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The Cold War

By lauc34

  • Quebec's Padlock Law

    Quebec's Padlock Law
    The Padlock Law was to give police the power to seal off anyproperty where communist literature or activity was suspected

  • Gouzenko Affair

    Gouzenko Affair
    Gouzenko defection exposes Soviet spy ring
    Igor Gouzenko was born into the Soviet Union in 1919. He wasn't pleased with their ways. They were trying to get secrets about the atomic bomb. He found out that his family will be sent back to russia so he traded the Canadian governtment secrets for prtection. He and his family went into hding and wore a mask in public to hide himself.

  • BERLIN BLOCKADE

    BERLIN BLOCKADE
    The Soviets wanted all of Berlin so the Soviets put up a Blockade to block all supply lines to the Allied side, west Berlin. Occurred from June 1948 to May 1949. The Soviet Union had broken an agreement with its former allies which had encouraged them to forfit thier rights to obtain western Berlin.

  • NATO

    NATO
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a defence pact to protect members against soviet aggression.

  • THE KOREAN WAR

    THE KOREAN WAR
    korean war documentary filmin 1950 communist north korea, supported by communist china, decided to attack south korea. the united states supported South Korea against the communist aggression.

  • vietnam war

    vietnam war
    At the start of the Vietnam War, Canada was a member of the International Commission for Supervision and Control (ICSC) overseeing the implementation of the Geneva Agreements, and thus attempted to maintain an air of neutrality. draft evision is the decsion not to interferre with military conscription policies of the nations.

  • SUEZ CRISIS

    SUEZ CRISIS
    suez crisis Egyptian leader takes over Suez canal
    -UK and France lose control over region
    -The UK, France and supporters from Isreal decide to fight back until an agreement was reached

  • SPUTNIK AND CANADA'S SPACE PROGRAM

    SPUTNIK AND CANADA'S SPACE PROGRAM
    Launch of sputnikSputnik is a satellite launched by the Soviets on October 4th, 1957. It orbited around the earth and the rocket that launched it into space could deliver a warhead to anywhere in North America.

  • Avro Arrow and its Cancellation

    Avro Arrow and its Cancellation
    Avrow Arrowthe avro arrow was a jet aircraft developed and built by canadians. the avro arrow was very costly and was cancelled by the diefenbaker government.

  • NORAD AND DEW LINE

    NORAD AND DEW LINE
    The North American Air Defence (NORAD) was signed by Canada and the Us with agreement to protect eachother if the enmy missiles attack. Canada allowed the US to put up defence protection in NWT to make Distant Early Warning (DEW) radars were put along DEW lines that allow Canada and the US to know when enmy missles and aircrafts are coming from at most 4800km away.

  • Diefenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in Canada

    Diefenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in Canada
    Bomarc MissionJohn Diefenbaker allowed 56 American-made Bomarc missiles in Ontario and Quebec acting according to the NORAD clause. In 1960 their was a lot of Canadaian controversy about allowing nuclear weapons on Canadaian soil. Diefenbaker became unsteady and called an ellection that was won by Lester B. Pearson who later allowed the Bromac missile in Canada.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    Canada suggest to examine missile bases but this idea is not considered
    -Naval blockade is imposed
    -Soviet ships turned around before reaching blockade and threat of war

  • Canada-Soviet Hockey Series

    Canada-Soviet Hockey Series
    The GameCanada had trouble playing agaisnt some eastern teams espicially Russia. Canada and Russia set up a game consisting of many NHL players in 1972. This game was held in Russia and Paul Henderson scored at the dying second of the third to break a tied game and give the win to Canada.

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Fall of the Berlin Wall
    Announcement made by East German government official Günter Schabowski stated, "Permanent relocations can be done through all border checkpoints between the GDR (East Germany) into the FRG (West Germany) or West Berlin." People were in shock. People were entering the Berlin Wall from each side and some of them started chipping at it with hammers and chisels. East and West Germany turned into a single german State.

  • Fall Of the Soviet Union

    Fall Of the Soviet Union
    -The immediate reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union was because they had lost the arms race and the international competition with the West
    -The Soviet Union was officially decimated in 1991 and split into republics