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A map depicting the location for the Dew Line, the Mid-Canada Line, and the Pinetree Line, a series of early warning radar systems developed in the 1950s. To defend North America against a possible enemy attack, Canada and the United States began to work very closely together in the 1950s.
Feb 6, 2006 · Article. Canada and the Cold War. Article by Alex Herd. Updated by John Boileau. Published Online February 6, 2006. Last Edited January 21, 2022. The Cold War refers to the period between the end of the Second World War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Feb 12, 2023 · Canada in the Cold War. Canada was a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) in 1958, and played a leading role in United Nations peacekeeping operations—from the Korean War to the creation of a permanent UN peacekeeping force during the Suez Crisis in 1956.
Mar 15, 2024 · Last Edited March 15, 2024. During the Cold War, most of the world was divided into two camps. The "West" was led by the US and the "East" was led by the Soviet Union. Canada sided with the West. The Cold War started after the Second World War . It ended in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed.
The Cold War refers to the period between the end of the Second World War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. During this time, the world was largely divided into two ideological camps — the United States-led capitalist “West” and the Soviet-dominated communist “East.”
During the Cold War, Canada stationed army and air force units abroad for the first time during peacetime. Soldiers and airmen began to arrive in the early 1950s, shortly after the Cold War began, and remained until 1993, after it ended. In total, more than 100,000 Canadian military personnel served in France and West Germany in that period.
