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Quebecs Padlock Law
Prohibited of printing publishing or distributing of any newspaper, periodical, pamphlet, circular, document or writing, propagating Communism or Bolshevism. -
Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
109 documents on Soviet espionage activities in the West. This forced Prime Minister Mackenzie King to call a Royal Commission to investigate espionage in Canada. -
Berlin Blockade
First major international crises. To force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city. The United States Air Force and the British Royal Air Force flew over 200,000 flights in one year, providing up to 4700 tons of daily necessities such as fuel and food to the Berliners. -
International Alliances: NATO
Stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is an intergovernmental military alliance. It was a denfense system. Headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium. 22 countries participate in NATO. -
"The Forgotten War."
A war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The Korean Peninsula was ruled by the Empire of Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. -
Continental Alliances
(DEW) Distant Early Warning line was the primary air defence warning line in case of an over-the-pole invasion of the North America. It was established across the tundra of northern Greenland, Canada and Alaska. -
UN Peacekeeping
Lester B. Pearson led Canada into middle power respectability when he pulled the world back from the brink of war in the Middle East. -
Canada’s space program
Sputnik I was the world's first artificial satellite, launched by the soviet union. It took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth. Sputnik launch changed everything. As a technical achievement, Sputnik caught the world's attention and the American public off-guard. -
Avro Arrow
It was an aircraft that advanced technical and aerodynamic achievement for the Canadian aviation industry, the CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 ft. It was intended for the Royal Canadian Air Force's primary interceptor.
