What do you do when a nuclear weapon detonates nearby? During theearly Cold War years of 1945-63, Civil Defence Canada and the EmergencyMeasures Organization planned for just such a disaster and encou
Experience the LeBreton Gallery, the Canadian War Museum’s superb collection of military artifacts. Get an up-close view of imposing tanks, artillery and other tools of war, and learn about the milita
The historian for the post-1945 period at the Canadian War Museum, Burtch describes the program to protect Canadian civilians against nuclear attack during the 1950s, and the overwhelming rejection of