Brazil at war '43

FRANK D. McCANN, from University of New Hampshire, said in his work "Brazil and World War II: The Forgotten Ally. What did you do in the war, Ze Carioca?":
"Relations between the Brazilian troops and the Americans were sometimes tense. It was awkward for the Brazilians to be totally dependent on the American forces for training, clothing, arms, equipment, and food. The American stress on training, training, and more training, even of frontline personnel, bemused the Brazilians. It was a clash between two cultures, one that so believed in education that its army's terminology was drawn from the language of the school house, and the other that left most of its people unschooled. The outcome was a successful example of coalition warfare, which always requires determined effort and understanding to blend national styles into a winning combination. But the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) went beyond the standard idea of coalition warfare because of its total integration into the American army. It was not a colonial unit, as were the British Indian ones, or a Commonwealth military, such as the Canadian, New Zealander, or South African, nor a Free "this or that," such as the Polish or French contingents. lt was a division from an army of an independent, sovereign state that voluntarily placed its men and women under United States command. The connection could not have been tighter and still have preserved the FEB's integrity of command and its Brazilian identity. It never lost either."

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[MRLDELUCIO]

Erro histórico. Na época por causa da forte imigração milhares de italianos e alemães moravam no Brasil. Daí declarar guerra a estas nações foi mais difícil. O Brasil nem tinha equipamentos para enfrentar os Nazis. Porque teríamos motivos para defender os Ingleses e Franceses que por séculos levaram as riquezas daqui??? Fomos juntos com os EUA. Não se esqueçam disto... Hoje prendem os imigrantes nos aeroportos e humilham os brasileiros. A HISTÓRIA é contada por quem ganha meus amigos !!!

[jonathandiaz8]

@MRLDELUCIO Difícil ver como erro histórico o a opinião da época. Esse tipo de propaganda tinha como alvo o público americano e era passada antes do filmes.

Pode, no máximo, ser uma opinião equivocada.

[jonathandiaz8]

@MRLDELUCIO O Brasil mal tinha exercito para manter equilibro de poder com a Argentina, por décadas, nosso medo e modelo para comparação.

Verdade, o medo do Brasil se alinhar com à Alemanha era real.

Mas no fim das contas o Brasil saiu ganhando, entrando na zona de influência americana ganhamos mais prestigio internacional, investimentos e linha de empréstimos.

[Feracitus]

"and wich shall never be forgotten"

Essa é meio difícil de engolir...

[kamasu2008]

@resnoex1 But they were also funding the AXIS...so in turn, it wasn't really even a war. It's about like watching WWE...cheer for your wrestler, argue with others about the scenarios, say what could, would or should have happened blah blah =P

Do you agree? xD

[resnoex1]

1488 forever in our hearts!!!Anaue Brasil!!

[resnoex1]

@kamasu2008 WW2 was won by internationals banks controlled by the jews!!

Churchill was elect prime minister due the fact he was finacied by a group called the FOCUS of zionist element.

[kamasu2008]

@resnoex1 Yeeaaa...but could you say that what the AXIS forces were doing was anywhere near right? And the ALLIES weren't just the US, you know. I saw a cool quote one time that said "World War II was won by American brawn, British brains and Russian blood".

[IgorWelkenbach]

@kamasu2008 the guy talking about plinio and the Integralista movement? Kinda hard to swallow the truth when its against your polytical beliefs.

[kamasu2008]

@IgorWelkenbach And by the way...the Brazilian below me made the same mistake xD

[kamasu2008]

@IgorWelkenbach But yea, I'll admit that I was wrong a year ago...but there was no reason for his "yankee" comment, nor you "dumbfuck" comment. Buuuttt, this is youtube, so naturally it's covered in assholes ;)

[IgorWelkenbach]

@kamasu2008 I guess sinking U-Boats and confiscating all ships and belonging to the axis governements doesnt count as fullfilling the war declaration eh? =P Well the western allies' ground campaign in europe was as much as irrelevant, seeing as how by late 43' the red army had the wehrmacht beaten.

And by the way we didnt declare war on Japan - poor lads were getting hammered already too bad in 42'!