[Milsurplus] South America Mil Radio in WWII?

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Uruguay was where German battleship Graf Spee fled
to hide after suffering severe battle damage in 1939.
Her captain scuttled her near Montevideo harbor after
transferring almost all of her crew to prevent Allies
from sinking her or Uruguay from interning her.

Uruguay was a democracy and demanded Graf Spee
depart to maintain Uruguay's official neutrality.

Mac - K2GKK



----Original Message Follows----
From: SHAEF1944Returns at aol.com
To: Military1944 at aol.com, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] South America Mil Radio in WWII?
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:21:16 EST

Before the war, Argentina was a center of struggle against progressive 
forces
in Latin America; since 1935 it was a member of the Latin American
Anti-Comintern Pact, in 1936 it prohibited all Communist activities within 
its borders,
and it increasingly began backing Nazi Germany and its allies.......... 
Under
pressure from the U.S., on 26/01/1944 Argentina severed diplomatic links 
with
both Germany and Japan; on 27/03/1945 it formally declared on them war but 
it
never actively participated in the struggle against either of these 
countries.



Bolivia remained neutral in the early years of WWII. This changed on
26/01/1942, when Bolivia severed diplomatic ties with Germany, Japan, and 
Italy; on
07/04/1943 it declared war on the Axis. However, Bolivia never participated 
in
any military operations against them. It is a co-founding member of U.N.


On 09/03/1939 Brazil and U.S.A. concluded a treaty of mutual cooperation and
economic assistance; on 28/01/1942 Brazil severed diplomatic relations with
Germany and Italy, and on 22/08/1942 it declared war on both of these 
countries.
On 06/06/1945 it declared war on Japan as well.  During the war Brazil
received 331.6 millions of U.S. dollars and considerable quantities of 
military
equipment as part of the Lend-Lease loan package, in exchange, it supplied 
the
Allies with some badly needed strategic raw materials simultaneously 
offering its
own military bases for use by the Allies.


. During WWII Colombia sided with the Anti-Axis Coalition; in December of
1941 it severed diplomatic ties with Germany, Italy, and Japan, and on 
27/11/1943
it declared war on Germany. In 1941 Colombia received from the U.S. a grant
of 12 million U.S. dollars; the following year it began to be supplied with
equipment as part of the Lend-Lease loans


  On 15/08/1939 General F.J. Estigarrilia became the country's President; on
07/09/1940 he was succeeded by General H. Moriuigo who held the office until
1948. Paraguay did not formally declare war on the Axis until February of 
1945


  In the early years of WWII Uruguay maintained neutrality. This changed 
when,
on the basis of the resolutions of the Pan-American Conference in 1942,
Uruguay decided to terminate diplomatic relations with the Axis; on 
21/02/1945 it
formally declared war on both Germany and Japan.


In other words, It looks like most of South America kinda favored the Axis 
at
least at first, or tried to stay neutral. Looks like most of them did 
nothing
much more than get aid, supplies, and a friendly smile from the US after the
war. Seems I do remember reading about a squadron or two of Brazilian P-51's
in the ETO or Italy late in the war



















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