Soviet spy operate defects to Canada and exposes a Russian spy ring in Canada.
The United Nations is created in San Francisco. Canada is one of the original members to sign the Charter. The original goal of the UN was to against aggressor nations.
NATO – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – is created as a military defense alliance because of fears created by the Cold War with Russia and its allies. In response The Eastern Bloc countries sign Warsaw Pact in 1955.
Korea: Canada sends 27, 000 troops to the Korean War in a United Nations-supported military action. This was peacemaking.
Lester Pearson becomes Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations.
First U.N. peacekeeping troops, negotiated by Lester Pearson, prevents war.
Lester Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
Diefenbaker’s Conservatives cancel the Avro Arrow project.
The U.S. and Soviet Union come close to nuclear war.
UN sent a fact finding mission to Cuba. Implied that he did not believed the US photo
Canada participates in a U.N. peacekeeping mission to Cyprus. Describe Cyprus’ location (use an atlas).
Cyprus is in southern Europe
Vietnam War started to exit from the support of the US, become independent and
ignorant liberals
Trudeau’s government officially recognizes Communist China (rather than Taiwan).
Pierre Trudeau visits Communist China on a peace mission.
Pierre Trudeau visits Communist Cuba
Berlin Wall comes down, symbolizing the unit of the East and West German.
Canada sends troops to support the U.S. in the Gulf War against Iraq. This action was Peacekeeping.
Soviet Union dissolves into 15 countries.
Canadians was failed to keep peace in this area that NATO threatened to take steps to end of the fighting
Canadians troops tortured and killed the kids in the Canadian base camps
Civil war and chaos in Haiti: Canada sends soldiers and later police.
UN trying to send troops to Rwanda to appease the slaughter, but failed and being killed a lot people there.
