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Canada Joining UN
Canada joins th UN upon creation in San Francisco being one of the first in hopes of keeping peace -
Igor Gouzenko
Igor Gouzenko who was a cypher clerk at a Soviet embassy defected and exposed a massive spy ring working within Canada and against the west. -
Berlin Airlift
Soviets blocked the allies road, railway and canal access to the berlin sector of west germany so in response the allied air forces flew over 200,000 flights in one year to supply fuel, water, food and other daily necessities to the berliners -
Canada Joins NATO
In a battle against communisn Canada joins NATO (North American Treaty Organization) with other allied countries -
Colombo Plan
The colombo Plan is an organization that is focused towards developing and better the economic and social abilities of the member countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Canada was a member since inception in 1950 but withdrew in 1992 from the organization -
Korean War
Canada Enters the Korean war in arms with the UN on a peacekeeping mission. -
Hungarian Revolution
The hungarian revolution is the push-back reaction against the Peoples Republic of Hungary government because of its Soviet-like policies and ideology. The revolution entailed numerous militias fighting Soviet troops and the state police. -
Suez Canal Crisis
The Suez Crisis was a small war fought by Britain, France and israel against egypt who had cut off a shortcut shipping route (man made canal) to foreign countires. Lester B Pearson played a key role in the negotiations and later won the nobel peace prize -
Canada Joins NORAD
NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) was a "pact" between Canada and the USA to aid each other in times of threatened national security -
Bomarc Missile Crisis
As a NORAD agreement with the USA, Canada deployed to Bomarc missile squadrons onto canadian soil. This started the dispute on whether Canada should have nuclear weapons. diefenbaker relucted, but when Pearson returned to power he Nuclearized the missiles. The missiles replaced the Avro Arrow which was scrapped, and the missiles were phased out later by 1971 -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
The berlin wall was constructed by the west german democratic government to totally isolate west berlin from east berlin and the rest of east germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In response to the USA failing to overthrow the Cuban regime more than once the Soviets began building bases in cuba capable of launching intermediate and medium range nuclear missiles, in response to this the US had over 100 missiles ready to strike moscow. this is argued to be one of the greatest confronatations of the cold war. -
Cyprus Peacekeeping Mission
When Cyprus gained independance from britain in 1959 the Greek and Turkish communities on the island were not living well together and began fighting by 1963. Turkey and Greece threatened both to intervene so the UN (including Canada) were sent to calm the situation and remained there until the mid 1990's -
Canada Recognizes Communist China
The Canadian government recognizes china as a communist country -
Summit Series
The summit series was an eight game series held between a roster of Soviets and Cnadian NHL hockey players. The summit series is the most well known name but other have come and gone. Canada won the series four games to three with one tie. -
US "Star Wars"
The Strategic Defense Initiative, nicknamed "Star Wars" was an organization proposed into the department of defense by Ronald Reagan that shifted USA's focus from strategic offensive missiles, to strategic defensive missiles should they be needed to be used. this toned down the tension since there intentions weren't taken so harshly as set out by reagan. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
After the guards let down the guard Germans took down the Berlin wall at will after a lengthly battle of protesting and radical acts.
