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Cold War
7/16/1945 - 12/25/1991
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Democratic Capitalist West vs Communist East
Canada - Prime Ministers
William Lyon Mackenzie King
7/18/1945 - 11/14/1948
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Liberal
Louis St. Laurent
11/14/1948 - 6/15/1957
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Liberal
John Diefenbaker
6/21/1957 - 4/22/1963
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Conservative
Lester B. Pearson
4/22/1963 - 4/20/1968
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Liberal
Pierre Trudeau
4/20/1968 - 6/4/1979
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Joe Clark
6/4/1979 - 3/3/1980
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Pierre Trudeau
3/3/1980 - 6/30/1984
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Liberal
John Turner
6/30/1984 - 9/17/1984
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Liberal
Brian Mulroney
9/17/1984 - 6/25/1993
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International Involvement (Canada)
International Events Involving Canada
United Nations formed
6/26/1945
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Canada is an original member
Igor Gouzenko
9/9/1945
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Alerted the West to Soviet spy ring.
Berlin Blockade
06/24/1948 - 05/12/1949
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Soviets cut off western Allies from Berlin.
Airlift to keep Berlin supplied with food.
Universal Declaration Human Rights
12/10/1948
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Lead Author - John Humphreys (Canadian) - Adopted by United Nations - outlines rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled.
NATO formed
4/4/1949
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Canada is an original member
DEW Line
1950
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United States begins building DEW Line and Pinetree Line system of radar stations across Canada. US troops stationed in Canada
Korean War
6/25/1950 - 7/27/1953
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First Armed Conflict of Cold War - North Korea (Communist - supported by China and USSR) - South Korea (supported by the United Nations) - Canada sends 6150 soldiers
Suez Crisis
7/26/1956 - 11/7/1956
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First UN Peacekeeping force (UNEF) - proposed by Canadian Lester B. Pearson
NORAD formed
5/12/1958
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Canada/U.S. agreement on integrated air defence.
Avro Arrow Cancelled
3/25/1959
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Berlin Wall
1961
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Cuban Missile Crisis
10/14/1962 - 10/28/1962
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Cuba & USSR begin to build bases for Soviet nuclear missiles. Diefenbaker does not believe U.S. - asks for UN fact finding mission - slow to put Canadian forces on alert (blow to Canada/U.S. relations and NORAD)
BOMARC Missiles
12/31/1963
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First nuclear-armed BOMARC missiles delpoyed in Canada
Pearson criticized U.S.
6/12/1965
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Pearson criticises U.S. policy/Operation Rolling Thunder
CIDA
1968
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Canadian International Development Agency Created
Canada recognizes Chinese gov't
10/13/1970
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China officially recognizes the communist government of the People's Repulic of China
Last BOMARC removed
1972
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Trudea phased out the BOMARC missiles in canada from 1970-72
SALT 1
1972
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The USA and USSR agree to a the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty 1 - to reduce th e number of nuclear weapons.
Summit Series
1972
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USSR vs Canada - first competition between Soviet and Canadian born NHL hockey players
Trudeau visits China
1973
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Trudeau visits Cuba
1/26/1976
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Boycott Olympics
1980
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Canada Boycotts Moscow Olympics
Other International Cold War Events
Truman Doctrine
3/12/1947
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Marshall Plan
1948 - 1952
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Soviet Atomic Bomb
8/29/1949
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Stalin Dies
3/5/1953
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Warsaw Pact formed
5/14/1955
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Cuba communist
1959
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Vietnam War
1959 - 1975
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Afghanistan Invaded
1978
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Soviets Invade Afghanistan
Boycott Olympics
1984
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Warsaw Pact Boycotts Los Angeles Olympics
U.S. SDI (Star Wars)
1985
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Huge increase in U.S. military spending - ramps up arms race spending
Gorbachev Soviet Leader
3/11/1985 - 12/25/1991
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Gorbachev opens an new Soviet era of reforms and openness with Peristorika and Glasnost
Fall of Berlin Wall
1990
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Cold War Ends
12/25/1991
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USSR collapses