That time fake Nazis ‘invaded' Winnipeg
On Feb. 19, 1942, people in Winnipeg woke up to a simulated Nazi invasion, with fake German soldiers marching in the streets. The CBC's Trishla Parekh shows how If Day became one of Canadian history's most elaborate fundraising events.
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