Canada went to war in 1950 because North Korea’s invasion of South Korea was a clear affront to the principles of the still-fledgling United Nations and was viewed as a potential stepping stone to more serious confrontation in Eastern Europe. But would the Canada of today get involved militarily in the unlikely event war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula?
Canada’s first foreign war
By Mark Zuehlke
While it was a political battle at home, the war in South Africa would
prove to be the first test of Canada’s fighting spirit overseas.
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