Not a tl;dr, just my favourite bits:
Organizers believed that the fear induced by the event would help increase fundraising objectives.
The campaign was publicized in local newspapers for a few days before the event, although the “invasion” took many citizens by surprise.
Dressing stations were set up at strategic points to treat the mock casualties; they also treated the two real casualties of the event – a soldier who sprained his ankle, and a woman who cut her thumb preparing toast during the early-morning blackout.
The city was renamed “Himmlerstadt”, and Main Street was termed “Hitlerstrasse”.
At one local elementary school, the principal was arrested and replaced with a ‘Nazi’ educator dedicated to teaching the “Nazi Truth”; special lessons were prepared for high-school students throughout the city.
If Day was successful enough to spark imitations in other communities. The US government contacted the organizing committee for details of the event. A smaller-scale invasion was staged in Vancouver, using promotional materials from the Winnipeg campaign.
If you are bored there’s a similar article about the October Crisis when the military got involved in Quebec. It was the first time the War Measures Act was used during peace time.
I remember watching news of when they found Pierre LaPorte dead.
That was a crazy time.
That was an interesting read thanks
I remember doing an essay in highschool and decided to do it on the FLQ crisis