, after Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945. Hong Kong was handed over by the Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy on 30 August 1945; British control over Hong Kong was thus restored. 30 August was declared as "Liberation Day" (Chinese: 重光紀念日), and was a public holiday in Hong Kong until 1997.
  General Takashi Sakai, who led the invasion of Hong Kong and subsequently served as governor-general during the Japanese occupation, was tried as a war criminal, convicted and executed on the afternoon of 30 September 1946.
caption: The British cruiser HMS Swiftsure, entering Victoria Harbour through North Point on 30 August 1945
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