The Cold War in Canada: Spies, Bunkers & Nukes, Oh My!

Episode 260: Canada played an important role in the Cold War, a period of intense geopolitical tension and rivalry between the Western powers and the Soviet Union that lasted from the end of World War II in 1945 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. As a member of the Western Bloc and a close ally of the United States, Canada was involved in a wide range of Cold War activities, including the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the construction of a network of radar stations in the Canadian Arctic known as the DEWline, and the creation of a series of underground emergency government bunkers known as Diefenbunkers. The Cold War also had a significant impact on Canadian society, shaping public attitudes toward issues such as national security, nuclear weapons, and international relations. Sources: Gouzenko Affair - Canada’s Human Rights History Spies, Lies, and a Commission by Dominque Clément Did the Cold War Start in Canada? – All About Canadian History The Gouzenko Affair - The Historical Society of Ottawa Parks Canada - Gouzenko Affair National Historic Event Canada and the Cold War | The Canadian Encyclopedia NATO - Declassified: Canada and NATO - 1949 The Red Scare Sound of SPUTNIK-1 | YouTube DEWLine Museum – HOME – The Distant Early Warning Radar Line, the Coldest Part of the Cold War. The Distant Early Warning Line and the Canadian Battle for Public Perception - Canadian Military Journal The Distant Early Warning Line: An Environmental Legacy Project - Canada.ca Diefenbunker.ca Diefenbunker Museum Blog – Canada’s Cold War Museum Blog Top Secret: The Lives of Employees at CFS Carp Canadian Nuclear Weapons by John Clearwater - Ebook | Scribd Underground Structures of the Cold War by Paul Ozorak - Ebook | Scribd Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers by Nick McCamley - Ebook | Scribd NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat by Gordon A.A. Wilson - Ebook | Scribd Now You Know Canada by Doug Lennox - Ebook | Scribd Canada and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization North American Defence | PDF Canadian Military Journal Vol. 12, No. 1 Current Time - 2023 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices