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First use of atomic bomb
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki this helped stop the war and made the Japanese surrender. -
Gouzenko Affair
Igor Gouzenko was a Russian cipher clerk who worked in Ottawa. He gathered information on many Canadian officials and realized Stalin's plan to steal nuclear plans. Canada found out Stalin plan to steal their plans for their nuclear bomb. -
Formation of the United Nations
A collective security system formed in the place of the League of nations gave us a rule enforcer and help out lots over the years. -
Formation of NATO
Many Countries joined together to defend themselves from the possibility of a Soviet invasion.
NATO was created and many countries joined it and became safe from the soviets. -
Korean War
North Korea attempted to invade South Korea with the help of the Soviet Union and the Republic of China. It was a major conflict within the cold war. -
Beginning of Vietnam war
The Viet Cong fought off a guerrilla war with the Anti Communist forces which spread communism to more of Asia. -
Suez Crisis
Egypt was against Britain being in their affairs and when Italy bombed the Suez Canal zone, and battles for oil took place in Egypt, The Egyptians threw a coup and overthrew their British government. Egypt then became an Independent country once again. -
Formation of NORAD
Canada and us join air defenses under one command as a team
pulled away some independence leading to Cuban missile crisis -
The Cancellation of the Avro Arrow
An anti missile aircraft project which was canceled because of slow work and the Americans faster made and better SDI missile we could be proud of what we almost had lots of workers went to u.s for work. -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
they signed a pact a mutual defense organization that put soviets in command of armed forces of the member states Soviets version of NATO consisting of Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. Now the soviets had their own team and help. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuba had missiles close to us they not like ask Canada for help but we say not now and don't follow what they want to retain independence they were mad at us because it took a bit to help. -
End of Cuban missle crisis
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SALT Treaty
To limit Big bad weapons (To make the war humane and fair)
which stopped over powered weaponry being used . -
End of Vietnam war
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Strategic Defense Initiative
Was a American program to develop anti-ballistic missiles. this program is a factor in the cancellation of the Avro arrow and gave Canada anti missile missiles. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall came about demolition and allow freedom of the Berlin inhabitants no longer being jailed in their own city. -
Break up of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union broke up into 15 different countries. The Soviet Union was no longer, it was a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism.
