Military History

Short articles focused on WW2 in Hong Kong and Singapore in particular and military history in general. Click the "Follow" button to receive new posts. For general enquiries please contact: Philip.G.Cracknell@gmail.com

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Wednesday, 7 April 2021

A walk through history - Mount Davis, Hong Kong

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In 1900, a decision was taken to establish a battery of five 9.2-inch coastal defence guns on Mount Davis so as to command the western appro...

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Saturday, 19 December 2020

Lt-Commander Gordon Frederick Cracknell, RN

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I realise that I am always writing about other people's Dads and not my own. So this story is about my Dad who served in the Royal Navy ...

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Thursday, 3 December 2020

Beach Defence Units - PB 31, 32, 33 and 33 (A) Taitam Bay

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In the two to three years before the Pacific War began, some seventy pillboxes were constructed at intervals around the shoreline of Hong Ko...

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Philip Cracknell: I am a resident of Hong Kong, a former banker, now following my interest in both writing and military history. My first book "Battle for Hong Kong December 1941" was published by Amberley in the UK in 2019 a second edition in paperback was released in 2021. My second book "The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45" was published in 2022.

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