Brazil in World War II
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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 the Allies upon signin
Brazilian propaganda poster announcing the declaration of war on the Axis powers on November 10, 1943. The caption reads: "Brazil at war. Opening the way to victory!"
Getúlio Vargas (seated left) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (seated right), Rio de Janeiro, 1936
Carmen Miranda was considered the muse of the "Good neighbor policy" of rapprochement with Latin America, which influenced Brazilian participation in World War II on the Allied side.
Baependi, sunk on August 15, 1942 by the German submarine U-507, causing the death of 270 people
Getúlio Vargas
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Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was a Brazilian military officer, lawyer, and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Due to
Brazil in World War II
…ninth largest trading partner. Brazil hosted significant and influential German, Italian, and Japanese diaspora communities, and Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas, whose administration was ideologically sympathetic to fascism, initially aimed to profit from the war by securing favorable trade agreements from both…
Official portrait, 1930
Getúlio Vargas' parents, Cândida and Manuel Vargas (O Cruzeiro magazine)
Vargas at age 12, c. 1894
Vargas's graduation photo, 1907