The Impressive Service of the Brazilian Navy in WW2

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[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

Brazilian air force only sank one U-boot, all the others were sunk by the US Navy.

[@pedrojosedasilva2146]

​@@PauloPereira-jj4jv???

[@POEDLINYUSNSWVET25]

More videos not just about the Brazilian Navy's contribution during WW2, but it's entire military. It's important not only for Brazilian heritage. But, in the grander scheme of world history!!

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

GREAT video! Small suggestion: vary your speaking tempo a little bit. It makes you more listenable. Your voice tone is very good!

[@sjb3460]

Thanks for the history lesson. The Allies together defeated Germany and the Japanese. Together. not singly. together,. A real team effort.

[@davidriley3388]

I am here today courtesy of the Brazilian Navy, my father having been one of 5 survivors of a merchant ship sunk off Brazil, in an open boat for a week & rescued by the Brazilian Navy in late 1942!😊

[@marcellacantoni8128]

david, this is so amazing! can I ask you where are you from and more about your dad’s story? i’m brazilian myself and had never heard of this part of our history, seeing your comment about only being here bc of this gave me chills! abraços

[@davidriley3388]

@@marcellacantoni8128 My dad was a navy gunner in the merchant marine. There to protect the ship from attack. He was part of a convoy returning to the UK. The ship was hit by a torpedo & he went down with the ship, but managed to grab a blank of wood going in the other direction! There were only 5 of the ships company that survived, getting into a life boat. They were in the boat for 5 days, but one died of his injuries. They were rescued by a Brazilian Destroyer, having only just joined the conflict weeks earlier. After recuperation he went back to sea & was part of the naval support ships for the D day landings in Normandy. He waived at the planes flying overhead & was commanded to shoot at them not waive at them, they are Luftwaffe,

[@marcellacantoni8128]

@@davidriley3388 truly amazing! what a giant sense of duty and patriotism he must’ve had to go back after sinking and being at sea for 5 days. i’m not english, but I appreciate his service for without it, our world would be completely different. thank you, sir. and thank you, david, for sharing.

[@zonec413]

Cruzador Bahia?

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Wow; absolutely incredible! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@arusa3626]

At that time there were no roads linking the south to the north of Brazil. So the only way to travel around was using passenger ships. My mother was a child at that time, she traveled with her parents from Rio to Belem in 1942. At night all kinds of lights were forbidden, including cigarettes. The ships navigated in complete darkness and had no radars. They moved far away from the coast to avoid the coast lights in the background that could reveal the ship's silhouette.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Wow! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@alyoshaohy]

eeegua maninho tu é belenense é

[@edurocha2761]

belo reporte ! histórico. 🙌🙌🙌

[@kylebritt1225]

The Brazilian Army also provided a full division which was very active in the Italian Campaign.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

Yup, they were targeted by a fleeing panzer-granadier division for being the "weak link" in the Italian frontline and ended up getting a photo op with a German general surrendering his panzer-granadier division.

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

And the Brazilian Air Force ran a large proportion of the strategic bombing sorties in the Italian campaign as well.

[@MiaHerssens]

​@@DrVictorVasconcelos Thank you. I did not know about the Brazilian air force in Europe.

[@gertstraatenvander4684]

I know. There were troops there from all continents. US, UK, French, Algerian, Moroccan, South Africans, Australians and New Zealanders, Polish, Greek, Yugoslav, Nepalese gurkhas, Indians and Brazilians. And Italians of course, both on the front and behind it.

[@idemilsonjunior1559]

My uncle served in the Brazilian Navy during World War II. He told me some stories about the war on the Brazilian coast! Nighttime was the most tense time! He had many patrols in the South Atlantic! After the war, he continued in the Navy until he was retired as a Petty Officer!

[@rickendfed7472]

Respect

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Thank you to him for his service! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@Dundalk23]

I spent 4 years in the Brazilian Navy. Best job of my life. Served aboard F-41(Defensora) and Custodio de Mello (Both as a Midshipman Training Ship and Transport Ship).

[@jibeco]

The Brazilian Air Force participated in WW2. The Pilots ran an impeccable campaign with their P-47 Thunderbolt. In a short period of time they attacked more targets than other units with longer periods of time in the war, a feat recognized by the United States Government. They were known as Jambocks. Very Nice video. Keeping the story for everyone. Thank you.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

I will have to check that out! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

​​@@HiddenHistoryYT... the 1st Brazilian Fighter Squadron received the US Presidential Unit Citation. Their radio codename was, and still is, "jambocks".

[@macvideo]

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[@WasickiG]

@@PauloPereira-jj4jv​​⁠​⁠ Yes, and this is their song: CARNAVAL EM VENEZA Passei o Carnaval em Veneza Levando umas “bombinhas” daqui Caprichei bem o meu mergulho Foi do barulho, o alvo eu atingi BINGO A Turma de lá atirava Atirava sem cessar E o pobre “jambock” pulava Pulava e gritava sem desanimar Assim: Flak, Flak, este é de quarenta Flak, Flak, tem ponto cinquenta Um “Bug” aqui um “Bug” lá Um “Bug” aqui um “Bug lá SENTA A PUA, minha gente Que ainda temos que estreifar (Sung with the melody of “Funiculì, funiculà”) Tentative translation, for the lack of something better: CARNIVAL IN VENICE I spent the Carnival holidays in Venice I took along some little bombs of ours Quite a nice dive, I hit the target! Bingo! Theirs shot, They shot ceaselessly, The poor “jambock” jumped Jumped and yelled, never losing heart: Flak, flak, this one is .40 Flak, flak, we have also .50 A “Bug” here, a “Bug” there A “Bug” here, a “Bug” there Let’s go, mates, For we still have to strafe

[@jibeco]

@@WasickiG yep.that's it

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

Well done Brazil, this is the first I’ve heard of Brazil’s active involvement in WW2 and its sacrifices. Like Australia and New Zealand in both World Wars the whole country was involved one way or another yet both countries get very little recognition.

[@BNofficiial]

Brasil quase entra em guerra com a França também, conhecida como A GUERRA DA LAGOSTA

[@zonec413]

My great-grandfather fought in WW2 in the Brazillian Navy! A truly hero

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Thank you to him for his service, he is a hero indeed! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@bearcb]

Great video, most Brazilians only know about the Army campain in Italy, the Navy action is forgotten. Just a small correction: Pernambuco is a state, of which Recife is the capital city

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Ahh thank you! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@thematrixwillfindyou]

I’m Brazilian and didn’t knew about the navy campaign until recently . It’s crazy how our country doesn’t care about its own story . Today being a patriot here is seen for the left wing people from the media , politics and in general as being a “fascist” whilst they’re those who have disarmed the civilian population since their first rise to power in 2003 , now to buy a simple 38 revolver you must prove you need it , which is a joke in a country with more than 50 thousand homicides a year , and where bandits have machine guns and all sort of weaponry . I could only get my guns because I have a job in the security industry that gives me prerogatives to own firearms and even carry it . I feel sorry for the thousands of fathers and mothers and innocent kids killed and sometimes sodomized by criminals because they or their parents can’t own even an old rusty 38 . That’s sad .

[@oday3514]

My father served as a Lieutenant in the US Navy as an ammo specialist (chemical engineer). He was stationed in Recife in Brazil for part of his service. I always wondered why... now I know more.

[@viccruder3243]

My father was a plane captain in a PBM flying out of Bahia flying patrol over the South Atlantic.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Thank you to him for his service!! Appreciate you watching & have a great weekend :)

[@giovannipallavicini1781]

Unfortuntely major History is disregarded and such facts are nearly unknown nowadays here in Brazil. Thank you for the interesting ang meaningful vídeo.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@HenriqueSantos-rf5qj]

In November 22, 1942, in the Caribbean an U-163 sank my grandfather's ship, Apaloide, Brazilian cargo ship, he survived. Very Nice video, thank you Very much!

[@sg_dan]

Thank you so much for dedicating this video to the service of the Marinha do Brasil!

[@jng711]

As a Brazilian, I think it's so sad that our people don't recognize this contribution to WW2, as well as our role in the Italian front. I'm far from a nationalist, but these are one of the few parts of our history that really makes me proud of our country

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Indeed. Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@MrGuto]

Noble history indeed. Especially when you consider the state of the country today.

[@citizenBR100]

​@@MrGutoin the Honda of comunists. The Fidel Castro, Ortega, Maduro and Lula da América group destroying Latin America.

[@joebudi5136]

Make Brasil Great Again

[@skeletonman8277]

that's what 21 years of military dictatorship with multiple human rights violations do, stains the name and history of brazilian armed forces

[@fabiocicuti9154]

Só tenho que agradecer a este canal estrangeiro por mostrar a importância do Brasil na segunda guerra mundial, pois as escolas aqui não ensinam nada sobre isso.

[@adrianopadilha7338]

Só a sua não ensinou, a minha, escola pública no interior do Paraná, ensionou sim. Para quem frequentava a aula de história e prestava atenção isso não é novidade e consta em todos os livros de história do período, basta ler. Não venha com o papinho de culpar os professores de história pela sua falta de dedicação.

[@mikerodrigues9822]

​@@adrianopadilha7338 o interior do Paraná não é o Brasil inteiro. Mesmo estudando em escolas razoáveis, os livros de história não falam nada da marinha do brasil, apenas da campanha na Itália.

[@fabiocicuti9154]

@@adrianopadilha7338 vc me conhece para saber se tive falta de dedicação nas aulas de história? A escola pública em que estudei jamais citou a participação da FEB na segunda guerra mundial, o que aprendi foi com documentários nacionais e internacionais, as aulas de história no meu tempo ensinava, guerra de canudos, balaiada, sabinada, revolta da vacina, ditadura militar, guerra do Paraguai, primeira e segunda guerra mundial, mas nada referente ao Brasil, e para sua decepção sempre tive notas altas em história, matemática era o meu ponto fraco, mas era mediano, me parece que vc é professor não é? Se for está de parabéns em ensinar a importância que os pracinhas tiveram na 2 guerra, são heróis e vc sabe que estão esquecidos, pois aqui herói e jogador de futebol, e cantores.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

That is disappointing to hear! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@adrianopadilha7338]

@@fabiocicuti9154 conheço esse papinho e sei o tipo de cavalo de troia que ele é

[@chrissycarr1618]

I really enjoyed this video. I knew nothing about Brazil’s role in WWII.

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

All Brazilian forces were involved in the war, along with US forces, both in Atlantic and Europe. Brazil sent 25,000 troops to Italy, to fight along with the V Army under Mark Clark. And a fighter unit, wich was agraciated with the US Presidential Citation.

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

People tend to enjoy reading about the Brazilian Expeditionary Force's role in Italy as well because they were underdogs who managed to punch significantly above their weight. The Wikipedia page is good enough for a quick read. It's a shame that people don't know about them because of all American countries only Canada, Brazil and the US sent troops to Europe.

[@ricardoalves716]

" Vc precisa se informar mais Sobre o Brasil "

[@ricardoalves716]

" O BRASIL participou da 1 guerra mundial e da 2 guerra também "

[@darlangarcia1]

​@@ricardoalves716O Brasileiro que deveria valorizar essa história do brasil na guerra isso sim!

[@AthosRac]

07:45 Rio de Janeito was Brazil's capital at that time. Brasília did not exist, it was build 20 years later to be the new Capital.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

My bad! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

Foram 15 anos, e não 20...

[@jeanfurtado844]

My Uncle born in a lighthouse in Brazilian Island called Ilhabela in 1944, without any medic support, BECAUSE rumours of german UBoat patrolling the area. My Gradndfather was a Navy sailor, goes offshore in a little scaler and brings an accoucheuse from the city of São Sebastião, to help.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Wow that is crazy! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@crito3534]

My grandfather served in the Brazilian Navy during in ww2. Thank you for the video!

[@paulovitorbal]

mine too, Capitão de mar e guerra Lins

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Thank you to him for his service! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Thank you for your contribution.

[@t_luis]

My great-uncle served at Italy in WWII. I remember when I was a kid and he went accross all schools on the region to share his experience at History classes, also at that time, I met his colleagues from the Navy and Army. He was a pontoon specialist at the 1st Echelon of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force aided by the 5th American Infantry. He died in 2019. Thanks for bringing this, it was nice to remember his contribution and life.

[@aluizmailrj]

My grandfather was a sailor on the cruiser Rio Grande do Sul (Brazilian Navy) during WW2 and participated in the rescue of shipwrecked people off the Brazilian coast after the attack by German UBOATs. There was a fear of sabotage attacks by submarines in the city of Rio de Janeiro and blackouts at night were common. My mother still remembers them.

[@towgod7985]

Very well done video, I didn't realise the extent of Brazil's naval efforts in WWII. This story needs to be further told. Cheers. But the RoboVoice is a COLOSSAL PAIN IN THE ASS!

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@TheGrenadier97]

7:34 - Correction: Recife is the capital of the state of Pernambuco.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Ahh thank you! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@alexsf4248]

Great posting. As a Brazilian I wasn’t aware of such large participation of our navy in World War Two. If memory serves me well the American base in Recife was at its peak the largest out of the U.S. I have lived in the U.S. for the past 45 years, and am very proud of my native nation efforts during that crucial moment in history. 🇺🇸🇧🇷

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

You should be proud! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@niel022]

of course, as a Brazilian, you weren't aware of it.

[@alexsf4248]

@@niel022 You made me laugh 😂 Indeed Brazilians like myself for the most part are interested in World Cup wars. As a son of a Hungarian that escaping the invading Russian tanks immigrated to Brazil, the Battle of Bern comes to mind at the Quarter-Final of the 1954 World Cup between Hungary and Brazil. Soccer is the only sport that actually stopped momentarily a war for a match to be played like Honduras vs El Salvador. Tragic events also is remembered such as the Death Match between Ukrainians prisoners and their Nazi captors in 1942, were they were executed for winning the game and the 1934 World Cup where the Italian squad were told by Mussolini that they better win if they didn’t want to face a firing squad. Brazil was actually chosen to host the first post World War II World Cup in 1950 because our nation was considered somewhat neutral although the Brazilian Army were remembered for their brave actions in Italy by the end of the war. Loosing to Uruguay in the last minutes of that Final (Brazil only needed a draw), was such a tragedy in the newly built largest soccer stadium in the world with over 200 thousand in attendance, that a few inconsolable fans literally took their own lives. I guess that as an American you wouldn’t be aware of any of this. 🇧🇷🇺🇸

[@ChuckMatley]

I was aware that Brazil was involved on our side in WWII but in spite of my study of military history I did not realize the full extent. I am going to start looking for material on this to add to my little library.

[@marcellocannosanchez2733]

research the three Brazilian heroes who were honored even by the Germans

[@ChuckMatley]

@@marcellocannosanchez2733 Re. Allies honored by the Germans. I know about the British captain recommended for an award to his country by the German commander he fought but not the 3 Brazilians. Can you please provide me a heads up on where to start?

[@blade8741]

My grandfather was a navy captain! He was a medic-captain and was there when our navy first docked on italy.

[@leonardodiasdeseixas]

Obrigado pelo serviço que ele prestou!

[@AlanTheBest97]

I am Brazillian. Great and accurate video. Brazillian geopolitical strategy and position has always been complicated, playing both sides and we have always strived for peace and neutrality to focus on our own development.

[@eduandrz]

Great documentary. I have never seen such a detailed documentary about the Brazilian marine role in WW2.

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Well now you have.

[@aquele.comentario]

Brazilian air force also took part in the Atlantic Battle and sank some U-Boats along side with the usa air force, in total 10 u boats were sank in brazilian seas. My grandfather, was a pilot for the Força Aérea and he did part of his training in the US and fought against the axis in this battle. Crazy fact is that he was also German, arriving in Brazil with just 6 months in 1920.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Thank you to him for his service! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

Apenas um submarino foi afundado pela FAB, amigo. Os demais dez o foram pela US Navy, e não pela USAAF.

[@marcellacantoni8128]

i’be heard about the pracinhas effort but never about this. so proud to be brasileira 💚💛

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@manoelreinaldoreinaldo6120]

Grettings of Brazil my friends . This is the First opportunity that saw someone tall about your war effort in WWll . Were others times .

[@gabrielotoni3237]

Proud of my country. Those who fought in the atlantic and in Italy were real heros.

[@richard526]

Thanks to this very informative report. And thanks Brazil.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

When WW2 started, Brazil's main immigrant groups were GERMANS, ITALIANS and JAPANESE. Germans settled a lot of South Brazil starting in 1824 (114 years before WW2). Italians started immigrating in 1870 to south Brazil's rural areas (creating their own cities) and to southeast Brazil's existing cities... at the start of the 20th century, over half the population of São Paulo, Brazils biggest city (although at the time maybe it was still Rio de Janeiro) were italians. The Japanese already immigrated in great masses to São Paulo state in the early 20th century.

[@mikerodrigues9822]

Brazil also had the largest Jewish community at the time.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@valteroliveira1523]

WRONG, from 1900 untill the 1940s the main immigrant groups in BRAZIL, were the ITALIANS, PORTUGUESE and SPANISH, by far, from all the other groups, like Germans and even more of the Japanese.

[@davidlavigne207]

The vessel my Maternal Grandfather served on in 1944, PC-564 also patrolled off Recife Brazil in 1942. In addition it is true that the U.S. Navy provided additional PC Subchasers to Brazil. What I didn't know was that the U.S. also provided eight valuable Destroyer Escorts. It shows the efforts required to defeat the U Boat threat in the South Atlantic in 1942 thru 1943. The ASW aircraft patrols were the main addition to the ASW effort which finally drove the German U Boats from these waters. It was a team effort.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Thank you to him for his service, a true hero! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@paulobeckerrb26dett]

Just a small correction, Recife is not formerly known as Pernambuco, but it is the capital city of the Pernambuco state. My grandmother lived in Recife during the war, and she'd always tell us stories of going to parties with American officers. She said she loved dacing with them because they used to be taller than the average Recifenses :)

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@antoniovictorgoncalvesbomp9822]

U-Boat U-513 was sunk by U.S. Navy Martin PBM-3 Mariner. The U-boat U-199 was sunk by Brazilian Air Force PBY Catalina.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@timsimms65707]

At the start of WWI the most impressive Dreadnoughts were in the Royal Navy and the US Navy. The Brazilian ships armour was 9" at it's thickest and their main battery was 12" guns with a speed of 21 kts. These are respectable Battleships in their own right and I mean to take nothing away from the Brazilian Navy but compared the British R class with 15" guns and 13" armour, or the Iron Duke's and their cousins with 13.5" guns and 12" armour it is clear that they were not superior to these ships. The USN had produced the New York and Nevada class battleships with 14" guns and armour 12" and 13 1/2 inches respectively, this clearly outclasses the Brazilian Dreadnoughts. Having said all of that this is a good and informative video and I thank you for it.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@LABDMR2LABDMR2]

Brazil was very important for guaranteeing the supply of rubber. The Japanese took over the Europeans' rubber plantations in the Pacific. This left the allies without suppliers, until they managed to get Brazil to join. Vargas then formed the "rubber army" and intensified production. These civilian workers are little recognized and were more important than any other Brazilian participation in WWII. That was the reason Hitler got mad with Brazil.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@aquele.comentario]

Bem lembrado!!! Depois da guerra os seringueiros ficaram a própria sorte, a luta encabeçada por Chico Mendes é um exemplo disso, 40 anos após a guerra. Aliás, morreram mais soldados da borracha do que outros soldados somado a civis durante a II guerra, algo em torno de 35 mil

[@mangusto765]

Os pilotos brasileiros na WWII foramm excelentes. Oriundos do Correio Aéreo Nacional usavam péssimos aviões no exercício da profissão. Faziam tudo sem equipamentos de navegação, sem rádio, no olho mesmo. Era comum voarem à noite com chuva, mau tempo e neblina. Quando entraram nos caças P-47 Thunderbolt, foi como sair de um Ford T e entrar numa Ferrari. Tiveram desempenho espetacular. Foram reconhecidos e muito elogiados pelos comandantes da USAF. Abraços do Brasil, amigo!

[@saturnats]

There were also attacks by the Italian Regia Marina, the most famous of which was the sinking of the merchant ship Comandante Lyra, by the submarine Barbarigo.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

I’ll add that to my list! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@gabrielsilva8360]

The Brazilian navy main Fleet in ww2 are: 2 cruisers of Bahia class 2 battleships of mina gerais class 3 destroyers of Marcílio dias class 1 destroyers of acasta class 8 destroyers of pará class 8 Destroyer escorts of Canon class 8 submarine chasers of SC497 class 8 submarine chasers of PC461 class 2 submarine chasers of rio pardo class 3 submarine of Tupy class 1 Fleet submarine of Balilla class 1 submarine tender 1 Destroyer tender 2 improvised corvetes 6 corvetes of carioca class 6 corvetes of Barreto de Menezes class 10 auxiliary ships Brazilian navy is a part of task force 46 of us navy fourth Fleet

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@POEDLINYUSNSWVET25]

Many thanks to my Brazilian cousins for their fierce tenacity during World War 2!! If Brazil 🇧🇷 decided to remain neutral, I feel the war might have turned out differently!! Many thanks to your warriors from an American warrior, himself!!

[@christopherflemister8424]

Thank you for this valuable historical information.

[@angelicavieira2901]

As a Brazilian, I thank you for this video.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@alex8cla]

I'm from São Paulo and my wife is from the State of Amazonas. His father is from Pernambuco (northeastern state of Brazil). In 1943, he was recruited as a "rubber soldier" to work in the rubber plantations of the Amazon region, where they would extract essential rubber for the war effort since Malaysia had been invaded by Japan. Like him, around 60 thousand northeasterners were taken to the interior of the Amazon rainforest where much of it died. In the 90s of the last century I met my wife in the city of Jutaí. His father told many stories. The ship that took the rubber soldiers from Fortaleza to Manaus sailed with all its lights off. Her father had never seen his parents and siblings. again.

[@mauroalmeida4967]

Congratulations and thank you very much!

[@leonardonabinger]

Thanks for the nice video. My great grandpa was a 1st lieutenant in Minas Geraes, an artillery officer, by the time of WWII (he was a German descendent too). His cousins were fighting for Germany while he was fighting on the side of the allies. I still have his travelling book and, according to it, the ship was constantly porting in the US for training.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Very cool and thank you to him for his service! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@marcosjpinto8450]

Thank you for this important video. Greetings from Brazil.

[@josedonizetidores5091]

Obrigado por mostrar a história da marinha brasileira 🇺🇸🤝🇧🇷

[@anacletwilliams8315]

You are welcome.

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

HIDDEN HISTORY, you have mastered the art of creating videos.Watching you videos can become habit forming.😊😊😊

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Thank you Mark :)

[@andrewmiller218]

I lost your channel, but I’ve found it again and I’m happy🙌🏼🙌🏼!! Can’t wait to binge what I’ve missed!

[@phnv]

Great video! just one fix: Recife was not formerly known as Pernambuco, instead it is the capital of the state of Pernambuco.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@HenriqueAparecido90]

Obrigado pelo reconhecimento! ❤

[@Tucano08]

Thank you for this video. My dad was a sailor in the Brazilian Navy during WWII. Eventually he was a communications specialist on a PC submarine hunter.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Thank you to him for his service! Appreciate you watching & have a great weekend :)

[@kaylemoine1571]

Didn't know this. Thanks.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@douglassellers7528]

Thanks for this video. Nice learning of this.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@rubenssza]

What a great piece of history. Thank you!!!

[@AnimatedWarMapper]

Did not even know Brazil had a Navy during WW2! Great video, learned something new!

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Neither did I!

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

Really..,? 😂 A country as big as US and no Navy? Research about the role of the 1st Brazilian Fighter Squadron in Italy, part of the US 350th FG.

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

Not only it has a navy, but for a few months a century ago it had the best battleship in the world, the Minas Gerais.

[@bearcb]

It has a huge sea shore, it would be strange not having a Navy. Until the 1950s, most transport between North and South of the country was done by sea.

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

​@HiddenHistoryYT... how can you say that, it's ridiculous.

[@avejanjacomocaelorum]

thank you for this videos. Pirituba Forever.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@DiogoSalazar]

Just a clarification, Recife is the capital city of the State of Pernambuco. It never had any other name. My grandfather was part of a small coastal patrol boat looking for anchored U-boats hiding near the coast at night. Thanks for the video anyway, always lovely to see the perspective of people from other countries about Brazilian history

[@fredvictor752]

Baependi wasn't a military troop transporter. The military were using it to ferry troops towards northwest together with civilians. More brazilians were killed in Uboat attacks than in Italy, facing the germans in frontlines.

[@davidmurphy8190]

I had a professor at Georgetown who taught Latin American history and got his doctorate writing about Brazilian history.. I liked reading about Brazil’s history and it’s efforts to fight the Axis powers in WW2.

[@anitamwd]

During WWII, my father ( born in Recife from Bessarabian-Ukrainian Jews) wanted to serve on a ship as a musician, initially, as it was his profession (violinist). However, being still a minor when the War broke up for Brazil, my grandfather didn’t allow him to embark. Weeks (or months) later, my father learned that, the very same ship ( unfortunately I don’t know its name) was sunk by the Germans at the coast of Recife or close to it. Again, I don’t know the number of victims. My father told me this story.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Wow, that is crazy! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@martinsims1273]

Very good; very interesting, thank you.

[@nathanixslade]

As Brazil was leaning towards Germany, the United States, concerned about this, sank Brazilian ships and said that it was Germany's intention to force Brazil to enter the war against the Germans, that's what was said here at the time.

[@andremorenoheed]

Great job, thanks!

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@andremorenoheed]

@@HiddenHistoryYT thanks man, for you too! i wanna see more videos of your channel this week

[@AT-AT-AT-AT]

thanks for posting this.

[@Almostapropro]

Thanks for doing this Such a cool video specially to us Brasileiros!! Did not know we build warships for the Brits prior/during the war did not knew of the early effort in helping the Allies!I knew that we got into the war because of the subs attacks in our waters!! Obrigado amigo!!

[@felipevinicius7386]

Monte castelo nossos antepassados brasileiros estavam lá,otimo video

[@marcusviniciusmagalhaesdea3779]

My grand - grandad, was a maior at WW2, his ship was bombed by a uboat, he was declared MIA for 6 months, half the crew died, the officers killed thenselfs. They where rescued by american ship almost 1 month after the bombing.

[@1212CRMD]

Thanks for sharing!

[@ashokthadani]

Everyone in Brazil knows that the Brazilian army fought the Axis on Italian ground...at Monte Castelo. But I had no idea the Brazilian navy was so active in WWII.

[@iamrichrocker]

Keep up with the great content...rare events at times, least to me..continued growth for your channel..thx..and added this on after the video..why do you abruptly end your videos..maybe do a recap, or let us know what might be next....

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Greatly appreciate that! Thanks for watching & have a fantastic week :)

[@renatoneto1398]

As a brazilian pracinha’s grandson this king of video makes me and my family really proud. Ps: “pracinha” was the alias for our soldiers at WWII

[@fernando.tomina]

It's also interesting to note that Brazil and Sweden had aproximately the same amount of casualities on WW2 (considering that Rio de Janeiro sits about 10.000km from Germany). I had the chance to visit Gaggio Montano when I was living in Italy, there's a monument and a little museum about the brazilian bravery during the Italy campaign. Also, Recife is not formely known as Pernambuco. Recife is the capital of the State of Pernambuco (still called that). So Recife is in Pernambuco.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

That is very interesting. Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@HeberRdaCruz]

11:40 Geography correction. Pernambuco is a Brazilian state and Recife is its capital and largest city.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@Prishdoesanimations]

Finally your back!

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@gabrielsilva8360]

*Just to correct, there were not 16 Pc 461 class submarine fighters, but 8, 8 Pc461 class and 8 Sc497 class.The Canon class only arrived in 1944 and not as soon as we declared war on the axis.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Ahh thank you my friend!

[@luizeduardocarneiro9867]

Important point to add into reasons why U-Boat presence in N & NE BR coast is due to the American Airfield in Natal named Parnamirim Field. It was an important touchpoint to Allied North African front effort.

[@MrGabehawk]

My father was kid coming from the northeast of Brazil in convoy of 3 cargo ships. 2 of them were sunk, fortunately my father's ship managed to arrive in Rio de Janeiro.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Wow! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@thiagolemgruber1487]

Great content !

[@jeffersonfranca2196]

Meu avô recebeu 2 medalhas de honra ao mérito por ato heróico na guerra e até hoje ninguém na família sabe o que ele fez de tão importante na guerra para isso. Ele entrou na marinha aos 13 anos e passou a vida lá. Tenho muito orgulho dele Abdias de França.

[@link9364]

Great video, pardon me because english is not my native langague. I have a personal photo archives of Brazilian ships and i have some of ww2 ships and one of the most interesting one in my opinion is the M Parnaíba U-17 who is a ship still in active service. (Parnayba at that times) she was a river monitor deeply modified into ASW and furthermore she has a special role to provide support and escort allied ships on a route from Rio de Janeiro-Recife-Trinidad and Tobago. Ships like the Vital de Oliveira that you mentioned in your video in 11/22/1943 and the USS Iowa(BB 61) in 11/29/1943. She was retrofitted in 1998 and she is still at service with 86 years old of services provided to the Brazilian Navy

[@alexandremalhado]

Excellent documentary. Congrats!!! Only one correction: Pernambuco is a state, and Recife its capital, like Dallas, TX.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Appreciate you watching & have a great rest of your week :)

[@russelbrazil]

Our nation says nothing about it. Thank you for sharing this with us

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@sant4rth]

Hey, quick correction: Recife is a city (main city) from Pernambuco State. In the video you mention "Recife, previously known as pernambuco" which is incorrect.

[@Atitlan1222]

My uncle Joe Crosswaithe (born in Puebla, Mexico) was based in Belem, Bz and flew missions to Morocco. HE was pretty old when I got around to asking him about his experience in WWII. HE was later moved to the Pacific theater, Calcutta I think and flew supply missions to China or maybe Burma. HE later became a Catholic priest. Since he knew Spanish, his first gig was to deliver mass to migrant farmers in California from the back of his truck. A true warrior.

[@Hugodelmas1]

I know nobody cares about the axis, but they burned down my great-grandfather's juice factory in Rio de Janeiro during the Second World War because he was German, those were difficult times for Italians and Germans in Brazil

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Wow, crazy! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@igorrocharibeiro1123]

dificil para os japoneses também.

[@rmaiabr]

Nice video.

[@rgochina]

Great video, thanks a lot❤

[@SunnyIlha]

Fascinating and definitely impressive.

[@gabrielneves6602]

As a brazilian, watching your pronunciation ar 1:35 of both shops makes me gappy, very well pronounced beother

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Very glad to hear! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@felipesuarez9881]

Orgulhoso dos nosso heróis!

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

You should be! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@lsnows]

2:17 That's got to be the port in Salvador. The round structure there is the Forte de Sao Marcelo, built in the 1600s to protect Salvador from Piet Hein. The fort is still there, but off limits.

[@VictorEguchi]

As a Brazillian Navy (Marinha do Brasil) 2nd Lieutenant, it feels extremely rewarding to use the same uniform and defend the same flags as those WW2 heros. And as we all say in Brazil: a cobra fumou!

[@aguanacanela]

Meu avô morreu torpedeado no navio Araraquara 🇺🇲🇧🇷

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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[@regueiraneto]

At 7:30 there is a mistake: Recife wasn´t formerly known as Pernambuco. Actually Pernambuco is a state and Recife is it´s capital. Other tahn that it´s a great vídeo. Congrats.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

My bad! Appreciate you watching & have a great week :)

[@lelo3961]

I was raised in the city of Volta Redonda....A steel plant City A gift from US....

[@silviojosemacedo42]

GOOD VIDEO

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

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