Fighting for Two Kings
Engelsk oversættelse af "Ikke en jordisk chance", udgivet på dansk i 2016
FIGHTING FOR TWO KINGS
Danish Volunteers in the Defence of Hong Kong 1941
There were just a handful of Danish people in Hong Kong when the Japanese attacked in December 1941, and they had to decide - would they fight? The Danish consul in Shanghai forbade them to swear allegiance to the British Crown but they ignored him. They fought, and some died for the British King and for Hong Kong. The rest were confined in prisoner-of-war camps or shipped to work in coal mines in Japan. This is the story of those Danes and their families in the British colony on the coast of China, told with heartbreaking detail from letters and interviews with the survivors. It is a story which transcends nationalities and eras, one of heroism and tragedy, cruelty and courage.
“A moving, valuable and skilfully researched account of the role played in the defence of Hong Kong by the British colony’s small, tightly-knit Danish community. Letters and diaries reveal the courage and conflicting loyalties of those prepared to sacrifice everything to resist the Japanese invaders.”
— Tim Luard, Author of Escape from Hong Kong: Admiral Chan Chak’s Christmas Day Dash, 1941

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https://china-underground.com/2020/01/14/fighting-for-two-kings/
https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3/programme/hongkongheritage/episode/694822
https://earnshawbooks.com/2020/01/19/fighting-for-two-kings/
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/sections-news-print/217133/Following-lines-around-Hong-Kong
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/英文/article/20200312/s00017/1583951696525/英語雞精班-丹麥不止曲奇
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fighting-Two-Kings-Volunteers-Defence/
https://www.saxo.com/dk/fighting-for-two-kings_frode-z-olsen_paperback_9789888552566
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49090817-fighting-for-two-kings#other_reviews
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