| Brazilians at War: Brazilian Aviation in the Second World War Contributor(s): Rivas, Santiago (Author) |
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ISBN: 1911512587 ISBN-13: 9781911512585 Publisher: Helion & Company OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Aviation - History | Latin America - South America |
| Series: Latin America@War |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.2" W x 11.6" (0.85 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When the Second World War erupted, Latin America - despite being initially neutral - became part of it. Brazil, with its large provision of goods to the Allied Powers, was soon a victim of the Axis submarines - leading to the urgent development of an anti-submarine aviation arm. As it was developed, it also sent a fighter squadron and an observation unit to the Mediterranean Front - taking part in the operations over Northern Italy and supporting the Brazilian ground forces, as well as other Allied units, until the end of the war. This book covers the story of both the operations along the Brazilian coasts and on Italy and contains a large volume of information that is not been published in English before, including many photographs, and color profiles of the aircraft. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rivas, Santiago: - Santiago Rivas was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1977 and graduated in journalism. Since 1997 he has worked in aviation and defence journalism, travelling all across Latin America to research for articles and books. In 2007 he published his first book, about the Malvinas/Falklands War for a Brazilian publisher and since then, another eighteen titles have published in Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom, with others still to be released. He has also published articles in more than fifty magazines in twenty countries and currently works for more than twenty of them. He has three children and lives in Buenos Aires, travelling extensively within Latin America to fulfil his research work. |