Interestingly enough, after the war the "smoking snake" expression changed meaning from "never gonna happen" to "something aggressive/violent will happen", like: "If you say that, the snake will smoke!".
@jivelane
2 жыл бұрын
Lol, did you know that the entire world did a joke with brazil saying: “it’s easier to a snake smoke than brazil joining the war” and then when brazil joined the war brazil said “THE SNAKE WILL SMOKE!”
@joaoleite5785
2 жыл бұрын
@@jivelane nao caralho, o nome do bagulho SURGIU DESSA EXPRESSAO. algum politico na epoca disse que "era mais facil uma cobra fumar do que o Brasil ir a guerra"
@taynahibanez9952
2 жыл бұрын
@@jivelane HAHAHAHA XDDDDDD
@sakuraa2008
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that. But my friend said that it's used to express something serious will happen like when you get into a fight with someone they say "a cobra vai fumar" The snake will start to smoke
@joaoleite5785
2 жыл бұрын
@@sakuraa2008 nowadays it is used like that, but it is not common
@henriquenakamura5752
2 жыл бұрын
KZitemr: *Mentions Brazil* Brazilians: We’ve been summoned!
@leoreznog
2 жыл бұрын
AD SUMUS !
@spidersae2wswd54
2 жыл бұрын
brazil,you said,we came
@henriquebombardelli9645
2 жыл бұрын
Ahhahauahaua bem isso
@Sanedit7
2 жыл бұрын
vocant nos
@homemmacaco6840
2 жыл бұрын
Heuahehahheha Simmm kkkkkkk
@bangscutter
2 жыл бұрын
Brazil: "I'm neutral. Leave my merchant ships alone." Central / Axis Powers: *sinks Brazilian merchant ships* Brazil: "So, you have chosen death." *Sends in the smoking cobras.*
@gabrieldeoliveira7725
2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much. We don't like when people hurt us in any way, most people I know are fighters of sorts.
@cremie4930
2 жыл бұрын
It was the americans who sank our ships!!!
@albenidealmeidasalesjunior2895
2 жыл бұрын
Verdade isso aí
@raynusgremont3664
2 жыл бұрын
@Tiago de Mello Couple that with the fact that we have relatively high morale, making fun of our own misfortunes, being a very lively people. Violence and brutality? check. High morale? check.
@eriveltomartinsbarrosjunio9022
2 жыл бұрын
Totally unsubstantiated BS. No evidence of Americans sinking Brazilian ships.
@braziliang3696
2 жыл бұрын
Some fun facts 1- Brazil's medical team not only helped their own soldiers, but the US black soldiers aswell, cause the soldiers trusted brazilian doctors more. 2- Brazilians took care of the Italians citizens, share their food etc, in Gaggio Montano, 21 February, they celebrate in tribute of the "pracinhas" 3- Some brazilian soldiers pretended to be italian, so they can go to the germans and get cigarettes. 4-The brazilian force complained to the captain of the us force, that some of their stuffs were missing and that some of the American soldiers stole them, the captain was mad, saying that is a warzone and they should take more care of their stuff, so in return they stole one of their tanks. 5-Brazil managed to get one of the british fallen airplanes and planned to keep it, England stated that if they didn't returned it, they would be enemies, so they did, but without any ammunition.
@spidersae2wswd54
2 жыл бұрын
the tank one is fake
@meneijo
2 жыл бұрын
@@spidersae2wswd54 fonte?
@brenosl7
2 жыл бұрын
@@meneijo vozes na minha cabeça
@VontadedoFogo.
2 жыл бұрын
Isso provavelmente aconteceu.
@jeasen2173
2 жыл бұрын
based brazil
@aaronmarks9366
2 жыл бұрын
I visited the World War II monument and mausoleum in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Really moving experience. As a Jewish-American and a lover of Brazil, I'm so grateful to the men there who fought and gave their lives to defeat the Axis.
@taynahibanez9952
2 жыл бұрын
As a brazilian, thanks for the love! All humans deserves be treated with justice and equality
@aaronmarks9366
2 жыл бұрын
@@taynahibanez9952 Absolutely! Amor e abraços ao Brasil
@taynahibanez9952
2 жыл бұрын
@@aaronmarks9366 Um abraço! ^_^
@pabloneves2262
2 жыл бұрын
You guys must to see the history of "Senta a Pua", its unbelievable! The 1st Fighter Aviation Group (Portuguese: 1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça, 1st GAvCa) is the first fighter aviation group of the Brazilian Air Force, well known for having participated in the Second World War in the Italian Campaign and in the South Atlantic Campaign. The documentary is incredible nice and the history of Danilo Moura that was shoot down behind the enemies lines and walked 400km asking food and cigarettes to german soldiers is quite crazy! 🤣 He did everything differently that learned. he walked in the midle of the German army pretending to be a beggar, begging for cigarettes and food until back to allied lines. The 1º GAVCA of FAB (Brazilian air force) was the first non-American squadron to receive the Presidential Unit Citation, an honor granted by the US government. Aside from the 1st GAVCA, only two foreign units were awarded the medal - both from the Australian Air Force.
@CasperTheRamKnight
2 жыл бұрын
Wdym jewish American? Is It family from Israel and then u were born in usa?
@--Dani
2 жыл бұрын
No idea Brazil sent troops, awsome, 25,000 is not insignificant at all. Compared to how some other S. American countries conducted themselves during the war, that is something to be very proud of. Go Brasil fighting for freedom against tyranny.👍
@keiths81ca
2 жыл бұрын
One of four independent American nations that send troops overseas, they were Canada, United States, Mexico, and Brazil.
@TesterAnimal1
2 жыл бұрын
Shame they harboured nazis after the war though.
@danielt.9101
2 жыл бұрын
@@TesterAnimal1 So did the US and Argentina.
@theletterl8948
2 жыл бұрын
@@TesterAnimal1 I thought that was Argentina
@rutgerb
2 жыл бұрын
@@theletterl8948 Josef Mengele, died: 7 February 1979 (aged 67) South Atlantic Ocean, off Bertioga, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
@adrianobelle1253
2 жыл бұрын
I'm Brazilian and my great-grandfather went to fight in Italy. My grandfather always told me stories about the war. I'm very proud of him. And he was son of Italian immigrants
@erickmatos2613
2 жыл бұрын
Ele tá vivo ainda?
@adrianobelle1253
2 жыл бұрын
@@erickmatos2613 Não, meu bisavô que foi lutar na Itália, morreu em 2003 e meu avô que me contava as histórias morreu em 2015. O Geremias(bisavô), ele era do interior de Antônio Prado aqui no Rio grande do sul. Ele era da parte de logística, teve participação em combate apenas uma vez quando o comboio dele foi atacado. Mas como ele era da parte de logística, tinha contato com muitos militares, o que rendeu muitas histórias além das dele para contar.
@erickmatos2613
2 жыл бұрын
@@adrianobelle1253 bravo demais!! Deveria ser super legal conversar e ouvir as histórias deles Edit: é bem louco pensar que vamos ser a última geração a ter contato com esses veteranos da Segunda Guerra
@adrianobelle1253
2 жыл бұрын
@@erickmatos2613 sim cara , o problema é que nem me lembro mais de várias das histórias. Quando eu servi o exército em 2017, participei de uma palestra com um veterano da FEB, cara foi mt foda, o cara mesmo contando. E sim, somos os últimos a ter contato com esses bravos soldados. Bah e talvez do jeito que está andando as coisas, pode ser que sejamos nós aqui de 60 anos falando como foi a terceira guerra , tenso haha
@erickmatos2613
2 жыл бұрын
@@adrianobelle1253 kkkkk verdade Bem no ano que eu completo 18 os europeus começam a querer brigar de novo
@robertomartinez2684
2 жыл бұрын
I like the nickname for the BEF; the Smoking Cobras. It’s such badass name that can inspire art. Also, the saying of “When snakes smoke” sounds more cooler than “When pigs fly.”
@lucasrxrxx1859
2 жыл бұрын
after the war the meaning of the saying chaged, it's more like when things get agressive or a threat like "You won't do what I said? Well, the snake will smoke"
@galmenz6118
2 жыл бұрын
for some reason almost every country in every language has a saying about animals that means that something is not going to happen. one other phrase that we have is "nem que a vaca tussa" wich means "not even when a cow coughs"
@estrela4035
2 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@himurassai
2 жыл бұрын
As a brazilian the therm would be "The snake will smoke", "A cobra vai fumar".
@vavalaz
2 жыл бұрын
@@galmenz6118 Well its meaning changed to when something violent will happen in brazil
@MrLolx2u
2 жыл бұрын
The Brazilians were more well-known to have sent their combat pilots in the Italian campaign and became total daredevils in the air with their Thunderbolt and helped the Allies in locking down the air perimeter from the Germans. The 1 GAVCA was formed in late 1943 and once they were done with training, they were sent to the US to be reequipped with new P-47 Thunderbolts and then promptly sent to Italy by July 1944 to be under 350th Fighter Group of the 12th Air Force of the USAAF. Once they got to Italy, most of the death-defying missions like low-level strafing and bunker busting jobs went to the 1 GAVCA and not only that, they too had to double back as fighter escorts thus many of their pilots became bogged down and strained with combat fatigue that by the end of the Italian campaign, out of 350 fighter pilots that were sent to Italy, only 20-something pilots remain as some were killed, captured but the bulk of them had to be sent back to Brazil due to severe strain due to combat fatigue. However, they gained a reputation for being staunch pilots who never gave up an inch even when the odds were against them and garnered respect from pilots across the Italian plains and by the end of the campaign, they flew a total of 445 missions, over 2000 sorties and despite clocking just 5% combat times against the other air wings in Italy, the lowest of everyone, they backed it up by having one of the highest destruction rate per total flight time against all listed targets.
@elthonmaria7959
2 жыл бұрын
It must be added, that the 1st GAVCA was deployed in Italy after the allies had established near-absolute air superiority. Without enemy planes to combat, the Brazilian pilots were assigned fighter-bomber roles, attacking key targets such as railways, bridges, overpasses, tunnels, munition depots, and fuel stockpiles, and after the main objectives were completed, the Brazilian pilots roamed the nearby areas looking for targets of opportunity, like train cars and locomotives, military trucks, anything they could positively identify as belonging to the enemy. Quite often they returned to base only after firing every single bullet they had on the P-47's eight machineguns and regularly asking for emergency landing clearance because they were running on fumes. As attrition started to mount, with losses of pilots to ground fire, equipment malfunction, and mental and emotional fatigue, the 1st GAVCA was offered a reduction in their allotted missions, and the Brazilian commanders politely declined. Eventually, the higher command pushed in a lower 'quota' of missions (in the words of a pilot, Fernando Moccelin, "to prevent the 1st GAVCA from becoming a suicide unit'). At a time other units operated with (expected) 45 pilots, the 1st GAVCA, which had started the campaign already understrength (34 airmen), had been quickly ground down to less than 30 (hence their "low combat times"); with no expectations of replacement airmen. Pilots regularly flew two sorties per mission on the same day, returning to base to refuel, rearm, and take off again. Combat fatigue gradually became a greater threat to men and machines than the enemy they continued to pound into rubble and tear apart with deadly machinegun hail, chasing the ever-retreating Nazis out of Italy into the Alps. Down to only 21 pilots, the 1st GAVCA was at the Briefing Room, preparing to launch into another mission when the phone rang with the news that the day's operations were canceled: the Third Reich had surrendered.
@pabloneves2262
2 жыл бұрын
You guys must to see the history of "Senta a Pua", its unbelievable! The 1st Fighter Aviation Group (Portuguese: 1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça, 1st GAvCa) is the first fighter aviation group of the Brazilian Air Force, well known for having participated in the Second World War in the Italian Campaign and in the South Atlantic Campaign. The documentary is incredible nice and the history of Danilo Moura that was shoot down behind the enemies lines and walked 400km asking food and cigarettes to german soldiers is quite crazy! 🤣 He did everything differently that learned. he walked in the midle of the German army pretending to be a beggar, begging for cigarettes and food until back to allied lines. The 1º GAVCA of FAB (Brazilian air force) was the first non-American squadron to receive the Presidential Unit Citation, an honor granted by the US government. Aside from the 1st GAVCA, only two foreign units were awarded the medal - both from the Australian Air Force.
@RandooGaming
Жыл бұрын
Greek and Brazilian independence wars started almost together, 1821 and 1822. Nice greetings from Greece 🇬🇷
2 жыл бұрын
9:00 - A small correction, it's not "Cobras Fumarem" but instead "Cobras Fumantes" ("Smoking Snakes"), which comes from the full phrase "É mais fácil uma cobra fumar do que o Brasil ir para a guerra" ("It's easier for a snake to smoke than for Brazil to go to war"). Portuguese is a very complicated a hard language, so I'll give you a pass on this one :D
@NetherTaker
2 жыл бұрын
COBRAS FUMANTES ETERNA É SUA VITÓRIA!
@MrShadowThief
2 жыл бұрын
"Portuguese is a very complicated a hard language" haha no
@samsmith2635
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrShadowThief Its the verbs that are the nightmare and the nasal sounds.
@JULIANOPGPR
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrShadowThief you just posted cringe
@papaidoceuteamamuito5975
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrShadowThief bro ur gonna lose subscriber
@Thomas-tc7hp
2 жыл бұрын
It’s strange how Brazil supported the Allies at the end, considering they had a ton of immigrants from Italy, Germany and Japan
@pedrogallovieira7474
2 жыл бұрын
And a fascist President. But, american dollars talked louder. Brazil could finally start the iron And steal indústry with the american suport.
@matheus3124
2 жыл бұрын
Nos apoiamos pela tecnologia nuclear que o presidente americano disse que nos forneceria mas não cumprindo o acordo isso nos fez roubar projetos de países árabes como irá e Israel nos ajudou muito com tecnologia. Isso nos fez um dos poucos países capazes de manusear tecnologia nuclear com tecnologia própria nos possibilitando a fazer um avanço significativo no mundo por isso nos fomos para a segunda guerra
@DaviRenania
2 жыл бұрын
Many of them weren't happy. Some japanese organized the Shindo Renmei, a terrorist organization centered around São Paulo which believed that the defeat of the Tenno was brazilian propaganda. Also Brazil was more ideologically aligned with the Axis, so it was this close to joining it, but American money talks.
@tiagogardino
2 жыл бұрын
Brazil supported the freedom of the Italian people from fascist control and later from Nazism. As for Italian, Japanese and German immigration, Brazil welcomed them with open arms, giving them the opportunity to restart their lives in our country, all this has nothing to do with our sovereignty to choose who we will defend, we will always defend peace, this is constitutional under Brazilian law, and the position that Brazil took in that situation was to defend democracy against the extremism of the axis countries.
@iwnl_vale
2 жыл бұрын
Those immigrants had virtually no political power or influence
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
2 жыл бұрын
"Brazil became increasingly distrustful of its large South American neighbor Argentina" *a rivalry as old as time* What's this "Uruguay" you speak of? That's a weird way to say Cisplatina
@tolkiendil4806
2 жыл бұрын
You're indeed a man of culture
@katarishigusimokirochepona6611
2 жыл бұрын
😂
@reydebuenosaires9272
2 жыл бұрын
Uruguay is a province of Argentina 🇦🇷
@maximilianolimamoreira5002
2 жыл бұрын
@@reydebuenosaires9272 no, hombre, Uruguay es nuestro estado colchón, así Argentina y Brasil no empezan a pelear entre sí.
@everythingiseconomics9742
2 жыл бұрын
Las Islas Malvinas Argentina, and Brazil gets Cisplatina.
@NotALooser2
2 жыл бұрын
fun fact, the memorial to Brazilian soldiers in itally is also a thanks to how nice the brazilian soldiers were to italians, as they didnt rape or steal stuff after the battles with was very uncommon at this war
@alexsandromenezes2868
2 жыл бұрын
The Italian relatives themselves denied food to the children, because food was scarce. Brazilian soldiers played and shared their food with the children. That's why the people of Montese don't forget the Brazilians. testimony from Italians, children at the time, now elderly.
@juliorosadesigner
10 ай бұрын
The memorial is at Pistoia/Italy they preserve our memory and the school kids sings a song in memory of FEB members.
@muboizin
2 жыл бұрын
Brazilian forces had no racial segregation amongst them. Black people would be placed in roles of command with white subordinates. It's said that black Americans fighting in the war were amazed by this and started questioning themselves why couldn't they also be in commanding positions. Upon returning home these men started to fight for equality inside the army and that was one of the starting points of the civil rights movement in the US. Don't know how much of this is true, but I remember reading it.
@Leo-dt5ic
2 жыл бұрын
Funnily enough, slavery ended in Brasil in part because of the military, during and after the war against Paraguay, they started questioning slavery, as they'd fight and die as equals, so what sense did it make to treat them otherwise after it was over
@bufaloguerreiro7573
2 жыл бұрын
Parece forçado pra caralho, exército era todo mastigado na época e quem foi recrutado foi majoritariamente mulatos pobres e sem muito estudo Não digo isso nem como depreciação, mas entusiasmo pra uma guerra europeia não se tinha dado o estado do exército e a neutralidade política Quem tinha dinheiro e estudo no máximo iria como médico e quem tem descendência italiana ou alemã ou evitaria ao máximo ou se juntaria ao outro lado Mc Catra dando ordens pra um pelotão de olhos azuis é mais coisa de filme de Hollywood mesmo
@ceca1997
2 жыл бұрын
As a Brazilian who is versed in the history of his country, I have to say that this is a very complete narrative. Excellent work!
@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus9571
2 жыл бұрын
Some fun facts about the FEB and FAB: 1: The FEB mostly support the American 10th mountain division during the war. 2: FAB (Força Aérea Brasileira/ Brazilian air force) just like their ground counterparts had a strange logo, an ostrich in a cloud, shooting a Revolver with a text saying "SENTA A PUA!" A comical way to say "fire at will" 3: Most equipment and training of the Brazilian military was very outdated at 1942, so they trained for almost 2 years to finally receiving experience in American equipment like: M1903A1 rifle (standard issue rifle for the FEB), M1 carbine, M1 garand (most of this rifles were scavenge in battle, because the US refused to provide the Brazilians with semi auto rifles), Thompson Smgs and many others. 4: The song by Sabaton "Smoking Snakes" Tell the myth of 3 Brazilian soldiers who held the advance of almost 150 german soldiers, but this history is most likely just that, a myth. 5: There's not much media about then about them, but there's many documentaries and a movie called "Estrada 47" which tell a part of the Brazilians expeditionary force.
@mathewwinn
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t think it’s a myth, it’s documented that 3 graves were found with a jury-rigged plaque that said in German “here lie 3 brave Brazilians”. Seems odd they bothered to honor their dead adversaries lest they did something to earn, not to mention that called them “brave”. Though that’s literally all I know about the topic so I’m no expert haha.
Kkkk eu não sabia desse símbolo da FAB a gente nem tem avestruz
@renanooliveira
2 жыл бұрын
@@gustavosauro1882 É porque avestruz era a principal carne que tinha nas refeições.
@renanooliveira
2 жыл бұрын
@@mathewwinn In a museum in Sao Joao del Rey, the history simple states that the three brazilians were on patrol and when confronted by overwelming forces the german CO asked for surrender, the brazilians opened fired. They didn't held any advance, and probably were killed few moments after opening fire. But it really showed bravery.
@alansmithee8831
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Hilbert. Just recently I was talking with a Polish friend, who knew my uncle had been a POW in Italy before later escaping from a German POW coal mine in Silesia. He always talks about how many nations fought alongside the Polish soldiers in Italy. I surprised him by saying about this BEF also being involved. Very fascinating.
@messi_nascimento
2 жыл бұрын
FEB '-'
@felipeviana2351
2 жыл бұрын
@@messi_nascimento BEF é a sigla em inglês
@messi_nascimento
2 жыл бұрын
@@felipeviana2351 ata legal
@peterinbrat
2 жыл бұрын
Brazil was an important source of quartz crystals during the war, which was an important material for radios and other electronics.
@danielt.9101
2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Just a small language detail: "Cobra" in Portuguese actually just means "snake", not just cobras. The word for the specific kind of snake we call "cobra" in English is actually "naja" in Portuguese. Also, the BEF troops were called "Cobras Fumantes", not "Cobras Fumarem". "Fumante" means someone who (or something that) smokes, "fumarem" is the future conditional of the verb "fumar", "to smoke", so the frase was "Só vai acontecer quando as cobras fumarem" or "It will only happen when snakes smoke". Then it did happen, so they were called "Cobras Fumantes" or "Smoking Snakes".
@estrela4035
2 жыл бұрын
Usefull information over there
@Boogaloo_boyz
2 жыл бұрын
O mais certo na verdade é usar o termo "serpente", mas acaba q a gente usa cobra como sinônimo de serpente mesmo
2 жыл бұрын
Portugal was so eager to find cobras in the western “Indias” (Brazil), that they never bothered teaching us that those we have here are actually serpents
@monoteus1963
2 жыл бұрын
Aaaaaaa agora a cobra vai fumar
@samsmith2635
Жыл бұрын
Bom Dia, the joys of Portuguese
@willyzemlya
2 жыл бұрын
A politician once said: "Is easier to a snake to smoke than Brazil to go into the WW2." So our troops starts to use the expression: A cobra vai fumar (the snake will smoke)
@RNClash
2 жыл бұрын
It was Getúlio Vargas one of our presidents
@Gabriel-rp2pc
2 жыл бұрын
@Willy Zemlya irmão, vai aprender a escrever inglês, urgente
@willyzemlya
2 жыл бұрын
@@Gabriel-rp2pc Irmão, vai procurar quem perguntou sua opinião, urgente
@RNClash
2 жыл бұрын
@@willyzemlya irmão como eu faço pra comentar no KZitem? É urgente
@Gabriel-rp2pc
2 жыл бұрын
@@willyzemlya Beleza então, guri fã de Minecraft. Vai tentar falar com os gringos com esse seu inglês nível zero, vai
@rafaelschipiura9865
2 жыл бұрын
The American bases in Brazil were also important because Brazil is significantly closer to Europe than any other country in the Americas. The closest point to Europe in the New World is the Northeast region of Brazil were the bases were built. Brazil didn't have a steel industry at all, didn't have the technology. The US would transfer technology to Brazil, kick starting a steel industry, besides investing in it. When US representatives come to Brazil for WWII remembrance, they thank Brazil first and most prominently for the service in the Battle of the Atlantic. Besides opening new, shorter and better protected routes to Europe, Brazil was also rather effective in protecting the convoys. Only three transport ships were lost in the routes Brazil was responsible for. I don't think it's a stretch to say Brazil was very important in winning the Battle of the Atlantic. The only part of the American uniform Brazilians adopted was the helmet, because that was a standard used for friend or foe identification. They did use American uniforms when the logistical problems of the BEF meant those were the only ones available. Later, after the logistical problems were solved, they would also need to adopt American jackets and liners because they were employed in the mountains, something they were never asked to prepare for. In the images of the BEF in Italy, the Brazilian troops do stand out because of their characteristic uniforms, which were specifically developed for the campaign. Brazil was the first country in WWII to accept an entire division surrender.
@johnt3606
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah they even made a plan for invading the country if Brazil decided not to give them bases. Lol
@ultramang55
2 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Now we need one about dutch invasion of Brazil in the XVII century. It's a very important event for the brazilian identity, as it viewed by many as the birth of our nationality. I would love to see you making a video on this subject, as it would be the other side perspective.
@cassianoneto1553
2 жыл бұрын
A Black commander leading quilombolas, a indigenous commander leading his people, and white/mixed race colonists team up to expel the Dutch.
@saintpinewood562
2 жыл бұрын
Btw, an interesting fact about the Ducth invasion of the Northeast: After the Dutch defeat against the Luso-brazilian forces in pernambuco, many captured Dutch ended up in Rio de Janeiro, which they then went on to live in an area of the city that received the name Flamengo, which means "Flemish", and is due to these Dutch people that had settled there.
@andarilho_31
2 жыл бұрын
Birth of our nationality? Bruh, the average Brazilian joe doesn't even know about the Dutch invasions lmao
@cassianoneto1553
2 жыл бұрын
@@andarilho_31 He misquoted that, it’s not considered the birth of the nationality, that only came later with the buildup to independence and centuries of identity building, what the battle against the Dutch means is the beginning of the Brazilian Army as chosen by the armed forces nowadays. That used to be the Paraguay war, but wanting to increase popular prestige and unity after the dictatorship the army began to claim those Guararapes battles as their birth.
@ultramang55
2 жыл бұрын
@@cassianoneto1553 No, I mean the birth of our nationality.
@henry247
2 жыл бұрын
Its kinda ridiculous that countries like Brazil,Canada and so many others don't get mentioned in history books when talking abt WWII..
@ultramang55
2 жыл бұрын
About the brazilian war of independence, it was more of a civil war between the states that aligned with the Rio de Janeiro (independentists and sided with Pedro) and those in the north and northeast that still had an allegiance to Lisboa (wanted to stay with Portugal). In fact, all of latin america independence wars was more of a civil war, very different from the american war of independence for example, as Portugal and Spain wore in a crisis and unable to send much troops to the colonies, so the armies that were fighting for the crown was formed by people born in the americas that had more interest in staying as a colony.
@cassianoneto1553
2 жыл бұрын
Just a correction, no Brazilians fought for the Portuguese in the Brazilian War of Independence. The fronts in Bahia, Cisplatina and Piauí were made exclusively of Portuguese troops shipped in before hostilities broke out. What did happen was the shelling into submission of the city of São Luís after they refused to recognize the imperial government.
@ultramang55
2 жыл бұрын
@@cassianoneto1553 And also the Confederation of the Equator revolt in the northeast, right after the independence, was linked with the discontent with the imperial regime. (Como tu é brasileiro vou escrever o resto em português, de fato as tropas eram formadas por portugueses, mas se não me engano tinha algumas lideranças políticas nascidas no Brasil que eram contrários a independência, mas precisava reler alguns textos lá do começo da minha graduação para confirmar essas infos.)
@cassianoneto1553
2 жыл бұрын
@@ultramang55 Sim, por isso eu definiria as guerras da regência e do primeiro reinado como guerras civis. Houve resistência à independência e submissão ao Rio por parte de brasileiros, mas durante a guerra de independência nenhuma milícia ou força armada composta por brasileiros chegou a lutar contra o império (as próprias forças imperiais continham portugueses, especialmente na marinha).
@cabellones
2 жыл бұрын
já na america latina, os espanhois foram expulsos na marra msm, no mexico a infraestrutura local foi destruida pelos espanhois que se retiraram... chile teve que recorrer a apoio argentino para expulsar os espanhois.. e tem a historia de Bolivar que é tensa...
@lcg3092
2 жыл бұрын
Make no mistake, this civil war aspect was also very much in American war of independence, a big portion of the combatants on the british side were also American loyalists, and there were also specific loyalists states and separatists states. Yes, Portugal sent fewer troops than England did, and that's why the war was much shorter and less brutal, but it wasn't that different in that aspect.
@ecurewitz
2 жыл бұрын
It’s nice to hear about these countries role in WWII that we hear so little about. Thank you, Hilbert!
@peterjames232
2 жыл бұрын
People told me a brazilian story about the war, brazilians were not experienced enough in war environment, so they lit a firecamp to heat food and warm. But that revealed their position to the enemies. The germans never seen such strategy and they were afraid to attack, thinking it was a trap.
@Javra88
2 жыл бұрын
Even today, Italy is grateful for the help that Brazil gave in World War II
@flaviopitanga65
2 жыл бұрын
My grandfather fought in Italy in 1944.
@maximilianolimamoreira5002
2 жыл бұрын
tive um tio que foi convocado pra ingressar na FEB, mas desertou, não queria ir pro front.
@carlospiragibe851
2 жыл бұрын
Meu pai foi um ex pracinha, pertencia ao Regimento Sampaio.
@Gustavogukpa
2 жыл бұрын
If anyone is interested, there is an interview with a Brazilian WWII veteran in my channel. My views in this video is that it is an nice account of the campaign with accurate data and the events are perfectly told in an accurate way. The two nitpicks I would make is that it is "cobras fumantes" not "cobras fumarem" and Getúlio Vargas was not a dictator until 1937.
@KingOfInsanity777
2 жыл бұрын
I love your Brazilian dictatorship videos
@ThomasAdsumus
2 жыл бұрын
Actually Getulio had always been a dictator. He ripped off the constitution and ruled under provisional laws. That's why a revolution erupted in São Paulo in 1932 (of course it was supported by the state oligarchies that wanted back the power, but the core of the revolutionaries pursued a constitution). The 1937 "intentona comunista" was just a pretext to declare the so called "Estado de Sítio" (or state of siege) that would halt elections, put the army under his direct command and allow him to promulgate any laws he wanted to without passing trough the congress.
@Gustavogukpa
2 жыл бұрын
@@ThomasAdsumus eh, no, what you are saying is basically the constitutionalist lost cause myth First of all, the democratic system worked until 1937 Second of all, São Paulo supported the 1930 revolution, as the authoritarian system of the old republic was active here, political killings were common for example, and this led the paulista opposition such as Francisco Morato to support the uprising since they saw that as the only way for democracy The 1932 civil war was an attempt for a counter revolution to revert the changes from the revolution, but they were so popular that the rebels basically seized only the state of São Paulo and a garrison in southern mato grosso and got crushed in three months The intentona comunista was in 1935, and the pretext for the 1937 coup was that the paulista oligarchy wouldn't accept their imminent defeat in the 1938 election and they would cause another civil war like back in 1932, so democracy had to be suspended to prevent that
@ThomasAdsumus
2 жыл бұрын
@@Gustavogukpa Omfg where are you learning Brazilian history from? hahahahahaha You're reading too many communist articles that's for sure....
@Gustavogukpa
2 жыл бұрын
@@ThomasAdsumus Ladies and gentlemen, here we got your average brazilian ben shapiro
@eduardomelnik2904
2 жыл бұрын
Two brothers of my grandfather died fighting for Brazil in Italy
@Fabiano.de.Lima.e.Silva.
2 жыл бұрын
Meus respeitos por esses heróis
@carlospiragibe851
2 жыл бұрын
Meus sentimentos. Com muito orgulho sou filho de um ex pracinha do glorioso Regimento Sampaio.
@LunaLamperouge
2 жыл бұрын
When I was in school I went to a museum dedicated about these soldiers and WWII. It was awesome because there was a very old guy who would tell us about the battles and the culturw shock between the american troops and the brazilians, and most important how they shared food and water (which were already very limited) with Italian civilians who were starving at the time. He recalled someone (I don't remember if it was his dad or someone specific) who gave his food and water to a woman who was really hungry and pregnant. Then years latter after the war he went back to this city and when a girl who worked in a restaurant asked if he was a brazilian soldier (because he was wearing the uniform) and he said yes, they refused to let them pay for the food, he and his colleagues because they were very thankful for what they did during the war. He said to this day they are always so respectful and grateful for what they done to any brazilian soldiers who go there, is very wholesome. And I'm pretty sure that that guy reunited with the woman he helped or her daughter out of luck when he was in Italy (can't remember the details because thay was a long time ago lmao). I find those human moments way more impressive than winning any battles.
@Leo7s1822
2 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather was in the BEF.
@ecmpinho
2 жыл бұрын
"Cobras fumantes", not "Cobras Fumarem". Also, the division captured by the brazilians in Collecchio was not italian, but german with some italian reinforcements. The german general in command of the captured division was Otto Fretter-Pico.
@LuizFelipe-xw5lk
2 жыл бұрын
and its one of the biggest surrender event in ww2
@LuanMower55
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely lovely, just a quick note on the only significant mistake i've seen in the pronounciation: "Smoking snakes" is translated as "Cobras fumantes", as "fumarem" is the essentially "will smoke"; other than that, it is my understandi that it was a joke hitler made that motivated the cobra thing, but i'm not sure, however, BEF forces wore a patch with a smoking snake, which is cool (*edit, you've talked about this patch, sorry) Any way, thank you for telling more of my country's history!
@leocremonezi
2 жыл бұрын
Proud to be Brazilian! Thank you for the video. It is very nice to show the english speakers worldwide how the Brazilian campaign in Italy happened 🇧🇷👊🏻💪🏻
@renanfsouza
2 жыл бұрын
You pronounced "Força Expedicionária Brasileira" quite well. Nice video, BTW.
@gustsnts
2 жыл бұрын
This is a pretty good video. My grandfather fought on WW2 as part of the FEB. It’s always great to see a video about the courage and the heroism of these brave soldiers. One important fact to add, which is not in the video. Getúlio Vargas was actually a fascist. He actually aligned with Hitler for most of the WWII, but eventually aligned with the US because of the commercial relationship and investment plans, specially the US base in Natal, which would bring major $$ to Brazil.
@Karifi
2 жыл бұрын
Vargas was definitely not a fascist. He even destroy the Integralistas, the Brazilian fascist party.
@gustsnts
2 жыл бұрын
@@Karifi just because he destroyed a fascist adversary, it doesn’t mean he wasn’t fascist. Stalin destroyed Trotsky and his followers, both communists.
@soares8802
2 жыл бұрын
@@Karifi He literally send hitler jews as prisioners, he was a fascist!
@vulpes7079
2 жыл бұрын
@@soares8802 one specific Jew, Olga Prestes, the communist revolutionary
@gabrieldegtiarsitko5538
2 жыл бұрын
@@Karifi if he wasnt a fascist, what is a fascist to you? lol
@migueldbgalgoul6379
2 жыл бұрын
Eu tô tão feliz que tem americano ligando pra nossa linda história brasileira , isso aí mano
@annagramm
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the independence of Brazil came 9 years later after the soundtrack to this video (1812, Tchaikovsky) was composed (1880)
@almanegra2k
21 күн бұрын
Oficially, 1822 (10 years 😉)
@Horhne
2 жыл бұрын
Have you looked at the role of Portugal in WWII? The Portuguese dictator, Salazar, met with Churchill a few days after Britain joined the war, and agreed that Portugal should remain neutral. (Remember Portugal and Britain have the oldest treaty that is still in force today). By so doing, Germany lacked a pretext for invading Portugal and gaining access to the islands of Madeira and Azores which are of course strategically important due to their position in the Atlantic. However, there was controversy as, in order to placate Germany, Portugal continued to sell arms to Germany (although I believe, Portugal tried to limit the sales just enough so as not to be seen to be helping the allies). Also, Portugal had signed a Treaty with Spain shortly before the outbreak of war. By not entering the war, Spain, an ally of the Axis could also not enter the war. If Spain had joined the war, Germany would have had an easy path to Portugal and the strategic islands. Later in the war, the Americans built an air base on the island of Madeira which the Germans would try to bomb. There are of course other aspects to Portugal's WWII history such as the role of Lisbon in terms of spies and refugees (and the link to Casablanca of course). There is also the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes who based in Bordeaux, defied Salazar by helping refugees by issuing visas and passports to Portugal. His war efforts has only just been recongnised by the Portuguese Government in 2020. No doubt, if you were to explore this topic you would uncover more interesting facts.
@sofiaormbustad7467
2 жыл бұрын
I would really love to see a similar episode on Norway.
@dionatansantos5552
2 жыл бұрын
Hi! My greetings from Brazil! I understand that many foreigners do not know that Brazil fought in the Second World War (after all, many people in my country ignore this fact). I feel very proud when I see a video like this valuing the history of my country, because we also fight for freedom! Thank you for the great work and thank you all for the respectful comments about Brazil. Olá! Meus cumprimentos aqui do Brasil! Eu entendo que muitos estrangeiros não saibam que o Brasil lutou na Segunda guerra mundial, (afinal muita gente do meu país ignora esse fato). Eu me sinto muito orgulhoso quando vejo um vídeo igual esse valorizando a historia do meu país, pois nós também lutamos pela liberdade! Obrigado pelo grande trabalho e obrigado a todos pelos comentários respeitosos sobre o Brasil.
@antoniobassi3801
2 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather, Cornélio Grossi, was a Sargeant during World War II, he fought in Monte Castello, 1944. Unfortunately he passed away when I was just 8. My father, his Son-in-law, speaks very fondly of him and I do have some great childhood memories with Grandpa. I barely had any knowledge about what happened on WW2 back when I was a just kid, and now there's so much I wanted to ask him... I still have his medals framed on my living room.
@barackobama0101
2 жыл бұрын
Cobras Fumantes, eterna é sua vitória Rise from the blood of your heroes You, were the ones who refused to surrender The three rather died than to flee Know that your memory Will be sung for a century
@President-JonSnow.Malkowich
2 жыл бұрын
Rise from the blood of your heroes, You, were the ones who refused to surrender The three rather died than to flee Know that your memory Will be sung for a century!
@cassianoneto1553
2 жыл бұрын
Sabaton never fails to show up in the relevant comment sections.
@President-JonSnow.Malkowich
2 жыл бұрын
@@cassianoneto1553 Just like the winged hussars, Sabaton always arrives.
@matiasmithradates8345
2 жыл бұрын
A brazilian squad camped on an elevated position decided to light a fire to warm themselves, despite the fact that it would tell their position to the enemy. The enemy being sure it was a trap decided not to attack, because they thought nobody in their right minds would just give away their position just to warm themselves
@Tinyuvm
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The "Toninha Battle" in the WW1, when a brazillian vessel saw manh black spots in the water assuming they where German U-Boats. They fired in their direction and, when they water turned red, what they have shot were Toninhas (Dolphins) xD
@lucaslima6926
2 жыл бұрын
You mean German toninhas
@forkvlogs2784
2 жыл бұрын
8:09 As brazilian from nature, i can say that was a nice attempt of calling the Brazilian Force, i preffer calling them as Praças/Praçinhas, plus, one my great-grandfathers allmost was send overseas to fight aganist the nazis but the war ended. We were also the first to capture an entire german division.
@SatanSupimpa
2 жыл бұрын
I live in Volta Redonda, a city built around the biggest steel mill in South America, that was basically Brazil's reward for its WWII contribution.
@marcostisanifrancadanese3076
2 жыл бұрын
Two of my relatives were in the Brazilian Army, my grandfather and great uncle. None of them actually saw combat, but my great uncle flew missions to Italy on a B25 to retrieve the bodies of dead Brazilian soldiers. Nice to see Brazil get some recognition
@Franz_Z
2 жыл бұрын
My grandparents came from Germany to southern Brazil in 1922. In 1944 my father fought the Nazis for the Allies. Hard times.
@henriquenakamura5752
2 жыл бұрын
I’d like to point out that the FEB/BEF was also honored with a large town square on São Paulo’s north side (Santana neighborhood), across from the air force’s field of mars (a major military airport) .I grew up across the street from the “Heroes of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force Square” .
@LuanMower55
2 жыл бұрын
And there are towns in italy which still celebrate their liberation by brazilian forces during ww2
@itestai
2 жыл бұрын
Very, very, veryyyy interesting video. Being Brazilian and never knew about half of this history blew my mind learning it in English language. Thank you!
@Zea352
2 жыл бұрын
Great Video!!? It would be intresting to see some of those countries you mentioned in Italy( Rhodesia,NZ...)
@BrazilinEnglish021
2 жыл бұрын
The cobra is gonna smoke is an expression that actually means... " now it's serious ". Loved the video!
@micahistory
2 жыл бұрын
although brazil comparatively didn't do much during the war, they are still underrated
@giovannirosa968
2 жыл бұрын
"Brazil" man, more respect.
@carlospiragibe851
2 жыл бұрын
With great pride I am the son of a former soldier of the glorious Sampaio Regiment. In Monte Castelo the SNAKE FUMOU !! Congratulations for the video on behalf of the Brazilian soldiers who fought in Italy. Thank you very much.
@javahne4007
2 жыл бұрын
Great series, Hilbert. Thanks for all of your effort you put into it. What might be interesting, is a different perspective, such as "collaboration" forces: Dutch in the Waffen SS, Polish units in the Red Army, etc.
@Random_UserName4269
2 жыл бұрын
I've thought about that idea but from like the other perspective. Like Britain impressed American soldiers during the Napoleanic wars right because they said they were British subjects. Well like the Nazi's were all into racial supperiority... well me being all Germanic/Celtic (ASNaC) I imagine I'd be considered racially pure... like what if someone like me in the American or British armies were captured and forced to fight with the SS or some shit against communists... (This must have happened right!?) What would you do!?
@kennyhagan5781
2 жыл бұрын
Great job, dude I just subscribed based on the research that you obviously did. I believe that too many people have forgotten history, way too many...
@haydenross8215
2 жыл бұрын
I find this series on lesser know parts of World War Two is great would love to see more
@gabrielmeneghetti1474
2 жыл бұрын
I am Brazilian I'd like to thank you very much for showing our so unknown story to the world!
@geoemaps
2 жыл бұрын
🇧🇷 Brazil 🇧🇷
@PROPAROXITONO
2 жыл бұрын
one correction: 1) Brazil didn't "fight" very much for independence. we, in fact, "bought" our independence. we take over a debt Portugal had with England and paid some more (boring money from... England).
@FeScully
2 жыл бұрын
We did fight. Fought for over a year. It wasn’t just money. Ask anyone from Bahia what they celebrate every July, 2.
@PROPAROXITONO
2 жыл бұрын
@@FeScully that's why the "very much" in the phrase.
@kevinclaro7289
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats man, you just got yourself a subscriber
@delano.scodeller
2 жыл бұрын
Great video and as a Brazilian I think your Portuguese is not bad, congrats! Brazil's participation was larger than one might imagine: i) the FEB brought down the german defense line in Italy; ii) german soldiers captured during the battle of the Atlantic remained arrested in Brazil's maindland; iii) German propaganda written in Portuguese were distributed and left in the battle field instigating the soldiers to leave; iv) a group of 3 soldiers refused to surrender to a german group and after being killed, the germans buried then and left honors for their bravery.
@DanielGenis5000
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful work on somewhat forgotten history!
@AverytheCubanAmerican
2 жыл бұрын
Just a small correction: Brazil didn't declare war on Japan in 1942, just Germany and Italy. They declared war on Japan on June 6, 1945 (as Japanese ships weren't a priority to them since they weren't in the Atlantic). But they still used the war as an excuse to treat the Japanese community poorly Which is something that isn't mentioned here: Brazil has the biggest population of Japanese people outside of Japan. Because of WWII, the influential Japanese community was treated quite harshly. They couldn't drive, they couldn't go to school, they couldn't use the radio, they couldn't speak their language, they couldn't live by the coast (had to relocate in 24 hours), thousands were arrested and expelled from the country because the gov thought they were spies. Even some who were simply having a picnic were arrested, all because they were Japanese. They didn't have internment camps like the US (there was a concentration camp in Tomé-Açu however) though the Brazilian ambassador to the US suggested it. And the situation for them in the years prior to WWII was already bad because of forced assimilation
@mtulio6422
2 жыл бұрын
You just forgot to mention about the Japanese gangs that murdered those Japaneses that believed that Japan lost the war. They caused a violent riot in the countryside. There's a movie about it called "Corações Sujos"
@FOLIPE
2 жыл бұрын
The government's promotion of whitening is why the Japanese were in Brazil in the first place.
@LucianoSilvaOficial
2 жыл бұрын
Not only japanese had a great comunity in Brazil at the time, but also a great number of italians, germans, russians and every nation had sent imigrants to Brazil in the begining of XX century. There are some cities here in Brazil that still preserve today some european dialetcs that are extinct in theyr original nations. The use, or the reference of flags and the languages from the axis contries was banished during the war, being the most famous case, the soccer team Palestra Itália, that had to change its name for Palmeiras and lost the red from it's colours to stay just with white and green.
@mtulio6422
2 жыл бұрын
@@LucianoSilvaOficial cruzeiro*
@billhooper8430
2 жыл бұрын
Nice video greetings from Brazil!!!
@ArthurBragaAlves
2 жыл бұрын
Muito bom o vídeo! É legal ver canais de outros países falando sobre o Brasil. Somente uma pequena correção se me permite. O nome correto é Cobras Fumantes. O que está no vídeo é a parte do ditado "Quando cobras fumarem". Para nome o "fumarem" é transformado em adjetivo "fumantes" (Aqueles que fumam). E houveram outras participações brasileiras na Guerra, como as missões da Força Aérea que foram importantes inclusive ensinando técnicas de vôo para os Aliados, procure sobre o "Senta a Pua". Talvez também teria sido legal comentar que os Integralistas eram basicamente o partido fascista no Brasil da época do Vargas. Parabéns pelo vídeo! Abraços do Brasil!
@douglasmodesto168
2 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie.. I'm very happy about your commitment to pronunciation.. most of English-speaking channels tend to don't care about Portuguese pronunciation or flat out speak spanish.. You spoke most of the Portuguese words very well
@alemaorobsondirschnabel670
2 жыл бұрын
Well Getulio Vargas was "flirting" a lot with the axis, especially the nazis, but in the end, the merchants sinks were to much and the population claimed to declare war against the axis.
@charles_pensamentocritico
2 жыл бұрын
Great video and nice Brazilian Portuguese pronounciation! Tip: the x in words like expeditionary (expedicionário), experience (experiência), explorer (explorador)... is pronounced as a regular "s'" in Brazilian Portuguese, or even "sh" in the Carioca accent. But if you pronounce it the way you did, that's fine, we can understand that perfectly well.
@WWIIUK
2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video, it would be interesting to see a video on Saudi Arabias involvement during the Second World War. "At this time"
@bartiramsoares4841
2 жыл бұрын
It's wonderful to see these bits of Brazilian history !
@caiomoussalem2532
2 жыл бұрын
This is surprisingly detailed and well researched. Congratulations!!!
@gaguto
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, Brazil declared war the nazi japan and italy at some point, but today Brazil has alot of influence from those same 3 countries, many Japanese, italians and germans came to Brazil after the war, Brazil is the second country with more Japanese ppl just behind Japan itself
@saintpinewood562
2 жыл бұрын
As a brazilian I gotta say that one of the downsides of Brazil taking part actively in the war on the US side, is that we had to abandon our former military uniforms of French inspiration to that of the United States instead. I think that was a very sad decision because the Brazilian army has been adopting a french aligned military doctrine since the end of the 19th century, which was ultimately strengthened right after WW1 when the brazilian government officially hired what was called the "French Military Mission" in 1919. Which was commemorated in 2019 with the showing of the old uniforms in the National day parade. However to this day, all the historical sections of military parades throughout the country display American uniforms like those worn by the BEF in Italy. Which makes sense, but again we should never had changed our old french uniforms for those american ones. Brazil should have went to the War using our original array. And honestly I think we should make the change back today and get rid of those american looking ones for the old french ones.
@felipefraga3301
2 жыл бұрын
I'm brazilian, and I wanted to say that my mother's grandfather was sent with the Força Expedicionária and survived. He had my grandmother after the war. Unfortunately he didn't tell much of his experience to my grandmother or my mom.
@micahistory
2 жыл бұрын
i had no idea that brazilians fought in italy
@Rasfa
2 жыл бұрын
"A cobra vai fumar" actually means something like "all hell's gonna break loose". Good video.
@cartier2312
2 жыл бұрын
Brazil 🇧🇷🥳🎊💕💕💕💕💕
@NoBrainerLanguages
2 жыл бұрын
This is one interesting video about this country. Swedish Heavy/Power Metal band Sabaton even has a song called Smoking Snakes based on that historical fact. Congrats on your thorough research.
@napoleonibonaparte7198
2 жыл бұрын
Expect nothing but bloody when your unit is seconded to Mark Clark.
@sanandreasthegoldenknight5207
2 жыл бұрын
Brazucada marcando presença ! TMJ orgulho Nacional ! Proud to be Brazilian ! GG !
@axxessmundi
2 жыл бұрын
May this video go viral and reveal the truth on Brazil's involvement in WW2. They had minor involvement in WW1 which is just as relevant in a foreign war. The Seven Years War was actually the 1st World War.
@axxessmundi
2 жыл бұрын
@WITHOUT. 6.1M views it was a worldwide conflict. Do some research.. you're welcome 😊
@luanjose1034
2 жыл бұрын
Wdym?????
@klimaoliv
2 жыл бұрын
hi, i'm brazilian and here we really think we are despised by other countries, i'm happy to see that unidences state speak well of us
@youtubeuser1528
2 жыл бұрын
Talk about the unknow Inca Empire's role in WW2.
@cseijifja
2 жыл бұрын
peru declared war on japan and infamously seconded anti japanese sentiment down here, many japanese inmigrants were arrested and deported , their businesses sacked and deported to the US, when they didnt speak a lick of either english or japanese, many never returned. All because the current president was best budies with FDR and wanted his thumbs up for some bullshit he wanted.
@eduardoy272
2 жыл бұрын
Nice video! there's a movie called Road 42, portraying a squad of brazilian deminers, fighting in the mountains of Italy under the most rigorous winter in 20 years. One of the Privates is nicknamed Piaui, maybe the warmest brazilian state, he had never seen a cold winter, let alone get caught in a blizzard, the scene with poor Piaui fleeing from the enemy with snow at thigh level is heartbreaking. Also, Piaui shows immense empathy and a bit of the brazilian hospitality after they manage to capture a german officer, even though they cannot understand each other's language, he befriends the german and strongly protests when the allies violently take his new friend as war prisoner.
@jpfelgas237
2 жыл бұрын
the brazilian independence war was not exactly a very hard war it lasted for a while, but unlike most countries on the american continent it was not devastating or a remarkable war because even in brazilians we study law about this war (sorry for my bad english i not so good)
@jpfelgas237
2 жыл бұрын
@Leo the British-Filipino yes and the battles they had were not on a large scale, with only a few battles being outstanding in the independence war that I forgot to comment that brazil and portugal entered into an agreement making brazil pay for compensation
@ultramang55
2 жыл бұрын
About the brazilian war of independence, it was more of a civil war between the states that aligned with the Rio de Janeiro (independentists and sided with Pedro) and those in the north and northeast that still had an allegiance to Lisboa (wanted to stay with Portugal). In fact, all of latin america independence wars was more of a civil war, very different from the american war of independence for example, as Portugal and Spain wore in a crisis and unable to send much troops to the colonies, so the armies that were fighting for the crown was formed by people born in the americas that had more interest in staying as a colony.
@jpfelgas237
2 жыл бұрын
@@ultramang55 extamente
@b81rj
11 ай бұрын
Some more facts: 1) 1st Brazilian Fighter Group was awarded by US the Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions in the Po Valley region of Italy in World War II; 2) Apollo Miguel Rezk received a Silver Star for leadership in advancing his squad in battle in Italy, and received a Distinguished Service Cross for capturing an advanced post and resisting against artillery for more than 20 hours, even with severe injuries; 3) Alberto Martins Torres received two Distinguished Flying Cross, one Air Medal and a Presidential Unit Citation (collective); 4) Max Wolff received the Bronze Star.
@jeffjones4654
2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see Mexico or Bulgaria next.
@julianomaiabraga4032
2 жыл бұрын
I'm brazilian. My grandfather fought in Monte Castelo in Italy. He was a Jeep driver in the front. Recently my dad and i were there and it was amazing to go through the same places he fought
@mikael_oliveira17
2 жыл бұрын
Gostei do video, bem ilustrado e citou bem os acontecimentos históricos
@Jav3ra
2 жыл бұрын
I felt kinda proud of my country for a moment there, thanks buddy
@flawlessbinary7449
2 жыл бұрын
“The only thing worse than going to Brazil is Brazil coming to you.” - German Commanders, probably
@leoreznog
2 жыл бұрын
Pois é,se fuderam por pensarem de um jeito tão babaca .HueHue.
@tiagomenaguali4892
2 жыл бұрын
Monte Castello was the hardest battle, but, Montese was the bloodiest. Until today, in April 15, people in Montese made a celebration in memory of Brazilian Expeditionary Force.
@Kallikukurinn
2 жыл бұрын
Will you do one about Portugal since they were not part of the Second World War but they were part of the first? Also since they had a fascist regime like the Spanish had. Would also be interesting to know their part in the Spanish Civil War.
@rodneip7077
2 жыл бұрын
True Portugal didn't fight BUT Lisbon became the "Capital" of espionage during WW2.
@augustosgt1072
2 жыл бұрын
Cade meu ouro meno
@LucSesti
2 жыл бұрын
My brothers wife had a grandfather who fought in the war. I had the opportunity to meet him and hear some really good stories. He served in the air force
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