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When Canada Invaded Russia
Engler, Yves
http://dissidentvoice.org/2017/03/when-canada-invaded-russia/Date Written: 2017-03-15 Publisher: Dissident Voice Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20599 The corporate media presents Russia as militaristic but ignores Canada’s invasion of that country. Abstract: - Excerpt: The allies invaded Russia to defend the status quo, much to the dismay of many Canadians who welcomed the czar’s demise and found it difficult to understand why Canada would support Russian reactionaries. Opposition to the intervention was widespread even among soldiers. According to the Toronto Globe, 60-70 percent of the men sent to Siberia went unwillingly. One artillery section even refused to obey orders. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s western countries worked to isolate Moscow. Canada (and the US) opposed a treaty to guarantee Russia’s pre-war frontiers, which England had signed with Moscow. Ottawa recognized the Bolshevik government in 1924 but ties were severed after the British cut off relations in mid-1927. Full diplomatic relations with Moscow would not restart until the late 1930s. Subject Headings |