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Canada was one of the founding countries of the UN.
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Igor Gouzenko was a Soviet spy in Canada. He liked Canada so he stole 109 documents from the Soviets, and gave it to Canada, becoming a "double agent."
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After receiving a degree from Westminster College, Winston Churchill delivers this speech. Here he calls the division between the areas of the Western powers and Soviet Union as the "Iron Curtain."
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The Berlin Airlift was the Western powers' response to the Soviet Union's Berlin Blockade. It carried supplies to West Berlin.
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Canada is one of the founding countries of NATO. Countries involved in NATO agree to mutual defense if any countries are attacked by an external party.
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As a party of the UN, the Canadians became involved with the Korean War. They provided many troops and machines to the war.
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The Suez Crisis was a war fought by France, Britain and Israel against Egypt.
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NORAD is an organization of the United States and Canada that provides both countries aerospace warning, air sovereignty and defense.
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As a party of the UN, Canada is called to take part in Operation Snowgoose, a peacekeeping mission in Cyprus.
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Canada recognizes China as a Communist country.
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Canada enters the gulf war as part of a coalition created by the United States while under the rule of President George W. Bush.
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The Cold War ends.
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As a party of the UN, Canadian peacekeepers are sent to Bosnia.
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As a party of the UN, Canadian peacekeepers are sent to Somalia. The "Somalia Affair" military scandal takes place here. This scandal peaked with the beating and eventual murder of a teenager by two Canadian soldiers.
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As a party of the UN, Canadian peacekeepers are sent to Rwanda.
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Canada with NATO enters the Afghanistan War.