Dave’s Cold War Canada

Living and working in the second half of the 20th Century I witnessed many of the events of the Cold War (and was even a   minor player in some of them).  How close we came to Armageddon* during that very dangerous 1945 to 1990 period  is unlikely to ever be really accurately determined but my own knowledge and experiences suggest we were often precariously teetering on the edge of oblivion. My time in the Canadian Military and later with the Federal Government’s organization responsible for civil defence gave me a closeup view of the potential horrors involved in trying to survive and maybe even recover from an all out  nuclear war. The purpose of this site is to record for future reference what I know about Canada during the Cold War particularly what we did (and didn’t do) about civil defence for Canadians. I will try to be as objective as possible and I will identify when I am expressing my opinions as opposed to presenting factual information.

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