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• Berlin Airlift
The USSR attempting to get the western allies out of berling cut off all trains/trafic from and to the city. The allied military launched operations to bring in supplies to those who were in Berlin. -
NAtO
created 1949, countries including Canda and the USA was a treaty formed to defend countries from the nuclear threst from the USSR -
Korean war
the korean war was North Korea attempting to invade south Korea to turn their democratic government into a communist government. this war ended in 1948 when the union left North Korea -
Colombo Plan
The Colombo Plan was created during a Commonwealth conference of foreign ministers that was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in January of 1950. The plan's purpose was to bring nations in the Asia and Pacific regions closer together through foreign aid, and assistance for the economic and social development of a region. Canada was one of the founding members in 1950 -
Suez Crisis
Isreal decided to invade Egypt. there was evidence the French,British and israli planned the invasion although it was denied. the british hade cease fire november 6th -
Bommarc missle crisis
Prime minister Deifenbaker allowed 56 american missles to enter Ontario,Canada but the canadian government eventually wavered off the missles -
Nicaragua( no month or day)
in 1821 Nicaragua gained independence. since then it has gone through periods of political unrest,and military intervention by the usa -
Cuban Missle Crisis
the Cuban Missle crisis was a confrontation between the countries of USSR, Cuba and the USA. the soviets put nuclear missles in Cuba. the USA did not like this because they had the threar of being bombed. the USSR removed them do to pressure from the Americans on October 28th -
summit Series
the summit series was a world hockey series between the USSR and Canada. the series went to a final game 8 where Paul Henderson scored a game winning goal and won the series for Canada. this series put Canada as a main contender for being the Hockey Country of the world -
afghanistan 1980s
A civil war broke out in Afghanistan after the USSR withdrew its occupation in the early 1980's. Through the early 1980's, the UN general council attempted to find ways to end the war, yet they were unsuccessful. The war had devistating effects, resulting in over 4.5 million refugees and having over half of the population displaced. The war crippled the country's economy. In 1987, an agreement was signed to remove foreign troops from Afghanistan -
olympic politics
The 1980 summer Olympic Games, held in Moscow, Russia were boycotted by Canada, and an incredible 64 other countries. The massive boycott occured because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan a year earlier. There was an Olympic Boycott Games held in Philadelphia for boycotting countries that wished to participate. In response to this, and because the coutries felt threatened, the USSR and 17 other communist supporting countries boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympic games in Los Angeles, California. -
US star wars
The Strategic Defence Initiative was proposed by Ronald Reagan in 1983. I The projects focused on protection from Russian ballistic missiles, and included various types of orbital missile interceptors and sensors, and directed energy weapons such as x-ray and chemical lasers. Past treaties also had to be considered.. -
berlin wall (the dates is when it was broughty down)
The Berlin Wall was both a barrier and a symbol of the differences betweendemocracy and communism. On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, (it was bult in 1961
