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Gouzenko Testimony
Igor Gouzenko Exposes Russian Spies -
Soviets block all supply lines to west Berlin, The Cold War begins
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Nato is formed
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North Korea attacks South Korea.
The UN intervenes and sends American troops to aid South Korea -
War begins between North Vietnam and south Vietnam, America Helps South Vietnam. Canada takes in American draft Dodgers
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Egypt attacks and gains control of the Suez Canal, Britain and france regain it.
Lester B. Pearson proposes a plan to seize fire and wins the Nobel Prize for Peace -
Soviets launch the sputnik satellite, US realizes that the same rocket technology used for the satellite could be used for nuclear warheads.
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the USA and Canada agree to defend each other. the DEW line is created to notify NORAD about enemy attacks.
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Biefenbaker cancels the Avro Arrow, the supposedly best fighter jet in history
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Soviet Missles found in Cuba
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Trudeau has warhead shipped into Canada from America
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Canada plays a 8-games Hockey series against the Soviet National Team. Canada wins with a goal by Paul Henderson
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Dictators in europe were slowly over-taken, forcing the fall of the wall.
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The soviet Union splits into 15 Countries.