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Quebec's Padlock Law
The Quebec's Padlock Law was intended to prevent the dissemination of the communist propaganda. -
Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
Igor Gouzenko was a secret messenger clerk for the Soviet Embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. He failed on September 5, 1945, with 109 permits on Soviet spying actions in the West. This strained Prime Minister Mackenzie King to make a Royal Commission to look into espionage in Canada. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an effort by the Soviet Union to wedge Allied admission to the German city of Berlin. Eventually, the Berlin Blockade turned out to be a whole political crash for the Soviet Union, and the West was able to turn it into a main victory. -
United Nations Peacekeeping
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International Alliances: NATO
The International Alliance of NATO is an intergovernmental military that is based on the North Atlantic Treaty. It's member states agree to mutual defense, to an attack by any external party. -
The Forgotten War - The Korean War
North Korea attacked South Korea. Canada ranked third in total aid to South Korea. Almost 25 000 Canadians had seen this action before an agreement to stop shooting. A ton of Canadaisn were wounded and 406 were killed. Canadians had to stay in Korea until 1955 to help maintain the uneasy truce. -
Avro Arrow and it's Cacellation
The arrow was a technically advanced fighter jet. It was developed and built by the Canadains. -
Sputnik and Canada's Space Program
This was the first earths satelite. The success precipitated the American Sputnik crisis. It began the Space Age and triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War. The launch of the Sputnik, made in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. -
Continental Alliances: NORAD & DEW line
NORAD is an organization of Canada and the United States that helps provide aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense for the two countries. DEW is a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada. It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers during -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. It was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other, -
Camada-Soviet Hockey Series
Best hockey national hockey league! It was an eight game series of ice hockey between the Soviet Union and Canada. The Canadian team represented by professional players of the National Hockey League, the NHL. -
Vietnam War & Draft Dodgers in Canada
The country's troop deployments to Vietnam were limited to a small number of national forces that helped enforce the Paris Peace Accords. The war had considerable effects on Canada, while Canada and Canadians affected the war, in return. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for German reunification. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
Failed attempts at reform, a standstill economy, and the success of the United States against the Soviet Union's forces in the war in Afghanistan led to a general feeling of discontent, especially in the Baltic republics and Eastern Europe
