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Quebec's Padlock Law
Quebec passes the law to prevent a communist propoganda. the law gave the Quebec Government the ability to stop anyone from spreading communist propoganda. -
Gouzenko Affair
gouzenko affairIgor Gouzenko a soviet ambassador gave up a group of russian spies in canada for protection from canada. Canadians didnt take him seriously untill the soviets attempted to kidnap him, this lead to the capture of many soviet spies and the ultimatly start of the cold war. -
Berlin Blockade
berlin blockadethe soviets built a wall to serperate germans and soviets it was also to stop the supplies to the germans. the supplies would be flown over and droped in the blockade. -
International Alliance: NATO
NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. it was formed when several countries were concerned about ther national security and the agression of the soviets. the treaty pact is that if one country is attacked the rest help. -
"The Forgotten War" The Korean War
the north koreans were communist and supported by the the par of communist china they were fighting with north korea wich had the help of the UN. this brought on a worry becuase of the countries in the UN on diffrent sides. only 16 countries helped north korea, including canada. -
Vietnam War & Draft Dodgers in Canada
the US was trying to help south vietname from being taken over by communists.many soldiers went insane becuase of how bloody of a war it was. the US had to call upon conscription and many draftees escaped. -
The Suez Crisis, the UN Peacekeeping and Lester B. Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize
Egypt decided to be the only country to control the suez canal. this brought egypt and isreal into a fight over the canal. the sovietsdecided to back egypt well france and usa backed Isreal. this could of lead to a huge war but the UN called a meeting where the canadian Lester B. person came up with the plan to stop the fighting and advert a possible war. -
Continental Alliances: NORAD and DEW Line
NORAD stands for North American Air Defence Command and was used by canada and america to help eachother if needed. americ used yukon and other canadian posts to determin if long range missiles were coming into north america. -
sputnik and canada's space program
An Arms race started when the soviets launched a missile to take the first space orbiting satelite. the US was worried becuase of the range that the missile could of been fired all the way to america they started to produce long range missiles wich lead to a negative feedback loop of building up your long range missile army. -
Avro Arrow and its cancellation
when prime minister john Diefenbaker was elected he decided to order already made american bomrac nuclear missiles insted of continuing on with the production of the Avro Arrow wich was a canadian fighting jet made by only canadians. this decison costed many canadians ther jobs. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
cuban missile crisisThe soviets planted nuclear wareheads in cuba that could possibly be used agaisnt the US. the Soviets were blockaded by the US to not allow the transportation of nuclear wareheads to cuba. A USSR ship came into the blockade but stopped and turned around, if it hadnt it could of lead to a war and canada was not pleased becuase they were not informed about the situation. -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear Warheads in Canada
the canadian cabinet was seperated to two diffrent sides about the desicion of having nuclear wareheads in canada. Diefenbaker did not want nuclear warheads in canada and already allowed NORAD. Not allowing nuclear wareheads in canada really shortened the USA's military control in canada. -
Canada-Soviet Hockey Series
canada and soviet hockey seriescanada beat the soviets in the last seconds of the game. during the cold war this was a big moral boost for canadians. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
berlin wall
the communbist rulers of east germany gave the orders to open the berlin wall wich was deviding the city for almost 30 years. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
the soviet union became to much work and to big to handle so the leader of the soviet union at the time, Mickhail Gorbachev, let the soviet union be free and for any countries inside to be independant.
