Cold War Confrontations

Korean War (1950-1953)

North Korea (with help
from USSR and China)
invaded South Korea
(aided by US and the UN)
USA considered use of
atomic bomb and the
Americans still maintain a
strong military presence
in South Korea


Korean War (cont.)
Canadian Troops served in UN forces and Korea
was the last major conflict Canada was directly
involved in until the Persian Gulf War in 1991
The Korean War was also the last major conflict
not to have been covered by television media, and
as a result it is often known as the forgotten war


Korean War (cont.)
Cold War Confrontations
The Suez Crisis (1956)

Israel (aided by the United States) and Egypt
(aided by USSR) were at the brink of war after
Egypts president Gamal Abdel Nasser closed
the Suez Canal to Israeli shipping

This decision resulted from Britain and the US
withdrew their offer to help with construction of
the Aswan Dam to marginalise Nasser

The Suez Crisis (cont.)
Canadian Lester B. Pearson proposed a United
Nations peacekeeping force (UNEF) be sent in
to keep the borders at peace while a political
settlement was being worked out

Pearson won Nobel
Peace Prize in 1957
and Canada gains
international reputation
as peacekeeping nation
The Suez Crisis (cont.)
Cold War Confrontations
Construction of the Berlin Wall (1961)

Following World War II,
the Potsdam Agreement
divided Germany into four
occupation zones (Britain,
France, United States and
USSR)

The Berlin Wall (cont.)
Construction of the Berlin Wall (cont.)

The zones occupied by Britain, France and the
United States formed
West Germany, whilst
the zone occupied by
USSR became East
Germany


The Berlin Wall (cont.)
Construction of the Berlin Wall (cont.)

The Berlin Wall
was built to prevent
people from fleeing
communist East
Germany to capitalist
West Germany
The Berlin Wall (cont.)
Construction of the Berlin Wall (cont.)

The Berlin Wall
came to signify
the Cold War
divisions between
East and West