If Day was a simulated Nazi German invasion and occupation of the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and surrounding areas on 19 February 1942, during the Second World War. It was organized as a war
Simulated German soldiers harassing a newspaper carrier during If Day
A. J. Casson's Canadian Victory Bonds poster Give Us The Tools 1941
City officials being arrested and taken to the internment camp
Fake German Reichsmarks; the reverse features an advertisement for Victory Loans.
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. As of 2021, Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607
If Day
…If Day (French: Si un jour, lit. 'If one day') was a simulated Nazi German invasion and occupation of the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and surrounding areas on 19 February 1942, during the Second World War. It was organized as a war bond promotion by the Greater Winnipeg Victory Loan…
Winnipeg, Manitoba skyline
ST. BONIFACE CATHEDRAL 05
Esplanade Riel Footbridge
Manitoba Legislative building exterior