Target Hong Kong

Target Hong Kong tells the story of the U.S. Navy airstrikes on Japanese-held Hong Kong during the final year of World War II.

The book follows Operation Gratitude through the experiences of seven men whose lives intersected over Hong Kong in January 1945: Commander John D. Lamade, five fellow U.S. Navy pilots, and British POW Ray Jones, who watched the raids from below after years in Japanese captivity.

Rather than treating the operation only as a large-scale naval action, Steven K. Bailey brings the history down to a human level. Drawing on oral histories, diary transcripts, and U.S. Navy documents, the book combines air combat, naval operations, prisoner-of-war experience, and the uncertainty of liberation into a focused narrative.

This is a strong choice for readers interested in World War II air power, the Pacific War, Hong Kong under Japanese occupation, and personal accounts of military operations.

Format: Hardback.
Author: Steven K. Bailey.
Publisher: Osprey Publishing.