How a simulated German takeover of Winnipeg shocked citizens into buying war bonds during WWII
The invasion began in the north.
Reports came first from Norway House: aircraft approaching in tight formation, flying low over frozen lakes and pine forest, their engines carrying through the winter air. Soon after, word arrived that the Canadian city of Selkirk had fallen. The German war machine, it was said, was moving south – converging on Winnipeg.
At 6:00 AM on February 18, 1942, air-raid sirens shattered the morning silence.
Troops moved into position along a defensive line five miles from City Hall. At Fort Osborne Barracks, soldiers assembled…
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