Event: NATO Key Points – the countries of Western Europe and North America formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949, to protect themselves from the soviet military threat. -Members agreed that an attack on one country would be considered an attack of them all. Event: NORAD Key Points – the Soviet Union had built…
Lester B. Pearson lived from 1897-1972. He was born on April 23 1897, in Newtonbrooke Ontario (now part of Toronto). He died on December 27 1972. He was born the son of a Methodist parson. As a child he worked very hard in school, and he became one of the minorities of high school graduates…
Gamal Abdul Nasser 1918-70 Born on Jan 15 1918 in Bacos, Alexandria, Gamal Abdul Nasser came from modest beginnings, having been the son of a postman. In Alexandria, he acquired enough education to gain admission to the Egyptian Military Academy and graduated as an officer by 1938. Having fought in the first Arab-Israeli War in…
The Isthmus of Suez, Egypt has always been a link connecting three continents; Europe, Asia and Africa. This strategic location enabled Egypt to become one of the world’s highways; the gateway to East, a statement reinforced by the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. The construction of the Suez Canal was a great landmark…