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Enjoy these Heritage Minutes brought to you by Historica Canada! While free to view and share, these productions remain under copyright. Re-uploads or modified versions are strictly prohibited without written prior permission. For all re-shares, please tag us (@HistoricaCanada). Sergeant Major Osborn of Winnipeg protects his company by throwing himself on a live grenade during the Battle of Hong Kong (1941). Join our mailing list : https://histori.ca/email SUBSCRIBE to learn more about Canada: https://histori.ca/youtube Version française :    • Minutes du patrimoine: Osborn de Hong Kong   On the morning of 8 December, 1941, Japan launched surprise attacks against several locations, including Pearl Harbor, Guam, Wake Island, Malaya, the Philippines and Hong Kong. The Japanese quickly overran Kowloon, the mainland part of Hong Kong. “A” Company was ordered to advance on Mount Butler on Hong Kong Island, and recapture it. Osborn led part of his company in a bayonet charge, retook the summit and held it against Japanese counterattacks for the next three hours. The company had driven off two attacks, but eventually the Japanese worked close enough to throw hand grenades into the Canadian position. Osborn picked up many of these grenades and threw them back at the enemy. Finally, a grenade fell where he could not get to it in time. Without hesitation, Osborn shouted a warning, pushed a soldier aside and selflessly threw himself on the grenade. It exploded and killed him instantly. Osborn’s heroic act was the first to earn a Canadian the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for bravery among troops of the British Empire. Learn more on The Canadian Encyclopedia : John Osborn: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca... Canadian Recipients of the Victoria Cross: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c... Canada and the Battle of Hong Kong: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c... Second World War: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c... FOLLOW US! Instagram:   / historicacanada   Twitter:   / historicacanada   TikTok:   / historicacanada   Facebook:   / historica.canada   Pinterest: https://pinterest.ca/historicac/_saved/ More educational content at : historicacanada.ca thecanadianencyclopedia.ca Credits : Partners Film Company Sergeant Major John Osborn – Ted Dykstra John Lawson – Joseph Ziegler Soldier – Steve Cumyn