Agerbak Brothers Were POWs During World War II

A rare non-hockey story on this newsletter that talks about the role of the Winnipeg Grenadiers that were captured as POWs in the Battle of Hong Kong in WW2.

In 1941, Canada’s government dispatched 1,975 soldiers from across the country to Hong Kong to reinforce the city’s garrison against an impending attack by the Japanese Imperial Army near the start of World War II.

That attack took place on Dec. 7, 1941, resulting in 290 Canadian deaths and 483 wounded. The survivors became Prisoners of War (POW) of a br…