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Brazil, 1944-1945. Brazil received 53 Sherman tanks under Lend-Lease in 1944, all equipped with the 75 mm gun. These tanks were not used by the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy during the war, but sent directly to defend Brazil itself. |
The Brazilian Expeditionary Force,
nicknamed Cobras Fumantes (the Smoking Snakes)
It was a military division of the Brazilian Army and Air Force that fought
as part of Allied forces in the Mediterranean Theatre and during the liberation
of Italy (between September 1944 and February 1945)I.
It numbered around 25900 men, including a full infantry division, liaison
flight, and fighter squadron.
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