enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Canada in the Cold War - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_in_the_Cold_War

    During the Cold War, Canada was one of the western powers playing a central role in the major alliances. It was an ally of the United States, but there were several foreign policy differences between the two countries over the course of the Cold War. Canada's peacekeeping role during the Cold War has played a major role in its positive global ...

  3. List of historical equipment of the Canadian military - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical...

    Toggle Second World War to Cold War (1939–1946) subsection. ... Flag of Canada used during WWII and the Korean War. Colonial era to Confederation (1604–1867)

  4. Outline of the Canadian Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_the_Canadian...

    The 1987 Defence White Paper "Challenge and Commitment" called for an expansion of the reserve forces to approximately 90,000 troops, however with the end of the Cold War this plan was shelved. [2] The article is based on the Canadian government's 1987 White Paper "A Defence Policy for Canada" , which was published at the end of 1987. The White ...

  5. List of wars involving Canada - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Canada

    Beginning of the Cold War; Beginning of the Atomic Age ~45,300 [7] ~55,000: Korean War (1950–1953) South Korea United Nations United States United Kingdom Australia Belgium Canada France Philippines Colombia Ethiopia Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand South Africa Thailand Turkey North Korea China Soviet Union: Ceasefire

  6. History of Canada (1945–1960) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canada_(1945...

    Canada remained a close ally of the United States throughout the Cold War. When Igor Gouzenko , a cipher clerk for the Soviet Embassy to Canada in Ottawa , defected in 1945, fears of Soviet espionage led to a red scare and the arrest and conviction of 18 people, including Labor-Progressive Party (Communist) Member of Parliament Fred Rose .

  7. Canada–United States relations - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada–United_States...

    Military collaboration was close during World War II and continued throughout the Cold War, bilaterally through NORAD and multilaterally through NATO. However, Canada has long been reluctant to participate in US military operations that are not sanctioned by the United Nations, [12] such as the Vietnam War or the 2003 invasion of Iraq. [13]

  8. Military history of Canada - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Canada

    During the Cold War, Canada deployed its military abroad for the first time during peacetime, maintaining units in Western Europe from the early 1950s to 1993. Around 100,000 Canadian military personnel served in France and West Germany as part of Canadian Forces Europe .

  9. Canadian Forces Europe - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Europe

    In case of war 1 Canadian Division would have been reinforced by 5 Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada and 1,400 men from 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group would have been sent to bring 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group to full wartime strength. 1 Canadian Division would have been assigned to the Central Army Group Commander's tactical ...