FEB

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FEB is the acronym commonly used to refer to the Brazilian Expeditionary Force that fought alongside the Allies in Italy during World War II.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
FEB canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expeditionary force ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
acronym FEB ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War II ⓘ
branch Army ⓘ
casualties over 400 killed in action ⓘ
commandStructure U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
conflict Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country Brazil ⓘ
decoratedBy Brazil ⓘ
United States ⓘ
disbanded post-1945 ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Castelnuovo ⓘ
Battle of Collecchio–Fornovo ⓘ
Battle of Monte Castello ⓘ
Battle of Montese ⓘ
Gothic Line offensive ⓘ
equipmentSource United States ⓘ
garrisonDuringWar Italy ⓘ
headquartersDuringWar Naples ⓘ
higherCommand IV Corps (U.S. Army) ⓘ
linked to: IV Corps
language Portuguese ⓘ
militaryBranch artillery ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
medical corps ⓘ
signal corps ⓘ
motto A cobra vai fumar ⓘ
nativeName Força Expedicionária Brasileira ⓘ
notableAchievement capture of over 20,000 Axis prisoners in the Po Valley campaign ⓘ
notableCommander João Baptista Mascarenhas de Moraes ⓘ
notableFor only Latin American ground force to fight in the European theater of World War II ⓘ
notableUnit 1st Infantry Division (Brazil) ⓘ
opponent Fascist Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf Brazilian Army ⓘ
role ground combat operations ⓘ
size about 25,000 soldiers ⓘ
startTime 1944 ⓘ
supportedBy United States Army ⓘ
symbol smoking snake insignia ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Italy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brazilian Expeditionary Force → acronym → FEB ⓘ
subject linked to: FEB