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CATEGORIES/ARTICLES ADDITIONS 2025 AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AN INTRODUCTION * ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE SOUTH ATLANTIC * ASCENSION A SECRET BASE IN SOUTH ATLANTIC * ASCENSION ISLAND AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR B.d.U - U-BOATS IN FRENCH BASES * BATTLE FOR THE SOUTH ATLANTIC * BRAZIL THE FORGOTTEN ALLY BRAZIL. THE HARD ROAD TO WAR * BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE BASES BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE FAB * BRAZILIAN MILITARY MISSION IN GERMANY 1938 BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE * BRAZILIAN NAVY SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE BRAZILIAN RAW MATERIAL FOR THE ALLIES CAMP INGRAM RECIFE * CHINA - BURMA - INDIA. THE FORGOTTEN THEATER * COMMANDER SOUTH ATLANTIC FORCE AT RECIFE FREE FRENCH NAVY IN SOUTH ATLANTIC * GERMAN PLANS TO SEIZE GIBRALTAR* ITALIAN SUBMARINES IN SOUTH ATLANTIC L.A.T.I. ITALIAN AIRLINES IN BRAZIL * MILITARY RELATIONS WITH BRAZIL BEFORE PEARL HARBOR RAIDER ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE * 8 SHIPS SUNK RAIDER ADMIRAL SCHEER 2 SHIPS SUNK 2 CAPTURED RAIDER ATLANTIS * 7 SHIPS SUNK RAIDER KORMORAN 7 SHIPS SUNK RAIDER MICHEL 12 SHIPS SUNK RAIDER ORION 1 SHIP SUNK RAIDER PINGUIN 1 SHIP SUNK 3 CAPTURED RAIDER STIER 4 SHIPS SUNK RAIDER THOR 15 SHIPS SUNK 1 CAPTURED* RAIDER WIDDER 2 SHIPS SUNK RAIDERS UBOATS & SUPPLY SHIPS IN SOUTH ATLANTIC RECIFE AND THE CONVOY AS-4 ROOSEVELT/VARGAS SUMMIT AT NATAL 1943 ROYAL NAVY SOUTH ATLANTIC COMMAND RUBBER FOR VICTORY SHIPS HIT BELGIUM 3 SHIPS HIT BRAZIL 33 SHIPS HIT BRITAIN 240 * SHIPS HIT CANADA 8 SHIPS HIT EGYPT 3 SHIPS HIT FRANCE 6 SHIPS HIT GERMANY 21* SHIPS HIT GREECE 18 SHIPS HIT JAPAN (SUB I 52 *) SHIPS HIT LATVIA 1 SHIPS HIT NETHERLANDS 30 SHIPS HIT NORWAY 39 SHIPS HIT PANAMA 13 SHIPS HIT SOUTH AFRICA 1 SHIPS HIT SPAIN 2 SHIPS HIT SWEDEN 11 SHIPS HIT USA 80 * SHIPS HIT YUGOSLAVIA 2 SHIPS SUNK BY MONTH 1939 1945 SHIPS SUNK LADEN WITH PLANES IN THEIR DECKS SOUTH ATLANTIC FERRY ROUTE TO AFRICA SURVIVORS ADRIFT IN SOUTH ATLANTIC * THE AXIS AND ALLIED MARITIME OPERATIONS AROUND SOUTHERN AFRICA 1939 1945 THE FIRST CONVOYS THE NEUTRALITY PATROL THE PLAN RUBBER THE SAGA OF LINER WINDHUK THE TAKORADI ROUTE U BOATS IN ACTION SOUTH ATLANTIC U BOATS SUNK IN SOUTH ATLANTIC U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE U S PLANES LOST IN SOUTH ATLANTIC IN WW II U.S. ARMY FORCES IN BRAZIL U.S. NAVY BASES IN BRAZIL U.S. NAVY BASES IN GUYANAS AND TRINIDAD U.S. NAVY VP SQUADRONS IN BRAZIL U.S. NAVY ZP SQUADRONS IN BRAZIL * WAR IS OVER - THE HOMEWARD BOUND TRAFFIC

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