{"id":32390,"date":"2025-09-10T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=32390"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:00:58","slug":"the-hong-kong-heroes-unveiling-guangdong-and-hong-kongs-la-grande-vadrouille-during-wwii-brothers-in-arms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=32390","title":{"rendered":"The Hong Kong Heroes: Unveiling Guangdong and Hong Kong’s “La Grande Vadrouille” during WWII | Brothers in Arms (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

GUANGZHOU, China<\/span><\/span>, Sept. 10, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — News report from\u00a0GDToday: This Chinese force was honored by the U.S. President and had its representative decorated by the British Crown. They are the Hong\u00a0Kong-Kowloon Independent Brigade of the Dongjiang (East River) Column.<\/p>\n

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During World War II (WWII), under the leadership of the Communist Party of China<\/span>, they were primarily active in Guangdong<\/span> and Hong Kong<\/span>, forming the only organized force that sustained resistance against the Japanese invasion throughout the war.<\/p>\n

Amidst the overwhelming forces and blockades of the Japanese military, they dramatically rescued dozens of Allied comrades from the United States<\/span>, the United Kingdom<\/span>, India<\/span>, Denmark<\/span>, and beyond.<\/p>\n

In 1966, the film “La Grande Vadrouille,” starring Danielle Thompson<\/span> and others, which tells the story of the French rescuing British air force pilots during World War II, became a global sensation. However, the numerous rescue operations carried out in Guangdong<\/span> and Hong Kong<\/span>, which were equally heroic, remain relatively unknown.<\/p>\n

Recently, reporters accompanied the descendant of a rescued Allied soldier to revisit the “escape route” of his father in Hong Kong<\/span>, and together they uncovered the story of this Brigade and the “La Grande Vadrouille” that unfolded in Guangdong<\/span> and Hong Kong<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Some of the archives are provided by the Guangdong Provincial Archives and the People’s History Museum in Manchester, UK<\/span>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Special thanks to the decendants of Dongjiang Column soldiers, including Deng Liping<\/span>, Wang Yuzhen, Jiang Shan<\/span>, Huang Wenzhuang, Liao Guoqiu, Lin Ming<\/span> and Zhang Fang<\/span>, as well as Hong Kong Chronicles Institute, and Shenzhen Dapeng New Area Museum.<\/i><\/p>\n

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GUANGZHOU, China<\/span><\/span>, Sept. 10, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — News report from\u00a0GDToday: This Chinese force was honored by the U.S. President and had its representative decorated by the British Crown. They are the Hong\u00a0Kong-Kowloon Independent Brigade of the Dongjiang (East River) Column.<\/p>\n

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During World War II (WWII), under the leadership of the Communist Party of China<\/span>, they were primarily active in Guangdong<\/span> and Hong Kong<\/span>, forming the only organized force that sustained resistance against the Japanese invasion throughout the war.<\/p>\n

Amidst the overwhelming forces and blockades of the Japanese military, they dramatically rescued dozens of Allied comrades from the United States<\/span>, the United Kingdom<\/span>, India<\/span>, Denmark<\/span>, and beyond.<\/p>\n

In 1966, the film “La Grande Vadrouille,” starring Danielle Thompson<\/span> and others, which tells the story of the French rescuing British air force pilots during World War II, became a global sensation. However, the numerous rescue operations carried out in Guangdong<\/span> and Hong Kong<\/span>, which were equally heroic, remain relatively unknown.<\/p>\n

Recently, reporters accompanied the descendant of a rescued Allied soldier to revisit the “escape route” of his father in Hong Kong<\/span>, and together they uncovered the story of this Brigade and the “La Grande Vadrouille” that unfolded in Guangdong<\/span> and Hong Kong<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Some of the archives are provided by the Guangdong Provincial Archives and the People’s History Museum in Manchester, UK<\/span>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Special thanks to the decendants of Dongjiang Column soldiers, including Deng Liping<\/span>, Wang Yuzhen, Jiang Shan<\/span>, Huang Wenzhuang, Liao Guoqiu, Lin Ming<\/span> and Zhang Fang<\/span>, as well as Hong Kong Chronicles Institute, and Shenzhen Dapeng New Area Museum.<\/i><\/p>\n

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