https://www.scmp.com/rss/325421/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In July 1940, as the threat of Japanese invasion intensified, the largest evacuation in Hong Kong history got under way. More than 3,000 British women and children had to say goodbye to husbands and fathers, and, in some cases, sons and fathers, before being shipped to Australia, via Manila. It is an oper­ation examined in Reduced to a Symboli­cal Scale: The Evacuation of British Women and Children from Hong Kong to Australia in 1940 (Hong Kong University Press), the latest book by historian... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2114159/how-british-wartime-hong-kong-evacuated-women-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2114159/how-british-wartime-hong-kong-evacuated-women-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Oct 2017 04:15:30 +0000