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Canada jouns United Nations
Canada joins the UN to maintain peace and to develop friendly relations between nations -
Gouzenko Affair
Igor Gouzenko was a cipher clerk for the soviet embassy to Canada in Ottawa,Ontario. On September 5, 1945 he stole 109 documents on the soviet espionage. Exposing joseph stalins effort to steal nuclear secrets and the planting of sleeper agents . 10 years after that he lived with a 'bag-like' thing on his head. The soviets wanted to find him and kill him. So he and his family were secretly re-located and changed identities. -
Iron Curtain speech
Churchill gave his now famous "iron curtain" speech to a crowd of 40,000. In this speech churchill describes the division between the Western powers and the area controlled by the soviet union in Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
During post world war II, the soviet union bloked the western allies railway and road access to the sectors of berlin under allied control. In response the western allies organized the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people in west Berlin. the United Kingdom and United States provided up to 4700 tonnes of daily necessities to Berliners -
Canada joins NATO
Canada as well as 15 other countires join the North Atlantic treaty organization to create a neutral denfense against attacks from communist countries -
Canada enters Korean war
Canada Joins the korean war in an effort to make peace -
Suez Crisis
Britain and France compete with Egypt for control over the canal. Britain and France join forces with the israelis to defeat the egyptian army. In reponse egypt sinks 40 ships blocking the canal.The UN now enters and tells the France and Britain to back down. Both agree and the UN clears the Canal -
Canada joins NORAD
Canada joins North American Aerospace Defense Command -
Canadian peace keepers in Cypress
In 1959, Greek extremists demanded an enosis while the Turks preferred to remain separate among the different ethnicities in Cyprus.to maintain order, the United Nations Forces in Cyprus Mission (UNFICYP) was established. They acted as a peacekeeping force so stop the conflict between the two cultures. -
Canada recongnizes communists in China
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau recongnizes communism in China -
Canada enters the Gulf war
the Gulf war was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations, led by the US. Canada agrees to punish Iraq for the invasion of Kuwait and to stop the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein -
Canadian peacekeepers in Rawanda
the country was in ruins because of civil war between the hutus and the tutsis. Canadas blue berets landed in Rawanda to keep the peace -
Cold war Ends
Cold war ends democracy prevails over communism -
Canadian peackeepers in Bosnia
The muslims,serbs and croatians were trying to claim land they believed was rightfully theres. the UN steps in and trys to restore peace -
Canadian peackeepers in Somalia
military scandal later called "Canadas national shame". It was the brutal beating of a somalian teenager in the hands of two Canadians soliders who were then put to jail for murder. -
The War on Terror
The war on terror is an international military campaign led by the US and UK supported by NOTA to eliminate terrorism. -
Canada with NATO enters Afghanistan
Canada joins the US in an effort to end terrorism in Afghanistan
