Lester B. Pearson and The Suez crisis, 1962
*Perhaps the Biggest hero for Canada in the war
*1956 Egyptian Pre. Gamal Nasser seized the Suez Canal
*Connects an important trade route for both the britsish and the french
*The soviets sided with the Egyptians while Israel was joined by Britain and France in attacking Egypt
*Canadian Lester B. Pearson went to the United Nations and suggested creating a United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) that would keep the sides apart
*Two sides then agreed to withdraw and were replaced with a UN peacekeeping force
*Would later go on to win the nobel peace prize
*1956 Egyptian Pre. Gamal Nasser seized the Suez Canal
*Connects an important trade route for both the britsish and the french
*The soviets sided with the Egyptians while Israel was joined by Britain and France in attacking Egypt
*Canadian Lester B. Pearson went to the United Nations and suggested creating a United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) that would keep the sides apart
*Two sides then agreed to withdraw and were replaced with a UN peacekeeping force
*Would later go on to win the nobel peace prize
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Summary
Lester Pearson was a very influential man, he helped create the UN peacekeepers and would stand up to the americans instead of going along and fighting in vietnam.