Brazilian Forces
The badge of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) depicts a snake smoking a pipe. FEB’s lemma was “The snake is smoking”. It was a joke with a statement made by the then Brazilian President, Getúlio Vargas, who said that “it was easier for a snake to smoke than Brazil ever enter the war”. He was charged of being Hitler’s admirer, but was forced by circumstances to declare war to Germany.
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8/6/2010