Part of ruined Sham-chun, an undefended city on the Hong Kong-China border, after eight Japanese bombing planes raided the Hong Kong mainland on February 21. At Sham-chun, planes dropped 60 bombs in half an hour, killing 50 persons and wounding 80. Japan pays £1250 compensation.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 March 1939, Page 7
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45Part of ruined Sham-chun, an undefended city on the Hong Kong-China border, after eight Japanese bombing planes raided the Hong Kong mainland on February 21. At Sham-chun, planes dropped 60 bombs in half an hour, killing 50 persons and wounding 80. Japan pays £1250 compensation. Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 March 1939, Page 7
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