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Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941 (Hardcover)

by Tony Banham (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 460 pages
  • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press (15 Jan 2003)
  • ISBN-10: 9622096158
  • ISBN-13: 978-9622096158
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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This work attempts to piece together all the existing accounts of the 1941 fighting between the Garrison and the invading Japanese, and establish the circumstances of each of the Garrison's fatalities. It covers the fighting phase-by-phase, day-by-day, hour-by-hour and death-by-death.

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'This meticulously researched book opens up rich new detail on many aspects of the battle of Hong Kong. It provides a balanced view of complex and controversial events, not least the important participation of the Canadian Army's 'C' Force. Indispensable for anyone with an interest in the Hong Kong battle.' - Roger Sarty, author of The Maritime Defence of Canada and The Battle of the Atlantic

'No future work on the battle will be able to ignore this book. Tony Banham has done for the battle of Hong Kong what students of other WWII battles will wish had been done for their subjects. They may indeed now try to emulate this valuable work.' - Brian Farrell, Associate Professor of Military History, National University of Singapore

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book's a winner and will stand the test of time, 20 Oct 2005
By Andrew Suddaby (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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There have been numerous books recounting the tragic events of the three week battle for Hong Kong and I believe that I have read most of them. In my opinion, 'Not the Slightest Chance' is a fine book that has succeeded in bringing real academic rigour to a description of the garrison and how it and the civilians fared during those tragic times in December 1941. I have used it on several occasions as a basis for exploring the battle sites in Hong Kong and can recommend it absolutely to anyone who seeks to delve more deeply into the reasons why and how Hong Kong fell in such a short time. Tony Banham's superb book is a must for anyone with even the slightest interest in that period.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Superbly researched work, 4 April 2003
This book, although geared towards those interested in the subject specifically, could also be read generally.

It is a subject covered very sparsely by historians, and this book attempts to redress that imbalance. The colony fell at the same time as Pearl Harbor and yet was never covered in as much detail. Yet in human terms the battle for the colony makes heartrendering reading, especially when you learn of the consequences and attrocities perpatrated by the captors during their period of control.

It is a very well researched work that works well if used in conjuntion with Tony Banham's web site of the same name. However, if this book becomes more widely known and read, maybe future prints will prove to be cheaper and bring it to the attention of a wider audience, an accolade that it certainly deserves.

Marvelous book all round.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Fall of Hong Kong made perfectly clear, 5 Nov 2003
By D. Langley-Bates "Avid reader" (Melbourne, Vic Australia) - See all my reviews
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This book presents an hour by hour, day by day account of the fall of Hong Kong to the Japanese. It contains a very large amount of carefully researched detail, which enables the reader to feel that they were there watching. My father was taken prisoner there and as an account of the days of battle, with its minute detail referring to places and people I found it fascinating. Well referenced and indexed it really is the best cover of the subject.
I am looking forward to his next book which covers the sinking of the Lisbon Maru.
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5.0 out of 5 stars not the slightest chance
A good daily cronollogy alowing individuals to be tracked throughout the then colony as it fell to the Japanese.
Published on 25 Sep 2006 by G. M. Davison

5.0 out of 5 stars not the slightest chance
A good daily record of the then colony as it fell to the Japanes.

Allowing the tracking of individuals.
Published on 25 Sep 2006 by G. M. Davison

1.0 out of 5 stars Keep away!
One of the worst history books I ever read. Really it is not a book, but a laundry list. If you want to know who died at X hour the Y day or when airfield A has been strafed this... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2004 by Giovanni Toletti

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Yes, brilliant, an overused phrase, but that's what we have here.

In future all copies of respectable dictionaries, encyclopia and other reference works will need to place a... Read more

Published on 29 Oct 2003 by Al Kitching

4.0 out of 5 stars First class work
This work reflects the enormous amount of research Tony Banham has done over the years covering a very specialist topic that few books have covered. Read more
Published on 8 May 2003 by Mr. David J. Stanford

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