Lingering Tensions, August 1953 - November 1954:

The declaration of an armistice in Korea during the summer of 1953, for contemporary audiences, typically marks the end of the conflict. However, the Canadians and other nations in the UN Forces had no way of anticipating that the ceasefire line at the 38th parallel would come to be treated as a border for decades to come; they anticipated a reunification of the peninsula at best or a swift resurgence of violence at worst. From 1953 to 1955, the Canadian government aimed to bring their troops home and tie up loose ends to the conflict, but remained constantly aware that the Cold War and the atomic age presented a different type of war that would require sustained commitments abroad for the first time in Canadian history.