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    A COBRA VAI FUMAR

    INTRODUCTION
    This is my first HoI3 AAR attempt, so bear with me, im not that good at HoI3 (have won 2 UK games) and at writing, so i appreciate any constructive criticism! I have sided with the Allies so i can do what Brazil did in WW2, but also because then i wont have to worry about any USA invasions of Brazil while i am "liberating" the other South American countries. Playing the 1936 start, managing everything (tecnology, production, inteligence, etc)

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    Chapter 1 (January 1936- March 1938)
    Estado Novo



    It was almost six years since the November 1930 revolution, when the states of Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul had made a coup, replacing Júlio Prestes with Getúlio Vargas. In 1934 the new constitution was formed, and an election was supposed to take place in December 1935. But unfortunately it didnt. Three months before the election, the communists attempted a coup supported by the mighty USSR. The famous INTENTONA COMMUNISTA started in 5 November and ended one month later.

    The Brazilian army completely destroyed the communist terrorists, but the people were terrified, what if next time a even larger communist invasion happens, what if USSR itself declares war on Brazil, they needed a stronger government to halt any more uprisings and stop the bloodshed.
    Getúlio Vargas was smart, and he knew only a firm hand would lead the communists away, supported by the brazilian military and by the frightened people, he then replaced the 1934 Constitution with a new one imposed by him, declaring state of emergency and dissolving the National Congress. He had now complete control over Brazil.

    His first act was to increase the Brazilian army, recruiting as many infantry as possible. Although an anti-communist, he held no attraction to Germany or Italy, and prefered to raise the diplomatic relation between Brazil and the United Kingdom.
    Most neighbour countries had a close connection to Germany or the Soviet Union, so Operation Riachuelo was formed, a pre emptive invasion of all of South America and the Caribe (excluding UK and its allies territories) to diminish the Comintern and Axis influence over the continent. Sadly the operation would have to wait until USA joined the allies, because it guaranteed the independency of all South American countries.

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    All of the resources and the industrial production were turned to training and recruiting officers and soldiers, developing new military tecnologies, producing uniforms, weapons and etc. By 1938 the Brazilian military, split into two army groups (one for the north and one for the south) had 300.000 thousand soldiers, and more were on the way.
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    The Spanish Civil war, which started in January 1936, only one month since Getúlio had destroyed the communist coup, had convinced the Brazilian population that the state of emergency was required. It ended in December of the same year, with a complete fascist victory. From there on the Axis sphere of influence kept growing, Italy invaded Ethiopia and joined Germany, while Austria was annexed by Hitler.

    Those actions were unopposed, the British prime minister did nothing, not even tried to lay sanctions on the Axis powers, and so Germany and Italy grew bold, and British fear of war would later force it into one.

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    Last edited by Wulfburk; January 09, 2013 at 06:50 PM.
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

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    Chapter 2 (March 1938 - March 1940)
    The Inconvenient Truth

    The country infrastructure was bad, the army coudnt march inland, there were few ports and air bases, as well as few military bases in the North and Northeast, all of those issues were to be fixed by the government.

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    Infrastructure Advance (1938-1940)







    In 1938 it was sure that the axis powers were preparing to wage war, but Britain and France were actually demilitarising. And again the British prime minister stood still while Germany annexed another country, this time Czechoslovakia.

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    Later that year Getúlio Vargas travelled to London and had a meeting with Chamberlain, he said it would assist Britain if war started, but the Prime Minister was sure that German expansionism was over, and that there was no need to worry. The Brazilian president tried, in vain, to convince Britain to increase its army.

    After another year, Germany was ready, and in a stroke of destiny, war started. Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. The Allies were at war. The situation escalated quickly, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania joined the Axis powers, while the British Commonwealth went to war alongside the United Kingdom.

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    The Polish front stood between Setember 4, 1939 to October 4 of the same year. Attacked from all sides, only a few polish soldiers managed to escape to United Kingdom, soldiers who would fight alongside the allies till the very end of the war.

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    Denmark was captured even quickier, in one week the official government had to exile in London, and now it was time for the invasion of France. The French army gathered most of its forces in the Belgium front, expecting the same German strategy as in the Great War. However, the German High Command made a different plan. The Maginot line was weakened and the Germans managed to make a breach, with its reserves advancing, much of the French army coudnt respond immediately, and for the allies in continental Europe all was lost.

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    In March 3 1940, Paris, alongside France, was captured. The Vichy Regime was created and suddenly half of Africa was under Axis control, the sitation was dire.

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    Brazil wasnt officialy in the allies, but German u-boats started sinking anyone who traded with the United Kingdom, several brazilian ships and lives were lost in the coast of Rio de Janeiro and Natal.

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    Neville Chamberlain had to abdicate, and Winston Churchill became the new prime minister, his objective was one: Complete victory over the Axis powers. He travelled to Rio de Janeiro and met with Getúlio, and with the Brazilian population asking revenge for the deaths of thousands, Brazil officially joined the Allies.

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    Several new laws were made and the creation of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force was underway. The Brazilian fleet joined Britain in the Battle of the Atlantic, destroying many enemy submarines.

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    Churchill and Getúlio reached many agreements. Such as:

    -Fighting until the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers
    -Mutual assurance of help against an invasion
    -United Kingdom would share its tecnologies with Brazil
    -The creation of the Supreme Allied Command under Field Marshall Montgomery, to ensure that the allies would fight as a single unity.

    Soon would the Brazilian Expeditionary Force fight alongside the British, to ensure a free world to future generations, a world free of hate, greed and imperialism.

    Last edited by Wulfburk; November 08, 2012 at 06:21 PM.
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

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    Chapter 3 (March 1940-July 1940)
    The Snake Smoked

    Many of the brazilian politicians at the time considered the idea of sending troops to fight in Europe to be impossible, it was common to hear this phrase: "The Brazilian Expeditionary Force will sail to europe only when snakes begin to smoke". But the Brazilian army was ready, two new infantry corps had just been deployed, and due to the efforts of preparing the army since 1936, the FEB did sailed, and the snakes began to smoke.


    The Brazilian Expeditionary Force badge
    (Força Expedicionária Brasileira)
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    General Mascarenhas de Moraes was to command the FEB, while Dutra commanded the troops in Brazil itself. The army had grown since 1936, and now it had 420.000 troops, with a Mountain corps underway. Two Corps were placed under Mascarenhas de Moraes, since 120.000 soldiers were the minimum required to actually make a difference in the the war.

    Brazilian Order of Battle
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    General Mascarenhas de Moraes
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    Mascarenhas de Moraes and Montgomery had a meeting in Alexandria, discussing what would be the best way to use the FEB, and how to destroy the Italian forces in North Afrika. They both agreed it was best to open a second front against the italians, landing the FEB near Tripoli and capturing it as quickly as possible, and then sending it to capture Bengazi. In 15 March 1940 the first Brazilian troops landed on North African soil, quickly capturing one of the three Italian ports in the entire threatre, Tripoli was captured in D+14.
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    Reinforcements arriving in Tripoli after the First Volta Redonda Corps liberate the city


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    Synchronized with the FEB, the British troops under Field Marshall Montgomery advanced from Alexandria, and the Battle of El Alamein took place. The plan was to trap the Italian army between Tobruk and Bengazi.



    The Advancing British troops
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    Montgomery watching his tanks move up
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    But both the Brazilians as the British reached a stalemate. Tobruk was too well garrisoned and the British army had to reorganize, while in the west Mascarenhas had to wait from reinforcements from Brazil. The allies had to halt, and in the meantime more and more Italian units were disembarking in Bengazi.

    Western North African Front
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    Eastern North African Front
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    While the war in Africa continued, new fronts were opened, Germany invaded Luxemburg, Netherlands, Belgium and Norway. The only hope of victory by the allies was to concentrate its forces, and win theatre by theatre, so no help came to these countries. But it wasnt all bad news, the United Kingdom earlier in June had managed to completely destroy the Italian and Ethiopian troops in East Africa, and the british troops in there were already being transfered to North Africa. Brazil declared war on the Vichy Regime, and after a meeting between Churchill, Getúlio Vargas and de Gaulle, it was decided that all Vichy French territories be captured and moved under de Gaulle's control. The French Guiania was the first of these territories to be captured.

    Lowlands
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    Invasion of Norway
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    East Africa
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    French Guiania
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    Suddenly supplying the FEB in North Africa turned into a problem. Too many men and too few convoys, and those few were constantly being sunked by the italian and german fleets. And the few supplies who actually reached Tripoli had to move thousands of miles in a region with no road infrastructure whatsoever. In 5 of June the Brazilian troops, feeling thirsty, hungry and tired, made a fighting retreat across the desert they had just captured.

    The Retreat
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    Horror of war
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    Fortunately, almost all brazilian soldiers managed to enter the transport boats in Tripoli and were moved to Alexandria. The FEB joined the frontline near Tobruk and the plan to defeat the Italians was slightly reformed. Hence Operation Supercharge was created, the bulk of the british and brazilian forces would advance West, encircling Tobruk by the capture of Gazala, and then move forward to Bengazi. After the allies had captured it, one brazilian corps would land in Tripoli, and all troops would move to the center, pocketing the entire Italian army. Meanwhile Greece and Yugoslavia were invaded by the Axis powers, now literally all of Continental Europe was controlled either by Italy or Germany, how much men would be needed to actually have a chance of liberating these countries...

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    Last edited by Wulfburk; January 09, 2013 at 01:42 PM.
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

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    Wait, so Germany punched through France first then took out the BeNeLux? I haven't seen that happen since the early days of the SF expansion.

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    Yeah i dont understand how that happened, but i remember in one of my UK games in FTM the french left a few regions in the Maginot line with no units and the germans took advantage of it, i guess the same happened here.
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

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    Chapter 4 (July 1940-January 1941)
    The End of the Beginning

    At 20 July all the preparations for the advance had been made, Brazil would charge from Ridotta Capuzzo while the British guarded Bardia. The First Volta Redonda Corps was in the front, while the First Uberaba Corps was still being transfered from Brazil to North Africa, but that wasnt enough. To strenghten the allied forces the First Rio Branco Corps, previously under Dutra command, was transfered to the BEF, and one Mountain Corps was currently under training.

    At D+0 Operation Supercharge started, Brazilian troops moved quickly under the cover of night and attacked El Adem, the Italians, even with larger forces, lost much ground at the first day of battle.



    Supercharge
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    The First Uberaba Corps reached the North African coast and landed, in a strategic move, on Gazala in July 24, and enemy forces on both sides of it attacked the invaders but were repulsed. One division from the Corps then moved south to Bir Hacheim, forcing the enemy to retreat from that province. The First Volta Redonda Corps, after eight days, had been victorious in El Adem, 70.000 thousand Italians had retreated to Tobruk after it had been surrounded by the allied capture of Gazala and Bir Hacheim.



    Landing in Gazala
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    Victory in El Adem
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    The Italian general in Tobruk realized the Royal Navy would sink any ships moving to the city, and considered it would be impossible to defend Tobruk with no lines of Communication with the rest of the Italian forces in that theatre. They attempted a breakthrough in Gazala, but superior morale, equipment and the knowledge of the operation by the allied high command due to the ENIGMA and ULTRA code breaking made it fail even before it had started.



    Enemy Breakthrough Attempt
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    Now the Allied position was firm and Tobruk was entirely surrounded, and its garrisons coudnt mount another attack. It was time to move against the city. At August 5, D+15, the allies started to attack the city. Two British divisions supported by the Brazilian Air Force and the Brazilian Navy attacked from Gazala, while the First Volta Redonda Corps attacked from El Adem. The Brazilian fleet, composed of two Battleships and two destroyers, kept the Italians from evacuating through the sea.



    Tobruk
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    Battleship Minas Gerais firing at Tobruk's harbour
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    After bloody close combat fighting, house to house, the city had been captured, and in D+31 the Brazilian flag was above the plaza. 90.000 Thousand Italians had surrendered in Tobruk, making it the first major Allied Victory, Churchill would later, in a speech, say this of it: "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."



    British Forces advancing
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    End of the Beginning
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    But it was completely destroyed, the harbour, the air field, its defences, all destroyed. It proved no assistance to the Allied war effor at all.


    Destruction
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    Nevertheless, Brazilian advance continued West. The two Corps joined in a thrust and were halted Ra's at Thin. Supplies, yet again, had become an issue. Tobruk was considered Brazilian, and the nearest port to our troops. So it was understandable that Tobruk should supply the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, but the port in Tobruk had been greatly damaged by the allied navy, and only a tiny fraction of its capacity was working. At the start of September Mascarenhas de Moraes ordered the retreat.



    Advance
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    Retreat
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    The front had returned to the position previous to Operation Supecharge, and reports said a large number of italians had arrived in Bengasi.
    Second Chance
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    Tobruk was once again in Axis hands, and the British optioned for a tactical withdraw in Bardia, which turned out to be a smart choice.



    The Trap
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    The Italians quickly fell on the trap, and moved a large number of forces in Bardia, thinking the Brazilians in Ridotta Capuzzo would retreat paralel to the British, and left Tobruk understrenght. One British division alongside the Brazilians made a surprise attack on the city north of it, and it fell in one day. Again a large number of Italians had been cut off.

    Victory at Bardia
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    The 30.000 soldiers fought bravely, but in the end they had no choice but to surrender.

    British Crusader tanks proved to be quite reliable
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    Operation Supercharge continued, and this time the preparations were made to supply troops west of Tobruk. Gazala quickly fell and the enemy coudnt retreat fast enough, forces from Iraq had joined the front, and the Brazilian division at the head of the attack changed its axis of advance, capturing Ra's at Thin and surrounding more Italians. This time 50.000 axis soldiers had to wave the white flag.

    The Second Advance
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    Retreating Enemy
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    Meanwhile more and more British troops from the UK and East Africa kept landing on Egypt. The Allied momentum was good and it was felt all over the globe.

    Allield Reinforcements
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    Allied forces retreated from Ra's at Thin fearing the quick stretch of the supply lines. After the trucks had caught on with the attacking infantry, the advance was renewed.

    Moving Forward
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    Brazilian Soldiers guarding a trench
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    The First Rio Branco Corps, composed of 60.000 men, had reached the coast of Bengasi, and started landing on the city and the surrounding region. The plan was to pocket the enemy between Bengasi and Tobruk.

    Landing in Bengasi
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    After heavy fighting and bombarbment of the city the 25.000 italians choosed to retreat, leaving Bengasi for the Brazilians. Now the BEF had 200.000 soldiers in North Africa (3 Corps each with 60k, and 20k British soldiers) and more on the way, perhaps Churchill was right, the first phase of the war, the desastrous phase of the war, was over, and now the tide wasnt in favour of the Axis. This wasnt the beginning, but it wasnt the end neither, it was the middle, and the facts that happen in the middle affect the end. The fate of the war was to be choosed now.

    Succesful Landing
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    Last edited by Wulfburk; November 11, 2012 at 10:23 PM.
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

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    Chapter 5 (January 1941-May 1941)
    Triumph and Tragedy

    By 10 January the beachhead was secure, and the advance continued, the First Uberlandia Corps, which was at Tobruk, was transported to Bengasi and assisted the First Rio Branco Corps in pushing the Italians back, while the Uberlandia Corps advanced from Ra's at Thin, destroying any enemy resistance.


    Allied advance in Bengasi
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    The Italian troops at Bengasi retreated to Barce, unfortunately for them, constant raids on the enemy supply lines by the British Long Range Desert Group destroyed any hopes they had of fleeing further south to Wadi al Farigh. The gap was closed by the Brazilian advance and the three Italian divisions still at the pocket surrendered.

    The battle of Barce
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    The Long Range Desert Group
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    From there on the three Brazilian Corps in North Africa attacked together, giving the Italians no time to rest. The Germans at the time were getting ready to invade the Soviet Union, and gave its parter no assistance, much different from the full cooperation between the United Kingdom and Brazil. Perhaps the course of the war would be different if a german force had landed on Tripoli a year ago, but it was now too late for Mussolini.

    The BEF advances
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    The green First Mountain Corps (1o Corpo de Montanha) landed in the most important city in the North African theatre, Tripoli, in February 11, 1941. They met no resistance whatsoever, as the British ENIGMA codebreakers had reported. The Italian army was all gathered in the East, preparing for a counter offensive with the objective of recapturing Bengasi and Tobruk. The enemy capture of Malta made the allies rush their attempts to finish once and for all the enemy operations in North Africa, in order to free more troops to the other, just as important, theatres.

    The invasion of Tripoli


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    Constantly Royal Air Force bombings in the region around Bengasi before the allied capture destroyed any infrastructure it had, and now the Italian Air Force, albeit small, wasnt making the situation any better. The whole Eastern Desert Task Force (composed of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force and the British Eight Army) advance had come to a halt near El Alghelia due to supply problems.

    Infrastructure problems near Bengasi due to bombings
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    After heavy fighting, the First Mountain Corps made a breakthrough in the Italian lines, and captured Misurata, alongside the third and last Italian port in the continent. In a lighting advance, the opponent army was in full retreat, and surrounded. Meanwhile operations on the East didnt continued, and the British 8th Army arrived and replaced the tired Brazilian divisions.

    Brazilian soldiers moving to attack an Italian position


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    After the capture of Misurata the Italians were left with no supplies
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    The Lighting Advance
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    As more and more troops were recruited, more transport ships were need and more convoys were required, the Brazilian industry switched, for a time, from making weapons to building one Transport ship fleet, hundreds of convoys, and also 5 Tactical Bombers squad, after observing the Royal Air Force effect on the enemy.

    Production of the Transport Ships

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    In April 12 the enemy was no longer retreating, they managed to reach Umm Farud, and the First Mountain Corps was on their tail. With no oil, food, water and transport they made their last stand.

    Battle of Umm Farud
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    The Battle of Umm Farud took place, 110 thousand Italians against one Brazilian Corps. The RAF greatly assisted the allies, and large ammounts of ground was gained by the Brazilians in the first week of combat. Using a strategy much like the german Blitzkrieg, they advanced into the Italian defences not waiting to regroup or reorganize, and at the last day the Italian General ordered the surrender.

    Allied Victory in North Africa


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    Italian Prisoners of War
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    After killing or capturing more than 300 thousand Italians the Allied powers had finally been victorious, but still Africa wasnt secured, Vichy France had control over a great portion of the content and wasnt going to let go of it. Mascarenhas de Moraes, now promoted to Field Marshall by Getúlio Vargas, considered that the Allies should only start planning a invasion into Fortress Europe when the Mediterranean is properly secured.

    North Africa
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    In May 1 the invasion of Vichy territories started and in a meeting with de Gaulle it was decided that all the Vichy regime possesions would be transfered to the Free French forces. Tunis and Damascus were captured by 24 May, while the Italian forces in Cyprus had to surrender, and the island was now free.

    Invasion of Syria
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    Three days later the fate of the war was decided, Japan attacked Pearl Harbour and the United States of America joined the allies in the fight for liberty.

    "So we had won after all!"

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    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

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    Great AAR, any news when next chapter will be up?

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    Yeah sorry about that, i was left without internet till today, will post new chapters tomorrow and so on.
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

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    Chapter 6 (May 1941 - October 1941)
    The Grand Alliance

    The news of Pearl Harbour spread across the globe, it immediately put the U.S on the allies, and at the same time both Churchill and Getúlio declared war on the Empire of Japan. Most South American countries besides Brazil were in a way or another suporting Germany, and when the US joined the allies, it requested that all trade between these countries and Germany, Italy and Japan should be stopped. Unfortunately only Venezuela, Honduras and Panama agreed, all the others refused, and the United States then droped the guarantee of their independence. At the moment that happened Brazil, in an effort to damage the Axis war effort, put in action Operation Riachuelo, the invasion of Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, followed by Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.

    In May 28 the first Brazilian divisions advanced towards Uruguay and the other two countries, Brazil had the upper hand in all three branches, and it outnumbered 5 to 1 the Axis sympathisers.

    Operation Riachuelo

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    In the start of the next month, two highly important things occured, after Casablanca was captured, Vichy French surrendered to Brazil, and the Free French under de Gaulle were given command of all pre war french colonies.
    The French Glory restored

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    The other thing was the German attack on the Soviet Union, it took the world by surprise, and from there on the Grand Alliance was formed. Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt and Getúlio had one objective, unconditional surrender of the axis powers. Soon as the Eastern front was opened, Britain attacked and captured Persia, opening another route of supplies to the Soviet Union.

    Operation Barbarosa

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    Meanwhile in North Africa the whole FEB was free of action, 4 corps each with 60.000 men and two British divisions were sitting there, and in June 2 their next assignment was picked. Giving the new Japanese threat, it was decided in a meeting between Mascarenhas de Moraes and Montgomery that the British army, which in this time outnumbered the FEB from 2 to 1, should continue advancing east from Persia to Siam, as the Japanese were already attacking Malaya. In South America the Brazilians continued their advance.

    The Battle of Asuncion

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    The Battle of Montevideo
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    So it was left for the FEB to, for now, handle all the allied forces in Western Europe, the next target was Norway. Operation Jupiter was formed, and it was decided that one Corps should land in Oslo and another in Stavanger, and after these ports were secured the rest of the army would arrive. In June 18, after being transfered from Tripoli to Britain, the Brazilian forces started landing in Norway. Thanks to spies and false plans being planted in the hands of the Germans the attack was unopposed, as they thought we were going for Narvik instead.


    Liberation of Norway

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    In June 30 all was in schedule, Oslo was captured, and the allied forces moved inland. The Brazilian navy also met its first engagement, and the two German ships were sunked after heavy fighting.

    Brazilian Advance

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    Mascarenhas de Moraes Arriving in Oslo

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    Brazilian navy attacking german ships

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    The Battleship São Paulo did most of the fighting, sinking both enemy ships

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    By July 1 Paraguay and Uruguay surrendered, and the bulk of the brazilian army started moving to Bolivia (which would surrender a week later) . Four days later, in Scandinavia, large ammounts of german reinforcements arrived through neutral Sweden, and the Brazilian divisions rushed to form a defensive line in Oslo.
    German Reinforcements arriving through Sweden

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    In the rest of the month the front remained static, with reinforcements arriving from both sides near Oslo. Only in 11 August something changed, the port of Bergen was captured and one division advanced north to Narvik. From there to September only minor resistances were met, and the two forces grew stronger in Oslo.
    Stalemate

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    Brazilian patrol in the frontlines
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    It was decided that, due to recent events and the entering of the United States and Soviet Union in the war against the Axis, a meeting between the Heads of Government of Brazil, United Kingdom, Soviet Union and the United States of America should be held. The date was agreed to be September 13, and it was held in Tripoli, one of the allied conquered territories.

    The Big Four

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    After one week of meetings and conferences between the leaders and their Chiefs of Staff several issues were resolved, and important decisions were agreed, for example:

    1: The creation of lend lease, with the object of giving aid to Brazil, United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.
    2: The main tasks of each nation: USA should handle the pacific, Brazil Western Europe (and South America), Soviet Union Eastern europe, United Kingdom South East Asia and Western Europe.
    3: All efforts should be made to assist the Soviet Union in their main struggle, as they were facing the most and strongest Axis divisions.
    4: After victory in Scandinavia it should be followed by an invasion of the weakest nation in the Axis pact, Italy, with all forces under Brazilian control, and assistance to the anti fascist parties in Rome should be delivered, perhaps with the object to make a coup against Mussolini and bring the Italian army and navy to the allied side.
    5: UK should continue its massive bombing campaign of Germany, drawing men and resources to the defence of it away from the main eastern front.
    6: USA should help partisans throughout occupied europe in all manners possible.

    Lend Lease given to Brazil
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    In the second day of the conference Stalin, the host of the day, showed the German advance while everyone was having dinner in the Soviet embassy. In less than four months the germans were near Leningrad, and had already started entering the Crimea peninsula. This was what made Roosevelt rush the lend lease project.

    The Eastern Front in September 15
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    After it ended plans were made to invade neutral sweden in October to keep german reinforcements from arriving in Norway, British intelligence reported that the german forces were out of supply, as most swedish roads and tracks were destroyed by Commando's, therefore the plan was to first land a Corps in Copenhagen, capture the island (freeing the british fleet trapped near Danzig.), then move another Corps and land in Stockholm, while the other two Corps in Norway encircled the Germans.


    The Invasion of Sweden

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    Last edited by Wulfburk; November 28, 2012 at 03:52 PM.
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

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    Chapter 7 (October 1941 - June 1942)
    Road to Victory


    The FEB was now, after two years since the war started, the most experienced and well trained army in the world, and the greatest allied victories were due to the efforts of the brazilian expeditionary force, but still it was mostly just infantry, it had not even artillery, and more than just infantry would be needed to penetrate fortress europe. Mascarenhas de Moraes knew there was no chance of producing what the FEB needed in Brazil due to lack of tecnologies, manpower, and industry. He reported his needs to Getúlio who, after trading telegrams with Churchill, replied to the field marshall that 10 tank brigades were now being produced in Britain and would be delivered to Rio de Janeiro, through lend lease. These tank brigades were equipped with the fast and mobile Cromwell, obviously, Mascarenhas was more than pleased.
    Lend Lease

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    Cromwell tank under tests as Brazilian and British engineers watch
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    In the front the Operation Viking started, at October 26 one brazilian Corps landed near Copenhagen and started the assault, as the brazilian fleet kept any german reinforcements from arriving through Jutland. The attack was highly succesful and the city was captured in three days fighting, and in one week the entire german forces in the island (approximately 4 garrison brigades) capitulated.

    Invasion of Denmark

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    In South America the army was ready to continue its advance towards the nazi sympathizers, and in the end of the month Brazil declared war on Argentina. The army attacked from the whole front, and the unprepared Argies coudnt hold long enough, Brazil had the upper hand in all aspects, in the air, in the sea and in the land.

    Invasion of Argentina
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    As the enemy divisions were flanked and encircled their reserves started doing desperate attempts to breakthrough the brazilian lines, but Brazilian superiority kept that from happening, and a massive counter attack destroyed any chance of the enemy being successful.

    Counter Attack

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    Brazilian squad moving to attack an argentine gun position
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    The counter attack was victorious, and the whole enemy front collapsed, from that the brazilian reserve divisions started advancing untouched towards Buenos Aires.

    Breakthrough
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    By November 23 the capital was captured, and shortly after the enemy capitulated. It was a major victory for the allies, and now Chile was the next target, as soon as the argies were defeated the brazilian army started getting in position to attack Chile.

    Buenos Aires
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    Getúlio Vargas after giving a speech in the Argentine capital
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    In Scandinavia the battle of Kongsvinger took place, one brazilian division of 10.000 men against 60.000 germans, the enemy was forced to retreat from the last regions of Norway it occupied. In sync with that action, an amphibious landing in Narvik happened, the germans were totally surprised and the last axis controlled port in the region was taken undamaged. Meanwhile in Burma the british were highly succesful, and the japanese were already being driven back to Siam.

    Battle of Kongsvinger
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    Landing in Narvik
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    The Forgotten Army under William Slim
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    From there the FEB started gathering strenght and organisation for the second phase of the plan, the advance towards Sweden, the inertia progressed through Christmas to February 1942, and only in March that the declaration of war on Sweden (and Chile) took place. Actually it was supposed to start only in June, but the fall of Leningrad in February 1 made Mascarenhas change the date of the operation.

    The plan

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    Fall of Leningrad
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    On the first of March the 1o Corpo de Montanha (First Mountain Corps) landed near Stockholm, its small garrison was no match for the experienced brazilians. Synchronized with that, the two corps near Oslo started advancing south, with the objective of encircling the germans.

    Advance towards Stockholm

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    German army defeats
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    The enemy was out of supplies and coudnt retreat fast enough, on the second day 20.000 surrendered on the coast, and later the remaining germans took defensive positions on Charlottenberg, no reinforcements came, and they were forced to surrender.

    Charlottenberg

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    By March 23 both Chile and Sweden capitulated, in the latter an anti fascist government took place. But the finnish army was going through Sweden to attack Norway, and all the FEB forces were in the south, Mascarenhas was forced to devise a fast plan to take Finland out of the war. Four days later one brazilian corps landed near Helsink, while another attacked the port in the north.

    Victory in both fronts
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    Attack of the Finnish Coast
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    In April 9 they capitulated, being given guarantee that the allies would make no territorial gains and force the country to pay war debts.


    In a few months all of Scandinavia was under allied control, Oslo and Copenhagen were liberated, while Stockholm and Helsink were captured, the next target was to have full control of the Mediterranean, in order to secure the supply lines for the invasion of Italy. The success of the army was shadowed by the failure of the navy, the germans sought to invade once again Copenhagen, and for that it had to rout the brazilian navy protecting the island. They sent a great fleet of 9 ships, including the Graf Spee, and the allied ships had no chance, the great battleship Minas Gerais was sunked, and the remaining ships had to return to Britain for repairs.


    The Situation in Europe April 11
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    The Sinking of the Battleship Minas Gerais
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    Last edited by Wulfburk; December 02, 2012 at 05:31 PM.
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

  12. #12

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    The Germans are getting their asses kicked, also, are you playing HPP?

  13. #13

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    No just plain vanilla TFH
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

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    Chapter 8(June 1942-January 1943)
    The Turning of the Tide



    After the succesful campaign in Scandinavia, the FEB was once more ordered to get into the transports ships, and travelled to the coast of Somalia. An uprising had taken place in Ethiopia by fascists, and most of east africa was once more under axis occupation. The British army was too busy dealing with the japanese in Burma and Siam, and could not transfer units to other theatres. So such task fell to the FEB. The brazilian forces arrived in June 16.

    The landing in Somalia

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    By July most of the resistance was in full retreat towards the Somalian capital.

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    British Artillery supporting Brazilian troops during the Battle of Keren
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    Back in the homefront, Gaspar Dutra continued the advance, Peru was attacked and no serious resistance was met. It was clear for all beligerent powers that as soon as the war in South American ends the FEB would double its numbers, such an idea terrified both Mussolini and Hitler, as the FEB even though greatly outnumbered by the axis forces they met, such as the Italian army in North Africa and the German army in Sweden, routed and forced the complete capitulation of their forces.

    The Attack on Peru
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    The Country Capitulated Soon After
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    In August 2 the plan with the objective of getting complete control of the Mediterranean islands for the eventual invasion of italy started. The beachhead in the island of Sardinia was secured, and half the forces marched north while the rest attacked Cagliari.

    The Beachhead in Sardinia
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    The advance of the FEB was only linked to the speed of the soldiers, no resistance in the north was met, and Cagliari was entered in August 10 after the italian garrison retreat. They withdrawed to Iglesias with the hopes of finding transport ships in the coast to evacuate them. No such ships was found, and the island was completely secured in August 20.

    Brazilian forces moving into Cagliari
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    Battle of Iglesias
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    The next objective was Malta, but differently than Sardinia, it had a great number of land defences. An amphibious attack was considered suicidal without assistance from the air. Luckly the 5 tactical bombers squadrons had just been delivered to Tripoli. For ten days the bombers attacked the city, much to the dismay of the allied citzens under axis occupation.
    The Bomber Campaign in Malta
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    The Island under attack
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    Immediately after the bombers ceased fire, two brazilian divisions started landing on the shores of the island. For four days house to house fighting occured, but finally this island of great strategic importance in the Mediterranean was liberated.


    Liberation of Malta

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    Meanwhile in the war against the Empire of Japan the allied armies were highly victorious, in Siam the British Fourteenth army under the great leadership of William Slim advanced towards Indonesia, and in the pacific islands the American marines started their soon to be famous island hopping, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Saipan and several other islands were captured.

    The advance of the 14th Army

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    US Victories
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    Through September several allied convoys were sunk in the Caribbe, and American inteligence reported the U-Boats were using the ports of Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Such threat to the allied supply system, which Britain and the Soviet Union much depended upon, would have to be dealt with quickly. In response the Brazilian army sent one corps to liberate the people of these countries from their fascist governments.
    Caribbean Campaign
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    In the same month the forces that liberated Malta were deployed to Crete, a small garrison brigade was forced to capitulate. The supreme allied air, land and naval superiority in the Mediterranean was henceforth achieved.
    Second Battle of Crete
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    In November the Caribbean islands were all under allied control, and Ecuador was invaded. Seeing no light in the end of the axis tunnel Ecuador capitulated without offering any resistance. Liberia had the same fate, and was split between British and Brazilian occupation zones.

    Ecuador offered no resistance
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    The Occupation of Liberia
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    Only Colombia was left in the American continent, Central american axis nations were conquered either by Honduras or Panama, and Getúlio started thinking about the post-war period. A great deal of police forces were required to stop any Argentine, Paraguayan, or from any other country uprising. Several militia's were recruited to defend the continent while the experienced soldiers were in Europe. Gaspar Dutra continued the advance, from the south the main army attacked the Colombian forces, and from the north an amphibious operation took place in Barranquilla, with British and Venezuelan assistance.

    Recruiting the militias
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    The Southern Front of Colombia
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    The Northern Front of Colombia
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    After both forces met the siege of Bogotá started, completely surroundered and with no hope of victory, they capitulated.
    Battle of Bogotá
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    And so all fighting ceased in America, finally the FEB was prioritized to receive equipment and supplies. The three corps that were fighting in the homefront were transfered to the FEB and now Mascarenhas de Moraes had control of close to 500.000, including all the air and naval forces.

    The Brazilian territories
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    The FEB
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    The japanese forces lost their last port in Indonesia, and were forced to surrender, William Slim then transfered most of his forces to Hong Kong, and by orders from Montgomery, he attacked Guangxi Clique.

    Indonesia
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    The invasion of Guangxi Clique
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    Portrait of William Slim, British Fourteenth Army Commander
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    Last edited by Wulfburk; December 13, 2012 at 03:12 PM.
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

  15. #15

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    Wow, great campaings all over the place, hope the world doesn't end for this AAR

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    Are you perhaps brazilian? I am brazilian myself, and I am having a lot of fun reading this AAR about Brazil basically conquering all of South America! Keep it going!

  17. #17

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    Same, planning on doing my own maybe

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    Heh yeah i am brazilian! Sorry about the delays but the AAR is back on track!
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

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    Chapter 9 (January 1943 - October 1943)
    Lodgement

    By 1943 South America was no longer a war zone, and the Brazilian Army in there was renamed -2o Exército da FEB- and placed under orders of the FEB commander, Field Marshal Mascarenhas de Moraes, those soldiers started their long journey to Tripoli, the main Brazilian Outpost in North Africa.
    An invasion of Fortress Europe was considered a military impossibility by many of the Brazilian ministers, they thought that the country had already done its job, and asked that no more Brazilian blood be spilled in a European war.
    Getúlio considered such an idea to be not only false, but misleading as well. The Country had entered the war on its own will, and the intentions of the Axis nations was clear to everyone, if Britain fell, the world would be doomed. Without the Royal Navy, who would protect the South American shores against german invasion? certainly not the small Brazilian navy, incapable of fighting major engagements.
    With that in mind, those such Ministers were replaced to ones who would assist the country's war effort to their maximum capability.

    FEB Order of Battle

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    Government Reform
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    In the first weeks of 1943 the first Brazilian tank brigades were starting to be deployed in Rio de Janeiro, they were equipped with the British Cromwell tank. Such brigades were considered a necessity to accomplish a succesful Invasion of Italy. Mascarenhas de Moraes postponed the invasion until all the tank brigades were ready for battle in Tripoli. He decided for a small scale operation in Sicily, named Operation Husky, to achieve a firm beachhead to the main invasion, while also capturing several Italian radar stations that assisted the Regia Marina and the Italian Air force, even though both were almost no existant due to British efforts.

    Tank Brigades
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    In Iberia tentions were high, mass peaceful demonstrations in Portugal were massacred by Salazar's government, and Spain was giving hints that it would either join the Axis, or at least accept the movement of German forces through the country that were going to attack Gibraltar. Without The Rock, all of the allied supply lines would have to be relocated to go through the Suez Canal, delaying the supplies arrival in North Africa by weeks.
    But since the invasion of Italy was postponed, the 1o Exército da FEB was free, and Mascarenhas devised a plan to liberate Portugal from their fascist government, and increase the Spanish fear of invasion. The landing crafts would be protected by a British task force, consisting of the Aircraft Carrier HMS Illustrious and several destroyers. One Brazilian Corps would land near Lisboa and siege the city, while other two corps would liberate the two main Portuguese colonies in Southern Africa.

    Operation Dom Pedro I

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    At January 28 the Brazilian army landed simultaneously in Portugal, Angola and Mozambique. In Africa no resistance was met, as most of the native populations were hostile to Portuguese colonists

    Liberation of Mozambique
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    Liberation of Angola
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    Amphibious Landing
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    Portugal
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    HMS Illustrious covering the landings
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    A second european front would soon be open, giving much needed assistance to the Soviet Union. With that in mind, the Soviet Winter Offensive started in February 1, the objective was to flank the german Army Group South from the Crimea peninsula, liberating most of Ukraine.
    Soviet Winter Offensive

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    Soviet Tank advances through a Ukranian village occupied by the Germans
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    After fierce opposition a beachhead was secured in Portugal, and at once the bulk of the Brazilian forces started attacking Lisboa, behind the enemies lines several Portuguese partisans started fighting the Government forces. In Lisboa a massive uprising took place, forcing Salazar's forces to retreat, with such a success, half of the Brazilian divisions were redeployed and started an amphibious landing in Porto, much of the country was already liberated by the Partisans, and once Porto fell Salazar capitulated.

    Lisboa Front
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    Porto
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    All Portuguese speaking nations united once more
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    In the Eastern Front the Soviet Offensive was highly succesful, the forces in Crimea broke through the German forces, uniting with the main front and forcing several German divisions to capitulate, and with the upcoming invasion of Italy, the order was given to all underground resistances throughout Occupied Europe to rise up. In April massive revolts took place in Greece, Yugoslavia and France. Meanwhile British forces set up a raid in Holland, destroying several V1 and V2 launch sites. All these operations and uprisings made Germany relocate several divisions in Italy and in the Eastern Front to surpress the partisans, assisting greatly the Invasion of Italy as well as the Soviet Army.

    Eastern Front after the Winter Offensive
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    British Raid
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    Uprisings in Occupied Europe
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    The 2o Exército da FEB arrived at Tripoli in April 21. Mascarenhas de Moraes then started Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. It was a small scale Operation, consisting of the three Corps that fought in South America, with the purpose of giving them some training in fighting against Italians before the invasion of Continental Italy. One Corps each would land at Palermo, Messina and Syracuse. The British Royal Navy would secure the strait of Messina and the Royal Air Force would keep the Italian planes of giving ground assistance.
    Operation Husky

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    By April 24 a beachhead was secured in Sicily near Palermo and Messina was captured. Surprisingly to the Brazilians the population welcomed them as Liberators, it seems most of them were actually hostile to Mussolini and fascism.
    Palermo Front
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    Messina Front
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    Liberation of Messina
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    By May Syracuse, Palermo and Messina were captured and most of the Italian forces were driven inland, they made their last stand at Cattagirone, where they capitulated to almost 100.000 Brazilians, the Italians were vastly outnumbered and the few tanks they had could be penetrated by the smallest Brazilian anti tank weapons.

    Sicily

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    Italian light tank in Cattagirone
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    The axis nations, specially Germany, had their own Underground operations going on, and they supplied several Nazi Sympathizers in South America, in August they all rose up, most of the Brazilian militia's were still in training and if it wasnt for the few American paratroopers who came to assist all would be lost.
    Paraguayan Revolts

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    South America in August 1943
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    In the Eastern Front the Soviets continued their advance, but slowly. Stalin insisted in recapturing Leningrad but Zhukov made one of the biggest decisions, one which would doom the entire German Army Group North (Army Group South was already destroyed in the Soviet Winter Offensive). While the Soviet army put pressure in the Army Group Centre, they would retreat in the north, making way to Germany invade Finland.

    Operation Kutuzov started in September

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    The Germans took the bait and started invading Finland, they had some initial successes as the Fins werent prepared.

    Invasion of Finland
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    On October things changed, several Swedish, Norwegian, British and Canadian forces arrived in Finland, halting the German advance, while the Soviet Army forced the retreat of several German divisions during Operation Kutuzov, the Army Group Centre was in full withdraw to Poland and East Prussia.

    Finnish Front
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    Finnish Patrols in the frontlines
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    Operation Kutuzov in October
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    The preparations for the invasion of Italy were taking place, Sicily was captured, most of the Brazilian tank brigades were deployed and the allies had both air and naval superiority in the mediterranean. To fix the logistic problem of such mass invasions several ships were being gathered in convoys to supply the Brazilian army.

    Convoys
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    Last edited by Wulfburk; January 09, 2013 at 01:35 PM.
    Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.

    -Plutarch, life of Demetrius.

    Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR

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    Chapter 10 (October 1943 - February 1944)
    Fortress Europe

    By October 19 the Soviet Union had reached the Romanian border and the two parties made a separate truce, then the Soviet army moved the bulk of its army towards Memel and East Prussia, hoping to cut off the 300.000 Germans and Hungarians in Leningrad and Finland, the German army was constantly deploying troops in the Finnish front as they thought victory would be easy, but they didnt count on with the massive British, Swedish and Canadian support the Fins were recieving.

    The Soviet Counter Offensive continues
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    The Finnish Front
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    In South America most of the Brazilian militia's were deployed already, securing the continent of any further uprising attempt. In Guangxi Clique the British were forcing the retreat of large enemy formations and soon the war would be over.

    Brazilian National Army
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    Guangxi Clique
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    All the preparations had been made: large deception tactics made Italy and Germany withdraw several divisions from Italy, the 1o Corpo Motorizado (Firs Motorized Corps) was combat ready in Tripoli, numereless extra convoys were in reserve, the time had come to liberate Europe from the Nazi-Fascist tyranny.

    The Operation, codenamed Olympus (name intended to make the Italians believe the invasion would be on Greece) was the largest as of yet, the 1o Exército da FEB (First FEB Army) would attack Northern Italy from Tripoli, and the 2o Exército da FEB (Second FEB Army) would attack Southern Italy from Sicily. The plan was subject to change as the invasion proceeded. The two corps that would land in Venice (1o Corpo de Volta Redonda and 1o Corpo de Rio Branco) were in reserve to assist wherever it was most needed during the first stages of the invasion, if all beachheads were secured without their help, they would proceed to Venice. The date chosen was November 26 1943.

    Operation Olympus
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    At 3 A.M on D Day, Four of the five divisions of the 1o Corpo de Três Corações landed on the foot of Italy, while the other division, in Messina, attacked Reggio di Calabria. The enemy was taken completely by surprise, and as they realized what was happening, requested support from the italian units defending Naples and Taranto.

    D Day

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    D Day plus 3, the 1o Grupo de Caças (First fighter group) arrive in Sicily and give air support to the brazilian divisions, the italian commander, Graziani, transfer most of his garrisons in Southern Italy to halt the Brazilian advance from Crotone, giving a clear path to the liberation of Taranto.

    Liberation of Taranto
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    Brazilian Pilots
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    By December the Brazilian units in Taranto start pushing north, assaulting several Italian positions in the port of Bari. Meanwhile in Naples the 1o Corpo de Belo Horizonte start their amphibious assault, the axis commanders thought there were going to be one massive attack from the first beachhead, and not several separate landings, which made them transfer the defences from important cities as Naples to hold Bari and other provinces in that area. They were mistaken, Naples was invaded and liberated in D Day + 11 and the italian forces in Bari retreated in fear of being cut off.

    Bari
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    Briefing of the Brazilian pilots to secure the landings in Naples
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    The Liberation of Naples
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    At this point of the Operation three full Corps were deployed in different beachheads, now the job was to link Naples to Taranto, joining those three Corps. With the breakthrough in Bari the Brazilian divisions pushed north until they met German and Bulgarian resistance in Cerignola. The Germans had the high ground, but they were attacked from both of their flanks by infantry with artillery and air support. After three days of fighting they retreated.

    Battle of Cerignola
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    Brazilian Artilleryman Francisco de Paula posing for a photograph during the battle
    Note the "A Cobra está Fumando" in the round, meaning "The Snake is Smoking"
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    As soon as the Italians heard of the Brazilian victory in Cerignola they sent all of their reserve to counter attack Naples. This decision made Italy have no reserves to defend another landing near Rome, which occured in D + 21. The 1o Corpo Motorizado, which contained all of the brazilian tank brigades (equipped with the Cromwell) landed in Rome with minimal resistance, Gaspar Dutra, former commander of the Brazilian army in South America, commanded the Corps. The population greeted the Brazilians with cheers, and Mussolini and his government retreated North. The Italian king capitulated, and another government was formed, one which was pro allies. Sadly most of the Italian military denied such actions and continued to fight against the Brazilians normally.

    Rome

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    The Brazilian tanks arrive in the city
    (Note this picture is from the upcoming Brazilian movie "A Montanha")
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    With the first phase of the Operation being a complete success, the second phase, the invasion of Northern Italy, started. The next day after Rome was liberated the 1o Corpo de Manaus started their amphibious attack.

    The Second phase of the Operation
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    The landings in Northern Italy
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    The FEB in the Naples front was united and continued their attacks to link up with Rome, San Severo was the next line of defense, with 30.000 Bulgarians defending the province. The Italian bombers tried to assist their allies, but the continued interceptions of the Brazilian P-47 of the 1o Grupo de Caças made their job alot harder.

    Battle of San Severo
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    Brazilian p-47
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    Obviously the war did not end by Christmas, and there was no truce either. The Brazilian divisions continued enlarging their beachheads, and in Naples after three attempts to breakthrough the Italian lines they still held.

    Italian Campaign 1 January 1944
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    The enemy continued deploying several divisions to the southern front, the chance to pocket most of their troops would soon come.

    The Northern Front
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    In January 11 the breakthrough in Naples was finally achieved, the Brazilian soldiers in their fourth attempt got through Monte Cassino. The hill was a strategic location, being able to control the whole sector. The troops from Naples and Rome were finally linked up.

    Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino
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    The Hill
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    A weakness in the Axis lines was discovered in the province of Rimini. If that region was captured all of the Italian, German, Bulgarian and Hungarian diisions in Central Italy would be pocketed and forced to surrender.

    Rimini
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    The troops in the Northern Sector pushed forward, capturing Genoa and breaking through the Gothic line. In Monte Castello the Brazilian troops, with Air support, force the retreat of a German fallschirmjager regiment after fierce fighting.

    Genoa
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    Monte Castello
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    The Assault on Rimini was sucesful and the enemy retreated north, but to not let this chance escape, Mascarenhas, which was on his HQ in Rome, ordered a amphibious assault behind the enemy lines.

    Behind the Enemy Lines

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    Mascarenhas de Moraes recieving fruits from Italian Citzens
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    In January 23 the pocket was closed and the port captured. The enemy tried to breakthrough Rimini and link up with their forces in Venice but the Brazilian armoured counter attack secured the allied lines.

    Rimini Pocket
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    Brazilian Cromwell tank moving after defeating a German Panther
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    The 1o Corpo de Uberaba advanced north from Genoa, most of Italy was now in allied hands and soon the remaining italian soldiers would surrender.

    January 28 1944

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    Every hour the Rimini pocket got smaller, the Brazilian tank brigades used the Cromwell's speed to cut off the Italian lines while the Royal Navy kept the Regia Marina from evacuating their forces.

    Rimini Pocket
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    Panzer IV destroyed by a Cromwell
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    In February 1 the first Brazilian regiments entered Milan, the enemy was outnumbered, outgunned and without supplies, resistance was small and the city was captured in five hours. The Enemy, after the defeat at the close quarters battle of Montese, retreated into the Po Valley.

    Battle of Milan
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    Northern Italy
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    Brazilian Troops Moving to Assault Montese
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    With the capitulation of the italian forces in the Rimini Pocket and the fall of Milan, the remaining soldiers surrendered in February 5. By the end of the Italian Campaign 7 Brazilian Corps were in Italy, the two reserve Corps were not needed and soon they would take part in a much more difficult Operation.

    German General Surrenders to Mascarenhas de Moraes in the Rimini Pocket
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    Italian Capitulation
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    Last edited by Wulfburk; January 10, 2013 at 01:21 PM.
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