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Frank McCann
Francis Daniel McCann, better known as Frank McCann (December 15, 1938 – April 2, 2021) was a historian, an American Brazilianist expert in Brazilian military history. He was a professor emeritus at the University of New Hampshire. Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the ''Universidade Federal Fluminense'' (UFF), he was called "a great American and a great friend of Brazil". Military Brazilianist A famous Brazilianist, he wrote the book ''Soldiers of the Pátria'', about the mentality and internal politics of the Brazilian Army during the formative period after the Paraguayan War and the proclamation of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo by Getúlio Vargas in 1937. Frank also wrote another great work, the book ''Aliança Brasil-Estados Unidos 1937-1945'', studying the relations between Brazil and the United States; first published in 1974, it ran for an honorable mention for the Bolton Prize and winner of the 1975 Bernath Prize. It was edited in Brazil b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. Some historians are recognized by publications or training and experience.Herman, A. M. (1998). Occupational outlook handbook: 1998–99 edition. Indianapolis: JIST Works. Page 525. "Historian" became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in Germany and elsewhere. Objectivity During the ''Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt'' trial, people became aware that the court needed to identify what was an "objective historian" in the same vein as the reasonable person, and reminiscent of the standard traditionally used in English law of "the man on the Clapham omnibus". This was necessary so that there would be a legal benchmark to compare and contrast the scholar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Silveira
Joel Silveira (23 September 1918 — 15 August 2007) was a Brazilian writer and journalist. Silveira was a war correspondent in Europe during World War II, following the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. He became known for his investigative news stories, and incisive personality; Assis Chateaubriand Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo (pronounced ), also nicknamed Chatô (October 4, 1892 – April 4, 1968), was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, politician and diplomat. He was founder and director of the then main press chain o ... nicknamed him "''a víbora"'' (the viper). Life and career Silveira was born in Lagarto, Sergipe, Lagarto in 1918. He moved to Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in 1937 to study Law, but dropped out after the second year of college. His first job was at the weekly newspaper Dom Casmurro, after that, Silveira was reporter and secretary of the leftist ''Diretrizes'' magazine, directed by Samuel Wainer, where he stayed until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Baptista Mascarenhas De Morais
Marshal João Baptista Mascarenhas de Morais (November 13, 1883 – September 17, 1968) was a Brazilian army officer and commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in the Second World War. He was ranked Field Marshal and was the last active Brazilian marshal. Career At age 14, living alone in Porto Alegre, working and studying, he was able to enter the Rio Pardo Preparatory and Tactical School, in Rio Grande do Sul. After leaving the course, he entered the Military School of Brazil, Known as Praia Vermelha Military School, in Rio de Janeiro. In 1904, while still studying the third year, the Vaccine Revolt broke out in the capital. The young Mascarenhas did not participate in the movement against the compulsory vaccine law, but the Praia Vermelha School was closed and the rioters were expelled. In 1922 there was the election of Artur Bernardes for the presidency, being in second place Nilo Peçanha the candidate supported by Rio de Janeiro. Bernardes had been facing a cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Bersaglieri Division "Italia"
The 1st Bersaglieri Division "Italia" ( it, 1ª Divisione bersaglieri "Italia") was one of four divisions raised by Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It existed from 25 November 1943 until 29 April 1945. History The Division was formed from Italian POW's in Germany and new conscripts from Northern Italy. The Division was trained in Germany and was only ready for combat in December 1944. The 14,000 men strong Division was then sent to join the Monterosa Division at the Gothic Line. Many soldiers were from the south of Italy and crossed the frontline to be able to return home. Other units fought well and resisted several allied attacks on their positions. In April 1945 the Gothic Line collapsed under the Spring 1945 offensive in Italy. The 1st Italia Division was defeated by the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in the Battle of Collecchio and surrendered. Commanders * General Mario Carloni : November 1943 - July 1944, * General Guido Manardi : July 1944 - February 1945, * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Marine Infantry Division "San Marco"
The 3rd Marine Infantry Division "San Marco" ( it, 3ª Divisione fanteria di marina "San Marco") was one of four divisions raised by Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It existed from 26 November 1943 until 29 April 1945. History The Division was formed from former Italian Navy personnel and new conscripts from Northern Italy. The Division was trained in Germany and was ready for combat in July 1944. The 14,000 men strong Division was then sent to Liguria and was from July to October 1944, part of the Army Group Liguria under Marshal Graziani. It made defensive preparations against a possible Allied landing and was also engaged in anti-partisan operations. Unlike the Monterosa Division which was sent to fight against the Americans at the Gothic Line, most of the San Marco Division remained in Liguria for the rest of the war fighting partisans. In August 1944 a unit was sent to France to fight against the Allies near Toulon, and two battalions were deployed along the Goth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Alpine Division "Monterosa"
The 4th Alpine Division "Monterosa" ( it, 4ª Divisione alpina "Monterosa") was one of four divisions raised by Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It existed from 1st January 1944 until 28 April 1945. ''Monterosa'' is Italian taken from the name of the Monte Rosa, a mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps, between Italy's and Switzerland's. Monte Rosa is the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe, after Mont Blanc. The division was manned by Alpini troops, which were the mountain troops of the Kingdom of Italy, and later the Italian Republic. History The Division was formed from Italian POW's in Germany (16%) and new conscripts from Northern Italy (84%). It was trained in Germany and was ready for combat in July 1944. The 20,000 men strong Division was then sent to Liguria and was from July to October 1944, part of the Army Group Liguria under Marshal Graziani. It made defensive preparations against a possible Allied landing and was also enga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
148th Reserve Division (Wehrmacht)
The German 148th Reserve Division (German: ''148. Reserve-Division'') was a German reserve infantry formation during the Second World War. It was made up of three infantry regiments (the 281st, 285th, and 286th) and an artillery regiment. Initially an occupation force in southern France, serving as a depot for rest and rifitting, it was activated as an infantry division and fought in Italy from 1944 to 1945. Redesignated the 148th Infantry Division (German: ''148. Infanterie-Division'') in September 1944 to fight the allied invasion during Operation Dragoon, it later fought in the Po River battles, surrendering to the Brazilian Expeditionary Force on April 28, 1945, after being encircled in the Battle of Collecchio, near the city of Fornovo di Taro at Galano. History During Operation Dragoon, the 148th was ordered to counterattack against the beaches at Le Muy, where the US 45th Infantry Division had landed. The German plan was to throw the Allies in the Le Muy – Saint-Raph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montese
Montese ( Frignanese: ) is a town in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During World War II, the town was liberated by Brazilian forces on 17 April 1945, after three days of battle against German forces. There are neighborhoods in the Brazilian cities of Fortaleza and Belém named after the Italian city, in homage to the three Brazilian soldiers who died in the battle to take Montese from the Germans during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... Sources Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Monte Castello
The Battle of Monte Castello ( it, Battaglia del Monte Castello; german: Schlacht von Monte Castello; pt, Batalha de Monte Castello; part of Operation Encore) was an engagement that took place from 25 November 1944 to 21 February 1945 during the Italian campaign of World War II. It was fought between the Allied forces advancing into northern Italy and the dug-in German defenders. The battle marked the Brazilian Expeditionary Force's entry into the land war in Europe. Starting in November 1944, fierce combat dragged on for three months, ending on 21 February 1945. Six Allied attacks were mounted against the German forces, four of which were tactical failures. Location Monte Castello is a hill located about north of Pistoia (Tuscany) and southwest of Bologna (Emilia-Romagna), via Località Abetaia (SP623), near Abetaia di Gaggio Montano, coordinates 44.221799, 10.954227, at altitude, in the Northern Apennines. on the border between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna regions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IV Corps (United States)
IV Corps was a corps-sized formation of the United States Army that saw service in both World War I and World War II. World War I The corps was first organized on 20 June 1918, during World War I as part of the American Expeditionary Forces. Under Major General Charles H. Muir serving on the Western Front, as ''Headquarters IV Army Corps''. It participated in the offensives of St. Mihiel and Lorraine, being demobilized in Weimar Republic, 11 May 1919. World War II Formerly reactivated without interruptions since October 1939, during World War II, the IV Corps was reconstituted on 27 June 1944, replacing the VI Corps in the U.S. Fifth Army's order of battle in the Italian campaign, after Allied forces liberated the Italian capital of Rome in the summer of 1944 when VI Corps was withdrawn to take part in Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France. Initially the corps had two divisions—the U.S. 1st and South African 6th Armoured Divisions—but was reinforce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Brazilian Fighter Squadron
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, it was created by the first Minister of Aeronautics and first Commander of the Brazilian Air Force, Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho and Major Nero Moura and aeronautical engineer and Major José Vicente Faria Lima. It is very well known in popular culture for its battle cry, ''Senta a Púa!'' (literal translation: "Send a Bullet!") History Squadron creation With the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 after the invasion of Poland, many countries around the world began to get involved, including the United States in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the United States entered the war, it was only a matter of time before Brazil entered the war. On January 20, 1941, with the intention of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
