Brazilian participation in the Second World War

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Paulo Sérgio
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Chagas, Honorato Crispiniano
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Albuquerque (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufms.br/index.php/AlbRHis/article/view/2168
• topic: Brazil; World War II; belligerence; Brasil; Segunda Guerra Mundial; guerra

Promoting war requires coordinated efforts from military officers and civilians, demands financial, material and human resources, as well as an intricate logistics, ingenious coordination and a calculated management determined by the full and unrestricted commitment of the whole nation. In this sense, and considering that in August 1942 Brazil declared war on the Axis countries, this article addresses, analyzes and discusses the adoption, implementation and enforcement of the measures take n by Getulio Vargas’ government to reach financial resources, materials supply, productive reorganization and training of civil passive defense, previous elements to the sending of Brazilian Expeditionary Force (BEF) to the battlefield, to this thorny adve nture that was the country's participation in World War II.