G12: The Cold War and the Americas: International Response

...so how did so many Canadians die there?

Canada harboured roughly 30,000 American draft dodgers. But at the same time, about 30,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in Southeast Asia

The air evacuation from Saigon was supposed to be one of the largest transports of refugees ever undertaken.

Despite the fact tens of thousands of United States draft dodgers and military deserters came to Canada to escape the Vietnam War, the U.S. government did not launch a formal protest to the Canadian government.

As the was escalated, relations between Canada and the US deteriorated.

Canadian policy in Vietnam from
1954-1973 provides an interesting insight
into the difficulty created for Canadian politicians and strategists by American — led
military interventions that do not have
wholehearted national or international support.

This account focuses on U.S. draft-eligible males (aged 18 to 26) and U.S. military deserters of any age who came to Canada during the Vietnam War era