Nickname(s) Type Leader(s) Equipment Size el>Headquarters Historical Information Established Fragmented Reformed Dissolved Notable Conflicts Affiliation [Source] The Força Expeditionária Brasileira or Brazilian Expeditionary Force was an expeditionary contingent of the Brazilian Armed Forces that was heavily supported by the United States Military. Notably, the significant contribution made by the force during the campaigns in Italy helped to establish Brazilian and American relations after the war and garnered the nation prestige as the only South American nation to send combat troops into Europe.
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| - Nickname(s) Type Leader(s) Equipment Size el>Headquarters Historical Information Established Fragmented Reformed Dissolved Notable Conflicts Affiliation [Source] The Força Expeditionária Brasileira or Brazilian Expeditionary Force was an expeditionary contingent of the Brazilian Armed Forces that was heavily supported by the United States Military. Notably, the significant contribution made by the force during the campaigns in Italy helped to establish Brazilian and American relations after the war and garnered the nation prestige as the only South American nation to send combat troops into Europe.
- The Brazilian Expeditionary Force or BEF (; FEB) consisted of about 25,700 men and women arranged by the army and air force to fight alongside the Allied forces in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II. Brazil was the only independent South American country to send ground troops to fight in WWII.
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| - Nickname(s) Type Leader(s) Equipment Size el>Headquarters Historical Information Established Fragmented Reformed Dissolved Notable Conflicts Affiliation [Source] The Força Expeditionária Brasileira or Brazilian Expeditionary Force was an expeditionary contingent of the Brazilian Armed Forces that was heavily supported by the United States Military. Notably, the significant contribution made by the force during the campaigns in Italy helped to establish Brazilian and American relations after the war and garnered the nation prestige as the only South American nation to send combat troops into Europe.
- The Brazilian Expeditionary Force or BEF (; FEB) consisted of about 25,700 men and women arranged by the army and air force to fight alongside the Allied forces in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II. Brazil was the only independent South American country to send ground troops to fight in WWII. This air-land force fought in Italy from September 1944 to May 1945, while the Brazilian Navy as well as the Air Force also acted in the Atlantic Ocean from the middle of 1942 until the end of the war. During the eight months of the Italian campaign, the BEF managed to take 20,573 Axis prisoners, consisting of two generals, 892 officers, and 19,679 other ranks. Brazil lost 948 of its own men killed in action across all three services during the Italian campaign.
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