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Gouzenko Affair
Govezenko, a secret spie for the USSR, became a double agent when he exposed Stalin's efforts to steal nuclear secrets to Canada. -
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Canada's Foreign Involvement After WWII
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Canada joins United Nations
Canada joins United Nations and is always the first country to be called upon. -
Iron Curtain Speech Beginning of Cold War
Winston Churchill's "Sinews of Peace" at Westminster College.
"...An iron curtain has descended across the Continent..." -
Berlin Airlift
Canada sent a constant supply of necessities to West Burlin through the use of airplanes. -
Canada joins NATO
Canada joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance created to fight the spread of communism. -
Canada enters the Korean War
Canada enters the war to help keep peace and push back the North Koreans (communist). -
The Suez Crisis
A fight between Egypt and England/France over who had ownership of a newly built canal used as a short cut to travel through the Middle East. -
Canada joins NORAD
Canada joined the North American Air Defence along with USA. -
Canadian Peace-keepers in Cyprus
Canada enters a war between communists and democratics in Cyprus -
Canada recognizes Communist China
Canada realized that China was a nation with a large communist force behind it. -
Canada enters the Gulf War
A war waged by the United Nations lead by the Americans against Iraq. -
Cold War ends
The cold war ends with the Soviet Union collapsing and the Berlin wall being knocked down. -
Canadian Peacekeepers in Bosnia
Canada entered Bosnia-Herzegovina with the UN after war broke out in the Balkans. -
Canadian peacekeepers in Somalia
UN troops from Canada were sent to Somalia to keep peace but instead they had caught a 17 year old young man who they had found wandering in their camp andbeat him to death. -
Canadian peacekeepers in Rowanda
Another peacekeeping mission failure. General Romeo Dallaire had requested that more Canadian troops be sent to Rwanda. His message was ignored and resulted in a genocide. -
War on Terror
A military battle between NATO and al-Qaeda in the Middle East. -
Canada with NATO enters Afghanistan
Canada and NATO are trying to prevent terrorism throughout the Middle East and establish a democratic government.