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Royal 22nd Regiment prepares to help resolve dispute with Mohawks at Oka, Quebec.

The Battle of the Atlantic reached its climax in March 1943; in that month the U-boats sent 108 Allied ships--569,000 tonnes of vital shipping--to the bottom. These figures were lower than in November 1942, but what was so disturbing was that 85 of the ships lost had been in convoy or straggling and most had been sunk in the North Atlantic. The only glimmer of hope lay in the success of the air and naval escorts in exacting a toll of 16 U-boats.

A brief biography of Lester B. Pearson introduces this article on his peacemaking achievements in Egypt. The events surrounding the build-up of a United Nations force in the Suez Canal are also discussed. Taken from the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.

A history of Canada's involvement in peacekeeping, including the formation of the League of Nations and the United Nations.

Four experts on Canadian diplomacy talk about whether Canada deserves its peacekeeping reputation.

If the French colonies could have independence, the Congolese asked, why not us? Riots erupted in Leopoldville, Congo in January 1959. The bloodshed of January immediately aroused fears that the Congo might become a Belgian Algeria. Prime Minister Diefenbaker announced the Canadian contribution to the Congo force on the 30 July, and on 1 August parliamentary approval was given to the government's resolution authorizing the contribution.

The dissolution of world communism which began in 1989 signaled an era in which the United Nations might act as the world's great arbiter of international conflict. To this aim UN peacekeeping operations continued to be a major occupation of Canada's armed forces and the role of military observation depended on effective signals intelligence, in which Canada was a world leader.

Using a variety of Web-based resources, students will produce a news magazine–style program on peacemaking challenges in the 1990s.

Five majors and five captains of the Canadian Army arrived in Beirut by R.C.A.F. aircraft on June 21, 1958. They were at once deployed by the United Nations Observation Group to carry out the UN's mandate. This report includes details of the authorization, formation, equipment and employment of the force.

This report records the Canadian contribution to the settlement of the Indonesian/Netherlands dispute over the control of West New Guinea. Canada was requested to send an Air Adviser for the United Nations Security Force Commander and a float-equipped Otter with flying crew, spare parts and a maintenance crew in September 1962.