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The Cold War
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atomic bomb on japan
First time american used atomic bombs in warfare used in nagasaki and hiroshima. used to prevent millions of allie casualties and aswell end the war, they also spend 2000millon dollars so they were eager to try it out.canadians where not directly involed in the dropping of the bombs they were just fghting japan but they help at the make the technologic to create the bomb -
gouzenko affair
russia was spying in canada most likly trying to find out about atomic bombs 18 people arreted 8 kept spying 1st time canada was being watched started war with russia -
formation of the united nation
formation of the united nations was created to make peace keepers and to help countrys whom may be in distress canada had a part in this -
formation of nato
canadian soilders station in europe state for readyness us nuclear war as last resort can be used on ussr if nessessary canada was involved -
korean war
the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south Korean War came to an end. In all, some 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the war. The Korean peninsula is still divided today.canada wasnt involed in this war -
warsaw pact
The Warsaw Pact (formally, the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, sometimes, informally WarPac, akin in format to NATO) was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
veitnam war
during the vietnam 3.1 millon people died during the war in total 2 million civillans died and 1.5 million solider died during the canada supported the allies but never faught during the war -
suez crisis
first time peace keepers are used during the war lester recived noble peace prize for sending peacekeepers to suez cannel canada stopped the suez crisis russia threated to attack usa and and we send peace keeper till they leave so no one can have it -
formation of norad
an agreement was announced that a new organization was to be formed between Canada and the United States to be known as NORAD or the North American Air Defence Agreement -
the cancellation of avro arrow salt treaty
it was cancelled because it cost 1.5 million to make one of them and during and they kept messing up during the preosses it it costed t omuch so they ended the program -
rise of the berlin wall
The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls,[4] which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. In practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked East Ger -
stratigic defense initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. -
Fall of the berlin wall
when the wall was removed citizen from east and west cellibrated -
breakup of the soviet union
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, resigned, declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers including control of the Soviet -
cuban missle crisis
The battle between ussr and usa which could of distroyed the world a battle between ussr anf us in cuba where the ussr was bringing bombs into cuba and us and canada surround cuba untill they finally leave and turn back
