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Canada is country that shaped itself around the world affair during the cold war. Many ways Canada did was by what Canada took part in and didn’t as well as what Canada did on international affairs. Through this era of the cold war, Canada would make decisions based on its policies that would shape its future.
During the ear of the cold war, Canada took part in many operations and organizations to help further and protect itself. After WWII Korea was divided, communist north controlled by the USSR and the US supported the government of Syngmaan Rhee who was a dictator. North Korea wanted to unite all of Korea under one banner, so they invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. Due to this invasion the UN acted fast without a Russian Veto and sent in a fighting force led by America, 26,500 Canadians serve in the war with 1000 wounded and 400 killed. After the war Korea had to sign an armistice. Also with Canada on America’s side against the Communist USSR, Canada joined NORAD with the US to co-ordinate the air defense North America. Canada also joined NATO in 1949 due to the berlin lift with other democratic countries including the US, UK and France. The purpose of NATO was to have an alliance against the USSR with a policy of collective defense (attack against one is an attack against all). In 1990-1991 Iraq invaded Kuwait to take the oil fields, the UN then gave them a deadline to leave; when they didn’t the US lead the attack in ’91. Canada joined the war too sending in a squadron of CF-18 bombers, navy ships and troops; it was called Operation Desert Storm. The Iraqi army was defeated within 4 days and Kuwait remained a free country. However when leaving Saddam Hussein ordered the army to destroy the oil fields, bringing smoke and ...

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...ttacked them, Bosnia was the worst battle zone since Korea for Canadians. The Cold War was the democratic west against the communist east (USA vs USSR) and Canada was in the middle of it but was still against communism. Our Prime minister at the time Trudeau had Canada act as a mediator between the two power houses, many times when they accused one another Canada came and mended all relations. With that, many counties in Asia and Africa were coming out, and Trudeau wanted to bridge their gap and provide them with aid, as well as to limit nuclear weaponry, this created the CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency).
With all being said Canada made its mark on the world and its decisions it made would affect it for time to come. Decision such as those that made Canada take or not take part in also what Canada’s stance was on in world affairs, from all aspects.

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