This popped up on an unrelated forum but it's certainly on topic here: On February 19, 1942, Winnipeg (in Manitoba, Canada) staged a mock invasion of the city by the Nazis as part of a war bond drive, with aircraft, explosions, a blackout, "Nazi" roadblocks, book burning, and the daily newspaper replaced by the 4-page Das Winnipeger Lugenblatt. When war came to Winnipeg It was highly successful and led to a lot of war bonds being purchased. "With days to go in the campaign, Manitoba exceeded its $45-million quota set out by the National War Finance Committee. By the time of its conclusion on March 7, 1942, the final total was an astonishing $65 million — $927 million in 2017 dollars."
I'm sure that was mentioned on here before, with photos. Can't find the thread now. edit: ah canuck posted a photo here a year ago Caption competition I had a look into it then. Shame that the Winnipeg Free Press article won't open for me now without logging into their website.
Ahh, that's a shame. That ... seems like the wrong way of dealing with the issue. I felt sure someone must have mentioned it - I may not have searched with the right words to find it, though.
