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Berlin Blockade
Soviets block all supply lines to west Berlin, The Cold War begins -
International Alliances: NATO
Nato is formed -
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The Korean War
North Korea attacks South Korea.
The UN intervenes and sends American troops to aid South Korea -
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The Vietnam War
War begins between North Vietnam and south Vietnam, America Helps South Vietnam. Canada takes in American draft Dodgers -
The Suez Crisis
Egypt attacks and gains control of the Suez Canal, Britain and france regain it.
Lester B. Pearson proposes a plan to seize fire and wins the Nobel Prize for Peace -
Sputnik
Soviets launch the sputnik satellite, US realizes that the same rocket technology used for the satellite could be used for nuclear warheads. -
Continental Aliiances: NORAD and DEW line
the USA and Canada agree to defend each other. the DEW line is created to notify NORAD about enemy attacks. -
Avro Arrow Cancellation
Biefenbaker cancels the Avro Arrow, the supposedly best fighter jet in history -
The Cuban Missle Crisis
Soviet Missles found in Cuba -
Bomarc Missles and Nuclear warhead in Canada
Trudeau has warhead shipped into Canada from America -
The 1972 Soviet-Canada Summit Series
Canada plays a 8-games Hockey series against the Soviet National Team. Canada wins with a goal by Paul Henderson -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Dictators in europe were slowly over-taken, forcing the fall of the wall. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
The soviet Union splits into 15 Countries.
