A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong
# The Valour and the Horror
📜 Overview:
The documentary, using the dramatization of fact, makes the case that the Canadian government knowingly sent two unprepared infantry battalions to help defend Hong Kong in late 1941, fully aware that they may have been on a doomed mission. The C Force, consisting of about 2000 soldiers from the Winnipeg Grenadiers and the Royal Rifles of Canada (from Quebec City) were, with the other British, Indian and Hong Kong troops, attacked on December 8, 1941 and overwhelmed by Japanese troops, leading to numerous casualties and the surrender on Christmas day. The Canadians would spend more than 3 and half years as prisoners of war, in horrible conditions. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.
🌏 Languages Available:
📆 Date Released:
1992-01-12
⌚ Running Time:
100 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
10.0
Beloved Cast
Narrator
Terence McKenna
John Payne
Andrew Tarbet
Walter Jenkins
David Hewlett
John Stroud
Greg Spottiswood
Kay Christie
Brooke Johnson
Les Canivet
Martin Julien
Ike Friesen
Andrew Miller
Fred Reich
Jeremy Ratchford
Self (Royal Rifles of Canada) (as Bob Clayton)
Robert Clayton
Self (Winnipeg Grenadiers) (as Bob Manchester)
Robert Manchester
