WI Argentina invaded during WWII

I was reading the Wikipedia article about Argentina during the Second World War and apparently there was discussion of a Brazilian invasion to end Argentine neutrality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_during_World_War_II#End_of_the_war

some of which were facing more severe fuel shortages than was Argentina. Storni resigned after this rejection.[29]

The United States took further measures to increase pressure on Argentina. All Argentine companies suspected of having ties with the Axis powers were blacklisted, and the supply of newsprint was limited to pro-allied newspapers. There were also boycotts. American exports of electronic appliances, chemical substances and oil production infrastructure were halted. The properties of forty-four Argentine companies were seized, and scheduled loans were halted. Hull wanted to weaken the Argentine government, or force its resignation. Torn between diplomatic and economic pressure as opposed to an open declaration of war against Argentina, he opted for the former way, to avoid disrupting the supply of food to Britain. Nevertheless, he also saw the situation as a chance for the United States to have a greater influence over Argentina than Britain.[30]

The United States also threatened to accuse Argentina of being involved with the coup of Gualberto Villarroel in Bolivia, and a plot to receive weapons from Germany, after the allied refusal, to face the possible threat of either the United States itself or Brazil acting on their behalf. However, it would be unlikely that Germany would provide such weapons, given their fragile situation in 1944. Ramírez called a new meeting of the GOU, and it was agreed to break diplomatic relations with the Axis powers (albeit without yet a declaration of war) on January 26, 1944.[3]

The break in relations generated unrest within the military, and Ramírez considered removing the influential Farrell and Perón from the government. However, their faction discovered Ramírez's plan. They broke up the GOU, to avoid letting the military loyal to Ramírez know they were aware of his plot, and then initiated a coup against him. Edelmiro Julián Farrell became then the new president of Argentina, on February 24.[31]

The United States denied recognition to Farrell, as he would keep the neutralist policy. Farrell confirmed it on March 2, and the United States broke relations with Argentina two days later. Winston Churchill complained about the harsh policy of the United States against Argentina, pointing out that Argentine supplies were vital to the British, and that by removing their diplomatic presence from the country they would even force Argentina to seek German protection. British diplomacy sought to guarantee the supply of Argentine food by signing a treaty covering it, while US diplomatic policy sought to prevent such a treaty. Hull ordered the confiscation of Argentine goods, cessation of foreign trade with her, avoidance of any of US ships landing at Argentine ports, and he denounced Argentina as the "nazi headquarters in the occidental hemisphere".[32]

By this time, the United States considered the option of supporting Brazil in an attack against Argentina, rather than attacking Argentina themselves. The Brazilian ambassador in Washington pointed out that Buenos Aires could be completely destroyed by the Brazilian air force. This would have allowed Argentina to be dominated without the open intervention of the United States, who would support Brazil by providing ships and bombs.[33]

Was a US backed Brazilian invasion actually a possibility?
 
Discussed here within last 6 months.

I'm not sure if it was on its own thread or one of those make ww2 as big as possible threads but the consensus was that it was very unlikely bordering on asb.

think the consensus Argentina joining in WWII on Axis side (certainly after Dec. '41) is borderline ASB? that the US. would seek to use Brazil as proxy is generally accepted?
 
The problem with Argentina joining the Axis is what can the Axis countries do to support Argentina when the crap starts to hit the fan?
 
think the consensus Argentina joining in WWII on Axis side (certainly after Dec. '41) is borderline ASB? that the US. would seek to use Brazil as proxy is generally accepted?

The problem with Argentina joining the Axis is what can the Axis countries do to support Argentina when the crap starts to hit the fan?

exactly, there is no reason for ARgentina to join the axis because they have nothing to gain from it (not even the falklands as the argentinian navy couldn't invade it), the axis cannot send help to Argentina since it is too far away and the brazilian government was pro american so they would be invaded as soon they joined
 
From the article
Peron said:
They say that we are 'nazis', I declare we are as far from Nazism as from any other foreign ideology. We are only Argentines and want, above all, the common good for Argentines.
Clearly, Bush's "with us or against us" and Trump's "We'll take note on how you vote (on the UN)" are merely long standing policies.

So here's how I think it'd play: By 1944 a sensible amount American weapons (bombers, fighters, tanks, etc) needed to fight the actual enemies of the USA would be diverted to Brazil to be used against a neutral country. I'm going to guess they'd come from the combat equipment destined to the USSR through Lend Lease, but I'm not sure if LL to the USSR at that time included the kind of equipment needed to invade Argentina instead of consisting in logistical and support stuff. I'm going to guess the Brazilians would try to rip off the USA and get stuff Shermans, P-47s and P-51s, B-24s (or at least B-26s and B-25s). If the USA wasn't delivering those weapons to the USSR in 1944, it means they'd have to come from secondary theaters like the Med - would Anvil have to be cancelled because the military hardware is being used to disrupt food supplies to Britain in South America?

Anyway, such a build up in Brazil would be noticed by the Argentine government and given how Farrell and Peron were pragmatists, they'd quickly declare war on Germany, annulling any chance of Brazil pulling a Hamburg on Buenos Aires.

The Brazilian armed forces would have been bloated, Allied war effort somewhere would have suffered and while Peron's popularity could have suffered due the perception that he knelt to the USA, there wasn't any other candidate who could have defeated him anyway in the 1946 elections.
 
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