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Brazilian Expeditionary Force - WikipediaMheshimiwa mbona nimetumia kiswahili chepesi au ni vile wewe umezoea kingereza na kiswanglish!!?
Maslahi = Mambo au utaratibu unayoiletea faida za kiuchumi nchi au kikundi fulani cha watu au mtu mmoja-mmoja. Mfano China wana maslahi kwetu kwa kuwa sisi ni soko la bidhaa zao.
Koloni au Makoloni = Nchi zilizotawaliwa na nchi nyingine mfano Kenya ilikuwa koloni la Mwingereza, Brazil ilikuwa koloni la Ureno.
Although Brazil remained neutral, this increasing cooperation with the Allies led the Brazilian government to announce at the Pan American States Conference in Rio, on 28 January 1942, its decision to sever diplomatic relations with Germany, Japan, and Italy.
As a result, from the end of January to July 1942, although no declaration of war yet existed between Germany and Brazil, German U-boats sank 13 Brazilian merchant vessels. In August 1942, U-507 alone sank five Brazilian vessels in two days, causing more than 600 deaths:[4]
On August 15, the Baependi, traveling from Salvador to Recife, was torpedoed at 19:12. Its 215 passengers and 55 crew members were lost.
At 21:03, U-507 torpedoed the Araraquara, also traveling from Salvador towards the north of the country. Of the 142 people on board, 131 died.
Seven hours after the second attack, U-507 attacked the Aníbal Benévolo. All 83 passengers died; of a crew of 71, four survived.
On August 17, close to the city of Vitória, the Itagiba was hit at 10:45, with a death toll of 36.
Another Brazilian ship, the Arará, traveling from Salvador to Santos, stopped to help the crippled Itagiba, but ended up as the fifth Brazilian victim of the German submarine, with a death toll of 20.
In all, 21 German and 2 Italian submarines caused the sinking of 36 Brazilian merchant ships involving 1,691 drownings and 1,079 other casualties. The sinkings were the reason that led the Brazilian government to declare war against the Axis.