Canada's National Involvement between 1950-2011 (Bailey Hicks)

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1945	Gouzenko Affair	Govezenko, a secret spy for the USSR, became a double agent when he exposed Stalin's efforts to steal nuclear secrets to Canada.
03/01/1945	Canada joins United Nations	Canada joins United Nations and is always the first country to be called upon.
04/01/1946	Iron Curtain Speech Beginning of Cold War	Winston Churchill's "Sinews of Peace" at Westminster College "...An iron curtain has descended across the Continent..."
06/14/1948	Berlin Aircraft	Canada sent a constant supply of necessities to West Burlin through the use of airplanes.
01/01/1949	Canada joins NATO	Canada joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance created to fight the spread of communism.
01/01/1950	Canada enters the Korean War	Canada enters the war to help keep peace and push back the North Koreans (communist).
01/01/1956	The Suez Crisis	A fight between Egypt and England/France over who had ownership of a newly built canal used as a short cut to travel through the Middle East.
01/01/1957	Canada joins NORAD	Canda joins the North American Air Defence, along with the U.S.A
04/14/1964	Canadian Peace-keepers in Cyprus	Canada enters a war between communists and democratics in Cyprus.
01/01/1971	Canada recongnizes Communist China	Canada realized that China was a country with a large comunist force behind it.
08/14/1990	Canada enters the Gulf War	A war waged by the UN lead by the Americans against Iraq.
12/01/1991	Cold War ends	The Cold War ends with the Soviet Union collapsing and the Berlin wall being knocked down.
01/01/1992	Canadian Peacekeepers in Bosnia	Canada entered Bosnia-Herzegovina with the UN after was broke out in the Balkans.
11/14/1992	Canadian peacekeepers in Somalia	UN troops from Canada were sent to Somalia to keep peace but instead they had caught a 17 year old man who they had found wandering in their camp and beat him to death.
01/01/1994	Canadian peacekeepers in Rowanda	Another peacekeeping mission failure. General Dallaire had requested that more Canadian troops be sent to Rowanda. His message was ignored and resulted in a genocide.
09/11/2001	War on Terror	A military battle between NATO and al-Qaeda in the Middle East.
04/14/2003	Canada with NATO enters Afghanistan	Canada and NATO are trying to prevent terrorism throughout the Middle East and establish a democratic government.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/01/1945 to 04/14/2003	Timespan Description