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Quebecs Padlock Law
Officially called "Act to protect the Province Against Communistic Propaganda" , Quebecs Padlock law was an act passed on March 24th 193. This act resticted the propaganda of anything having to do with communism. Many comunist based newspapers had been padlocked , thus the name "Quebecs Padlock Law". -
Spies in Canada
It all began on September 5th 1945 , with the defection of Igor Gouzenko, a clerk at the Soviet embassy in Ottowa. Only to be relieved as a soviet spy. The country was baffled to know they were among traitors , a whole network of spies across Canada. -
Berlin Blockade
First Major interenational crisis connected to the cold war. Three key events lead to the Berlin blockade ,1. The institution of Marshall plan for Europeon recovery 2. The Eastern confrences of winter and spring 3. and the resultant London Program which called for a separate West Germany and currency reform as a means to reach this end. -
NATO
NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which is a intergovernmental military alliance that branched from the North Atlantic teaty that was signed on April 4th 1949. This organization formed an international alliance in which each member agreed to offer mutual defense in response of an attack from an external party. -
The Forgoten war : The Korean war
A war between the Republic of Korea and the demographic peoples republic of Korea.This was the result of the political division of Korea after the second world war. The Korean War began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. The United states came to the aid of South korea -
Continental Alliances: NORAD and DEW line
The Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line was designed and built as a primary air defence warning line in case of an over-the-pole invasion from Russia over Canada to the United States. This would provide early warning of an attack. NORAD controlled this system. -
The Suez Crisis and Pearson wins Nobel Prize
The Suez crisis accours when the president of Egypt , Abdul Nasser nationalises the the Suez canal company. Lester B. Pearson came in to the crisis the UN. He helped to solve the crisis and restore peace between the British and Egyptian. Pearson was awarded with a Nobel Peace Prize in October of 1957. -
Sputnik and Canada’s space program
Sputnik was the first artificial eart sattilte. It was launched into a low earth orbit on October 4th 1957 by the Soviet Union. The launch of Sputnik resulted in the American Sputnik crisis , began the "space age" and the space race. -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in Canada
John Diefenbaker, PM of Canada deployed 56 American-made Bomarc missiles to Ontario and Quebec, the axact date is not specified. -
The Avro Arrow and its cancelation
Plans for the ultimate jet had been canceled for many reasons. Canadas posesion of these plans was a threat to the nation plus it was incredibly expensive . All attemps of selling the plans failed leading to their destruction. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Closets the world has ever come to a nuclear war ,13 day confrontation with Cuba & Soviet Union against USA , although nuclear weapons were a threat , thankfully they were never used. -
Canada-Soviet Hockey Series
An eight-game series of hockey between Canada and USSR. . Designed to create true best-on-best competition. Four games in Canada, four games in Moscow. Played during Cold War, intense feelings of pride and nationalism for Canada and USSR although ,Canada ended up winning it all. -
Vietnam War & Draft Dodgers in Canada
Canada was quite strongly allied with western forces during the Cold War , Canada did not fight in the Vietnam war, yet they sent aids South Vietnam. As war escalated, ties between Canada and USA became weaker due to Canadas refusal to take part in fighting in the war. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall will always be considered a symbol of the end of the cold war.Communism had its negitive affects on countries such as Poland, and it was showing signs of begining to weaken. Suddenly, on the evening of November 9, 1989, an announcement made by East German government official Günter Schabowski stated, "Permanent relocations can be done through all border checkpoints between the GDR (East Germany) into the FRG (West Germany) or West Berlin. -
The fall of the soviet Union
Soviet union dissintegrated into 15 separate countries. Caused by the West' victory for freedom. Break up of Soviet Union changed the whole world. It lead to the Soviet Union's reformulation of political, economic and military allies around the world.
