1. The Role of Canada in the Korean Conflict
On July 25, 1950, the North Korean Peoples' army crossed the 38th parallel invading the country of South Korea, with the aid and support of the U.S.S.R. and the People's Republic of China.1 The Canadian armed forces aided in the UN effort to retake the invaded land by military force.2 Many Canadians feel that the conflict did not affect Canada at all, and thus we should not have been involved, and lost lives for it. ... The communist government of North Korea had many ties to Stalin`s Russia.3 Stalin alone was responsible for 20 million deaths, with some estimates as high as 80 milli...
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