South China, showing Hainan Island.—The island of Hainan is stragetically placed between the British port of Hongkong and French Indo-China, and as a base for operations virtually cuts off Singapore. Being rocky in formation it lends itself to defensive constructions. It is now officially reported that Japanese troops control the island.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 38, 15 February 1939, Page 7
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51South China, showing Hainan Island.—The island of Hainan is stragetically placed between the British port of Hongkong and French Indo-China, and as a base for operations virtually cuts off Singapore. Being rocky in formation it lends itself to defensive constructions. It is now officially reported that Japanese troops control the island. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 38, 15 February 1939, Page 7
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