Cold war

The Cold War

By UnivitedSam

  • Quebec's Padlock Law

    Quebec's Padlock Law
    • Maurice Duplessis
    • Outlaws Communist or bolshevism propaganda.
  • Period: to

    The Cold War

  • Spies in Canada

    Spies in Canada
    • A spy from USSR came to Canada
    • Converted from Soviet spy to Canadian spy because of family affaires
    • Gave Canada secret soviet documents in exchange for permanent protection from Soviets.
    Igor Gouzenko, and his story; CBC Archives

  • Nato is Created

    Nato is Created
    • Founded out of fear from a Soviet attack in 1949
    • Belgium, Britain, Canada, Italy, Denmark, France, Iceland, Lexembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States.
    • Stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
    • Soviets responded by creating the Warsaw Pact.
    The History of NATO

  • NATO Founded

    NATO Founded
    • Northern American Aerospace Defence Command
    • Canadian NORAD headquarters in Winnipeg
    • Disant Early Warning Line
    • A system of arctic radar systems located in Canada.

  • The Berlin Blockade

    The Berlin Blockade
    • The USSR wanted to physically block supply lines to West Germany
    • This broke an agreement between them and the western nations
    • Western nations created an air life to get around this physical barrier.
    Click here for a 10 minute film about the Berlin Blockade

  • The Korean War

    The Korean War
    • Canada stayed in Korea to support the south part.
    • 25,000 Canadians saw action before a truce
    • 1000 were wounded, 406 were killed.
    • Stayed in Korea until 1955 to maintain the uneasy truce.

  • Diefenbaker, Bomar mssiles and nuclear warheads in Canada

    Diefenbaker, Bomar mssiles and nuclear warheads in Canada
    • Bomarc missiles was the only Surface to Air missiles (SAMs) to be deployed in the US
    • Diefenbaker was compliant to have the Bomarc program in Canada, but soon stopped the Avro Arrow program
    • This was highly controversial
    • Diefenbaker said that these should not have nuclear warheads attached to them, which led to the collapse of the government in 1963.

  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War
    • Vietnam War escalated when the Soviet Union supported north Vietnam while the United States supported south Vietnam
    • Conscription was active at this time in the United States, which caused a lot of problems for a lot of people
    • Many people fled from the United States after they received their draft notice, so to avoid the war they would typically go to Canada
    • Canada harboured 20,000-30,000 well-abled American draft-eligible men.

  • The Suez Crisis

    The Suez Crisis
    • Tensions have grown since Israel was created, because it was founded off of Arab holy land.
    • Egyptians wanted to destroy them.
    • Israel was supported by the western nations, while the opposing nations were supported by Soviets.
    • Egyptians took the Suez canal, which was French and English, so Israel went and attacked Egyptian land

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    • In 1957, Soviets put a satellite into space as a part of the space race, Sputnik.
    • Western Nations saw this as a problem, as they thought this can deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere in North America
    • In 1962, Canadians sent up their satellite, the Aloutette.

  • Lester B Pearson accepts the Nobel Peace Prize

    Lester B Pearson accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
    • Lester B Pearson found a solution to the Suez Crisis on an emergency all-night General Assembly meeting
    • Sent peacekeepers to Suez
    • Sent the largest contribution to the peace effort, 800 Canadians
    • Accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for his actions

  • The Avro Arrow and its cancellation

    The Avro Arrow and its cancellation
    • Was a space aircraft built by Canadians that can exceed the speeds of Mach 2 (the speed of sound, twice.)
    • Because of political disputes, there was only 5 created and the program was cancelled on February 20th, 1959
    • The Avro Arrow was developed in response to the Soviet's strategy of creating aircraft capable of delivering nuclear warheads anywhere in the North Americas.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    • This occurred when Communist Cuba wanted to accept all nuclear bombs from the Soviet Union
    • The United States retaliated by creating a blockade, or "quarantine"
    • Or, in other words, they'd shoot at any cargo ship from the soviet union
    • This ended when the UN had an agreement with the Soviet Union that dictated they would dismantle the nuclear heads in Russia and then send the parts back to the soviet union.

  • Canada - Soviet Hockey Series

    Canada - Soviet Hockey Series
    • This series was created in intention to produce a best-on-best hockey series.
    • The series was tied until the last game, when Canada won
    • Paul Henderson scored with 34 seconds left in the game
    • This was a major symbolic victory for Canadians, as it expressed the superiority to the Soviets.

  • The Fall of the Soviet Union

    The Fall of the Soviet Union
    • Leonid Brezhnev's death and funeral led to the buildup of the fall of the Soviet Union.
    • Failed attempts at a reform caused an economic downfall.
    • This led to insufficient funds to keep up with the Americans.
    • After the cold war was lost, the Soviets