The Brazilian alliance with the Axis could really have happened because the president Getúlio Vargas was a fascist sympathizer, he was a dictator. As you all said, really was in Brazil a lot of people from Italy and Germany.

But USA help to build the first steel mill in Brazil, the CSN (Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional), this, and another reasons of pressure cause the entered at the Allied side.

I think that Brazil had entered at the Axis side, it could depend of the year to bring a war to the South American Theater, because Brazil declared war against Germany, reluctantly, but in 1942. The geographical position of Brazil in relation to Africa and even to USA, could be a problem to Allies. But I don´t know if Germany, Italy or even Japan could effectively be a real problem to Allies in 1942 here in South America at that time, because of relation of the other countries with the Allies.

If, at the beggining of the war, I think that history could be really different.
Maybe the history of beggining of the USA participation in WW2 was different, not in a Pearl Harbor atack, but in another South American target.

[ 22 August 2001: Message edited by: Rodrigo ]

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