Battle of Bowmanville
| Battle of Bowmanville | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Bowmanville, Ontario 43°55′37″N 78°40′00″W / 43.92694°N 78.66667°W | |
| Result | Revolt failed |
Canada
GermanyCanadian Army cadet commandos
The Battle of Bowmanville was a 1942 revolt in the
Revolt
The residents of Camp 30 were mostly Germans captured by the British and sent to Canada for internment in anticipation of a potential invasion of Britain. They were guarded by the
Three shots were fired during the revolt, two of which wounded PoW Volkmar Koenig, shot by a tower guard after prisoners grabbed a Canadian officer.[5] Another prisoner was stabbed with a bayonet, but survived.[4] A number of other prisoners and guards were injured during the revolt, often in hand-to-hand combat.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "Behind barbed wire in Canadian PoW camps". CBC Archives. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ a b Durflinger, Serge (27 October 2023). "To war once more". Legion Magazine.
- ^ Turcotte, Jean-Michel (January 2018). "Bowmanville, 1942: The 'Shackling Crisis' and the Treatment of German Prisoners of War in Canada". Online Atlas on the History of Humanitarianism and Human Rights.
- ^ a b "Prisoners: Battle of Bowmanville". Time. 26 October 1942. Archived from the original on 14 October 2010.
- ^ "An insult to our military history". Toronto Sun. 10 November 2014.