Show I Good Neighbor New Neighbor New Ally I II i I II Ii I I I I i I i I i i ii BRAZIL ff UNITED STATES AREA AREt sq MI HI W AREA ARE SQ Mt MI PO POPULATION TION POPULATION TION I This shows the relative sizes sixes of the United States Statu of America and the United States Statu of Brazil Brazil the first South American country to declare war on the axis Japan excluded is expected to lend material and moral aid of definite proportions to the allied line This huge Portuguese speaking nation biggest of the South American republics is larger in size than the United States by approximately square miles Brazil has a population of about borders on every South American American American Amer Amer- ican country but Chile and Ecuador and has a coast line lino of almost miles to guard Her army consists of regulars with in re re- re serve Navy has two battleships two cruisers 11 destroyers and four submarines in addition to several smaller craft Brazil Brazil Brazil Bra Bra- zil had a peacetime air force of men is rapidly expanding that service Brazil entered World war I only South American nation to do so for same reason it came into present conflict ruthless ruthless ruthless ruth ruth- less German submarine attacks on Brazilian vessels Braz Brazils Brazil's World war contribution consisted of a fleet detachment sent to European waters a medical mission and a number of aviators Biggest part was played on the food front Top Brazilian is President Getulio Vargas definitely anti- anti axis Brazils Brazil's immediate problem is to keep a wary eye on strong axis nationalist groups who have settled there Brazil has about residents of German or Italian extraction Japanese The latter represent the largest Japanese minority planted an anywhere where in the world |