: In defiance, the 25,000-strong Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) adopted a patch of a snake smoking a pipe and fought bravely alongside the U.S. Fifth Army in Italy. 🏗️ Rebirth of a Nation
: Vargas expertly played the Axis and Allied powers against each other. Brazil: The Fortunes of War
: Skeptics claimed it was more likely for a "snake to smoke a pipe" than for Brazil to send troops to fight. : In defiance
: Brazil's charismatic and cunning dictator who ruled through his "Estado Novo" regime. Brazil: The Fortunes of War