Brazilians at War: Brazilian Aviation in the Second World War (Latin America@War)

When the Second World War erupted, Latin America - despite being initially neutral - became part of it. Brazil, with its large provision of goods to the Allied Powers, was soon a victim of the Axis submarines - leading to the urgent development of an anti-submarine aviation arm. As it was developed, it also sent a fighter squadron and an observation unit to the Mediterranean Front - taking part in the operations over Northern Italy and supporting the Brazilian ground forces, as well as other Allied units, until the end of the war. This book covers the story of both the operations along the Brazilian coasts and on Italy and contains a large volume of information that is not been published in English before, including many photographs, and color profiles of the aircraft. Machine-generated Contents Note: Pt. 1 The Route To War -- 1. Brazilian Military Aviation Until 1941 -- 2. The Forca Aerea Brasileira -- 3. Brazil In The Second World War -- Pt. 2 Operations On The Brazilian Coast -- 4. Re-equipping And First Anti-submarine Operations -- 5. The Sinking Of Submarine U-199 -- 6. Operations In Brazil Until The End Of The War -- Pt. 3 Operations In Italy -- 7. The 1° Elo -- 8. The 1° Grupo De Aviacao De Caca -- 9. Tarquinia -- 10. Pisa -- 11. The Spring Offensive -- 12. Return With Glory -- Appendices -- I. Operations Of 1° Gavca -- 31/10/44 To 03/05/45 -- Ii. Results Obtained By The 1° Gavca -- 31/10/44 To 03/05/45 -- Iii. Republic P-47d Thunderbolts Used By The Forca Aerea Brasileira In The Second World War -- Iv. German And Italian Submarines That Operated In The South Atlantic -- V. Brazilian Ships Lost -- Vi. Ranks. Santiago Rivas. Title Taken From Cover. Includes Bibliographical References (page 87). When the Second World War erupted, Latin America - despite being initially neutral - became part of it. Brazil, with its large provision of goods to the Allied Powers, was soon a victim of German U-boat attacks - leading to the urgent development of antisubmarine aviation units. Furthermore, as military aviation in Brazil was modernized, Brazil also sent a fighter squadron and an observation unit to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations - taking part in the operations in Northern Italy and supporting the Brazilian ground forces, as well as other Allied units, until the end of the war. This book covers the story of both the operations along the Brazilian coast and in Italy.