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The Brazilian Expeditionary Force (Portuguese: Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB), nicknamed Cobras Fumantes (literally "the Smoking Snakes "), [1] was a military division of the Brazilian Army and Air Force that fought as part of Allied forces in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II. It numbered around 25,900 men, including a full ...
Brazilian propaganda poster announcing the declaration of war on the Axis powers on November 10, 1943. The caption reads: "Brazil at war. Opening the road to victory!" Brazil officially entered World War II on August 22, 1942, when it declared war against the Axis powers, including Germany and Italy. On February 8, 1943, Brazil formally joined ...
World War II military equipment of Brazil. World War II military equipment of Brazil includes military equipment designed, built, or operated in or by Brazil during the World War II era (approximately 1939 to 1945).
Pith helmet. RAC helmet. Rogatywka. Sailor cap. Slouch hat. Soviet helmets during World War II. Stahlhelm (Used by the National Revolutionary Army) Tam o' Shanter. Tent cap.
French Army kepi. 1942 portrait of General Charles de Gaulle of the Free French Forces wearing a kepi. The kepi (English: / ˈkɛpiː / or / ˈkeɪpiː /) is a cap with a flat circular top and a peak, or visor. In English, the term is a loanword from French: képi, itself a re-spelled version of the Alemannic German: Käppi, a diminutive form ...
The Brazilian Army (Portuguese: Exército Brasileiro; EB) is the branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible, externally, for defending the country in eminently terrestrial operations and, internally, for guaranteeing law, order and the constitutional branches, subordinating itself, in the Federal Government's structure, to the Ministry of Defense, alongside the Brazilian Navy and Air Force.
The Brazilian Navy (Portuguese: Marinha do Brasil, lit. 'Navy of Brazil') is the naval service branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces, responsible for conducting naval operations. The navy was involved in Brazil's war of independence from Portugal. Most of Portugal 's naval forces and bases in South America were transferred to the newly ...
The Battle of Collecchio-Fornovo (26–29 April 1945) was a battle of the Second World War between the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (Força Expedicionária Brasileira – FEB), along with Italian partisans and units from the American 1st Armored and 92nd Infantry Divisions, against the Wehrmacht ' s 148th Infantry Division, 90th Panzergrenadier Divisions and the fascist National Republican ...