Home from the Second World War, veterans and their families returned to a peaceful and prosperous Canada. Visitors enter a post-war veteran's home and walk through its well-appointed kitchen, where convenience and modernity are now the norm. No sooner have visitors left this suburban dream home than they are faced with the reality of the Soviet nuclear threat, and the onset of the Cold War.

Visitors explore the formation of NATO, and walk through a Sabre airplane factory, signalling Canada's commitment to its allies and rearmament. With the Korean hillside visible in the distance Canada trains troops, and sends ships and supplies to the Korean ground war. Visitors enter a night patrol experience where the unseen enemy lurks in the darkness.

Walking through fragments of a reconstructed piece of the Berlin wall, visitors experience a three-screen video projection addressing the international and domestic role of the Canadian military from the fall of the wall to the present. The end of the Cold War brings a brief moment of peace, and Canada's reduced military finds itself traveling the world, responding to international crises in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Afghanistan, and domestic crises such as the ice storm, the Red River floods, and BC fires.

Canadian War Museum