Transcript WAR IN CANADA - Clarington Central Secondary School

CAMP X
BEHIND THE SCENES
CAMP X
• WHITBY / OSHAWA
• TOP SECRET FACILITY
• TRAINED SPIES AND SECRET AGENTS
• SABOTAGE TECHNIQUES TAUGHT
WILLIAM STEPHENSON A.K.A.
“INTREPID”
• SPIES EVENTUALLY DROPPED BEHIND ENEMY
LINES TO SPY AND REPORT BACK
STATION M
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STAFFED BY FORGERS
SAFECRACKERS
CHEMISTS
MOVIE SET DESIGNERS
COSTUME EXPERTS
THEY CREATED
• FALSE PASSPORTS
• BATTERED SUITCASES
• EUROPEAN-STYLE TOOTHPASTE
• EVERYTHING NEEDED TO MAKE A SECRET
AGENT FIT IN
STATS
• 28 CANADIAN SPIES SENT IN TO GERMANY
• 8 DIED
AND NOW?
• NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT WHAT
THE 28 DID DURING WORLD WAR II – STILL
SECRET
CAMP 30
• GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP RIGHT
HERE IN BOWMANVILLE
Battle of Bowmanville
The Battle of Bowmanville is said to be the closest Canada ever came to the fighting in WWII
but it is probably one of the strangest war battles you will ever hear about. This battle was not
fought with guns and bombs it was fought with baseball bats, hockey sticks and anything else
they could find. This battle occurred between Saturday, October 10th, 1942 and Monday,
October 12th, 1942.
What caused this battle? Well the shortest, easiest way to explain it is that Hitler gave the
order to have Canadian PoWs shackled. So Britain said that they would do the same and sent
the order to the Canadian government that German P.O.W.s would be shackled as well and the
shackles would not be taken off until the Germans removed the shackles from the Canadian
P.O.W.s. So when the word came down to Camp 30 that it was to shackle 100 German
prisoners the head of the camp met with the highest ranking soldiers within the camp and
asked for volunteers to be shackled. I'm sure you can imagine the response this request
received. There were no volunteers and the next time the guards went into the camp to for a
roll call they found that the P.O.W.s had barricaded themselves into the buildings and refused
to come out.
After the battle of Bowmanville the soldiers remained shackled until December 11, 1942.
Although, it is said that much earlier as a guard was leaving he dropped his keys so that
P.O.W.'s would be able remove their shackles during the day and put them back on for roll
calls.