Cold War

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 _ encourage international peace, cooperation, and friendship

Soviet spy Igor Gouzenkou defects to Canada and exposes a Russian spy ring in Canada.
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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

Canada sends 27, 000 troops to the Korean War in a United Nations-supported military action.
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Lester B Pearson becomes Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations
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The Eastern Bloc countries signed Warsaw Pact in 1955
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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.
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A symbol of Cold War. The corruption meant the over of Cold War
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The U.S. and Soviet Union come close to nuclear war

A war without Canada's participate. America lost the war.

Trudeau’s government officially recognizes Communist China (rather than Taiwan)
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Canada sends troops to support the U.S. in the Gulf War against Iraq.

Soviet Union dissolved into 15 countires
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