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Hilton, Stanley E. "Brazilian Diplomacy and the Washington–Rio de Janeiro “Axis” during the World War II Era." Hispanic American Historical Review 59.2 (1979): 201-231. online; Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo, and Akemi Kikumura-Yano. "Japanese Latin Americans during World War II: A reconsideration." in Japanese Diasporas (Routledge, 2006) pp. 177 ...
Mexico's participation in World War II had its first antecedent in the diplomatic efforts made by the government before the League of Nations as a result of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. However, this intensified with the sinking of oil tankers by German submarine attacks, resulting in Mexico declaring war on the Axis Powers of Nazi Germany ...
Before the United States entered World War II, Hispanic Americans were already fighting on European soil in the Spanish Civil War.The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted coup d'état by parts of the army, led by the Nationalist General Francisco Franco, against the government of the Second Spanish Republic.
Historia Orgánica De Las Grandes Unidades (1475–2018) (PDF). Madrid: Ministerio de Defensa – Mando de Adiestramiento y Doctrina; Marquina, Antonio (1998). The Spanish Neutrality during the Second World War. American University International Law Review, 14(1), pp. 171–184. Payne, Stanley G (2008). Franco and Hitler. New Haven: Yale ...
The Bracero Program (from the Spanish term bracero [bɾaˈse.ɾo], meaning "manual laborer" or "one who works using his arms") was a U.S. Government-sponsored program that imported Mexican farm and railroad workers into the United States between the years 1942 and 1964.
The Blue Legion (Spanish: Legión Azul; German: Blaue Legion), officially called the Spanish Volunteer Legion (Spanish: Legión Española de Voluntarios; German: Spanische Freiwilligen-Legion), was a volunteer legion created from 2,133 falangist volunteers who remained behind at the Eastern Front after most of the Spanish Blue Division was withdrawn in October 1943 because Francisco Franco had ...
The 250th Infantry Division (German: 250. Infanterie-Division), better known as the Blue Division (Spanish: División Azul, German: Blaue Division), was a unit of volunteers from Francoist Spain operating from 1941 to 1943 within the German Army (Heer) on the Eastern Front during World War II.
Río de la Plata Brazil: Defeat. Brazilian troops temporarily occupy the region of Chiquitos and Moxos; Simón Bolívar pledged not to support the Argentines on the issue of Cisplatina. Peruvian intervention of Bolivia (1828) Bolivia Gran Colombia Peru: Defeat. Treaty of Piquiza; Salaverry-Santa Cruz War (1835–1836) Luis José de Orbegoso's ...