On the 60^th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War of WW2, an article about the Canadian role in defending Hongkong: The Globe and Mail: The Dirty War, Part 1

The 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Japan may be a bit low-key — too many Canadians are simply unaware of what happened to the ill-prepared force Ottawa rushed to the defence of Hong Kong. As a result, ROD MICKLEBURGH explains, they don't know how vicious the Pacific war was or how it shaped the modern world.