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Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
Final testomony- Gouzenko was goin to be sent to be sent to Russia with his family instead he offered information about soviet spies to try to stay in Canada
- In return he asked for protection
- Soviet agents tried to kill him after he told the Canadian Government about the Spies
- Then the Canadian Government got involved and stopped the Soviet agents
- 18 or 39 people Gouzenko named were found guilty of spying
- Gouzenko was protected by RCMP for the rest of his lie untilhe died of natural causes -
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Wall- Germany, the soviets blocked the western allies railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control
- First major clash after World War 2
-Blockade was a total Political for the Soviets and the West turned it into a Major Victory -
UN Peacekeeping: The Suez Crisis and Pearson wins Nobel Prize
Animation
-Egyption leadr seized control of the Suex Canal, a crotical shipping route, which was run by French and Britsh intrests
-dubber "the lifetime of empire", the Canal was an absoluely vital conduit for oil. If Nasser blocked the precious flow, he could cripple the British economy
- In 1956 Lester B. Pearson led Canada into middle power respectablility when he pulled the world back from the brink of war in the Middle East -
International Alliance: NATO
NATO stratagies- NATO (North American Treaty Organization) is a defence pact intended to protect against further soviet aggression
- Soviet Union spreading its communist system as for as they could
- Canada, Some contires in Western Europe and the U.S.A become concerned about national security
-Soviets were scared of a NATO so they organized a military alliance called the Warshaw Pact -
Korean War
Life in the war- Communist of North Korea attack South Korea againts communist aggresion
-U.S.A helped South Korea
- Under American infulence, the security council or the United Nations condemned the attack by North Korea and called on United Nations members to assist South Korea
- Canda ranked third in total aid of \Aouth Korea
-Canadian troops were asked to stay in Kora until 1955 to help maintain in the uneasy truce -
Spuntik and Canda's Space program
Launch-1957 Soviets launched first satellite
- Could be used to deliver a nuclear warhead to any spot in North America
- U.S.A. feared they had better technology so they made longer missles which were long range specialized
-Soviets copied the long missle -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in Canada
- John Diefenbaker deployed 56 american made Bomarc missiles with nuclear weapons in Ontario
- Which caused a contreversy whether nuclear weapons should be deployed on Canadian Soil
- Canada convinced U.S.A. to to launch missiles on there own soil -Missiles were designed to bomb soviet bonbers
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Continental Alliances NORAD and DEW line
DEWNORAD (North American Air Defense)
- Military technology continued to improve during 1950's
- With a long range missle able to deliver a nuclear bomb 16,000 km away North America needed a better defense system
-NORAD agreement was signed in 1958
- In the agreement the U.S.A. and Canada agreed to defend each other DEW (Distance Early Warning)
- DEW was a solution
- Was a high power radar
- DEW can pick up missles or unidentified aircraftes for 4800 km away
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Avro Arrow and its Cancelation
First flight of the Avro arrow- The avro arrow was an advanced supersonic, twin-engine, all weather aircraft developed by canada
- It was considered and advanced technical adn aerodynamic achievement for the Canadian aviation industry
- exceeded 60,000 feet
- Was intended to be the Primary interceptor
It was canceled because the government thought it would be a natural threat to North America -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Documentry- American spy planes had photographed the construction of Soviet missles on the Island of Cuba
-Presedent Kennedy set up a blockade to stop missles from reaching American land
-Soviets turned back before reaching the land
- Cuban missle crisis was over -
Canada Soviet Hockey Series
Hatred between Canada and the Soviets
- Canada has tried to beat the European teams for years but they were consitantly better and had more skill
- The Soviets played rough and fast hockey
- But in 1972 Canadians had the best team they have ever had so everyone new there was going to be a good series
- Then in the last minute of the final game Paul Henderson scored to win the series for canada -
Vietnam War and Draft Dodgers in Canada
- At the start of the Vietnam War, Canada was a member of the International Control Commission overseeing the implementation of the Geneva Agree -Thousands of men fought to the death over sea's -Groups of american sons fled to their homeland and then journeyed into North Canada to stay safe
- estimated 50,000 draft-age Americans moved to Canada to avoid the U.S.A. prosecution
- Canada was stongly on the American side
- They only returned in 1977 when Presedent Jimmy Carter granted amnesty
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The Fall of The Berlin Wall
- The wall was built to stop large numbers of defections by January 1990 the regime was auctioning off large slobs of the wall for hard currency -had set december for total demolition of wall
- but in october East Germany was formally absorbed into the Federal Republic of Germany and Only sections of the Wall remained standing, as memorials
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The Fall of the Soviet Union
- The Soviet Union split into 15 different seprate contries
- It was heavealy celebrated by the West as a victory of freedom
- The U.S.A. rejoiced as a there enemy's were defeated
- It changed the whole worlds view on political situations
