- Japanese army advances towards Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui
A detachment of Japanese troops advances towards the Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, in December 1941.
- Japanese forces attack British stronghold from the foot of Braemar Hill
Japanese forces attack a British stronghold from the foot of Braemar Hill. The pier of the Asiatic Petroleum Company can be seen in the centre of the photograph.
- Route Map of Japan's Invasion of Hong Kong
On 8 December 1941, the same day that Pearl Harbour was attacked, Japanese forces crossed the Shenzhen River and invaded Hong Kong. The plan of the defending troops in Hong Kong was to stall the enemy's advance at the Gin Drinker's Line and put up a firm defence of Hong Kong Island. When the Japanese seized the Shing Mun Redoubt on the Gin Drinker's Line, the defending troops retreated to Hong Kong Island. The Japanese occupied Kowloon on 12 December, and on 18 December they landed troops on Hong Kong Island at North Point and Taikoo Dockyard, which advanced westwards to Wong Nai Chung Gap the following day. Hong Kong Governor Sir Mark Young surrendered to the Japanese army on 25 December, and the occupation of Hong Kong, which was to last three years and eight months, began.
- Leaflet of Japanese army urging Hong Kong people to surrender
Leaflet, dropped by Japanese aircraft, urging Hong Kong people to surrender in 1941.
- Comic strip about Japan's invasion of Hong Kong
A comic strip in the December 1941 issue of Great East Asia War Graphic shows Japanese forces on Hong Kong's doorstep. Before the war, British military commanders had already drawn up plans to abandon Kowloon if necessary and to focus their efforts on defending Hong Kong Island.
- Japanese troops enter the city
Lieutenant-General Sakai Takashi and Vice-Admiral Niimi Masaichi lead their forces down Hennessy Road, Wanchai, on 28 December 1941 in a procession marking the takeover of Hong Kong by the Japanese.
- Isogai Rensuke, the first governor of the Japanese Occupied Territory of Hong Kong
Isogai Rensuke, the first governor of the Japanese Occupied Territory of Hong Kong, in front of the Governor's Office, formerly the headquarters of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, on 20 February 1942.
- Hong Kong residents searched by Japanese troops
Hong Kong residents ordered to be repatriated to their hometowns in mainland China are searched by Japanese troops at a checkpoint in Sai Wan, 1942.
- Fleeing Hong Kong
A scene from Hong Kong after the city fell to Japan depicted in the work Fleeing Hong Kong by the well-known political comic artist, Ye Qianyu, early 1942.
- Ten New Scenes of Hong Kong
Comics entitled Ten New Scenes of Hong Kong published in the Datong Pictorial during the Japanese occupation.