: Before 1939, Brazil was viewed as an isolated agricultural exporter.

: In defiance, the 25,000-strong Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) adopted a patch of a snake smoking a pipe and fought bravely alongside the U.S. Fifth Army in Italy. 🏗️ Rebirth of a Nation

: Brazil's charismatic and cunning dictator who ruled through his "Estado Novo" regime.

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: The wealth and infrastructure extracted from both sides during the war laid the foundation for modern industrial Brazil and turned Rio de Janeiro into a booming global city.