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IOTL, Brazil sent a trained infantry division to fight in Italy during WW2. The Brazilian Expedition Force, Forca Expedicionaria Brasileria, FEB, was limited to 25,000 men. IOTL, at first it was considered sending a corp of 4 divisions, 100,000 men. WI these plans had gone through. To show that Brazil was the number one Latin Ally a four division corp with 100,000 men would be sent. To go with the force Brazil would send both of it's battleships to then be based in the Mediterranean. President Roosevelt promised a seat on the UN Security Council. With the additional force the fighting in Italy ended in October 1944.
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