提要

An Evaluation of the Defensive Warfare of the British Forces Hong Kong in the War of Resistance against Japan

中國人民解放軍軍事科學院羅煥章教授

Professor Luo Huanzhang,

Military Science Academy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army

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1941年12月8日至25日，香港英軍抗擊日軍進攻，但由於防禦杳港的戰略定位和指導思想多變，對戰爭威脅估計不足，兼且輕敵，在日軍進攻下，九龍半島防線過早放棄。香港島的防禦雖然顯示出某些頑強和成功，但仍存在不少失誤，既未能充分組織人民保衛香港，也未能與中方切實合作，以致防禦沒有實現預期的目標，僅十八天即以投降結束，損失慘重。

Abstract：From 8 t0 25 December l941， the British forces in Hong Kong were defending the territory against Japanese attacks. However, their strategy and the guiding ideology regarding the defence were changeable. They underestimated both the threat of war and the strength of their enemies. When attacked, the line of defence in the Kowloon Peninsula was given up too soon. Despite some tenacious efforts and successes in the defence of Hong Kong Island, there still existed certain lapses on the part of the British forces in Hong Kong. They failed to fully mobilize the people of Hong Kong to defend the territory, nor could they have genuine cooperation with the Chinese side. The defence efforts therefore did not meet the expected targets, ending with a surrender to the Japanese invaders in merely l8 days and incurring heavy losses.