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French invasions in Brazil date back to the earliest days of Portuguese colonization up until the end of the 19th century. [ 1 ] The attacks, initially as part of Francis I of France's challenge to the Treaty of Tordesillas , encouraged the practice of looting for the barter of brazilwood and supported the attempts to colonize the coast of Rio ...
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars, the films included here are films set in the period from 1775 or at the beginning of the Age of Revolution and until various Empires hit roadblock in 1914, after lengthy arms race for several years.
Brazil: Bahia Republic Loyalist victory. Revolt suppressed. Platine War (1851–1852) Brazil Defense Government Entre Ríos Corrientes Santa Fe Argentina Cerrito Government Federalists: Victory. End of Juan Manuel de Rosas' government; Emergence of Brazil as the hegemonic power in the Platine region. Uruguayan War (1864–1865) Brazil Colorados ...
The following is a list of World War II documentary films. 1940s. Year Country Title Director 1940 ... War of the Century: Laurence Rees: 2000s. Year Country Title ...
Not released until 1972 because of a military coup in Brazil, this Brazilian film highlights Ganga Zumba, a 17th-century slave revolutionary against the Portuguese Empire. Gandhi: 1982: A biographical film about anti-colonial nationalist and lawyer Mahatma Gandhi's involvement in the Indian liberation movement. Geronimo: An American Legend: 1993
A few years before, the French admiral and colonist Villegagnon and his friend and comrade, Admiral Coligny, managed to build a fort in the area of modern-day Rio de Janeiro which they called Fort Coligny. As the French colony grew in size and power it was named Henriville and became a serious threat to the Portuguese establishment in Brazil.
Slave rebellions were frequent until the practice of slavery was abolished in 1888. The most famous of the revolts was led by Zumbi dos Palmares.The state he established, named the Quilombo dos Palmares, was a self-sustaining republic of Maroons escaped from the Portuguese settlements in Brazil, and was "a region perhaps the size of Portugal in the hinterland of Pernambuco". [1]
The French Military Mission tried to adapt the French system to Brazilian conditions, but French influence ended up preparing the army for an unreal war. Brazilian officers complained about the divisional organization intended by the French, with numerous and heavy artillery, designed for a war of industrial powers with a dense rail network.