AXIS SHIPS SEIZED
Brazilian Government Acts
(Received August 26, 8.30 p.m.)
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 25.
Paraguay and Bolivia have granted Brazil non-belligerency rights. The Brazilian Government announced that it has seized 57 German and 18 Italian ships in Brazilian waters. American military experts agree that Brazil’s entry into the war opens up entirely new and probably decisive strategic possibilities. Major Seversky says: “Brazil’s participation cannot be over-estimated; indeed, it may become a major element for ultimate victory. Air-power makes Natal and Pernambuco as vital strategic points as Gibraltar, Suez, and the Dardanelles. Because of the Brazilian bulge in the Atlantic, Natal and Pernambuco control the south Atlantic gateway to world communications. This bulge makes direct aerial transatlantic bombardment possible.” Major Seversky concludes that- a struggle for decisive control in the south Atlantic gateway is now inevitable —either the United Nations will dominate it from Natal or the Axis from Dakar.
Major Eliot, writing in the "New York Herald Tribune,” emphasizes the importance of controlling the submarine menace, and asserts that with Brazilian bases available for the Allies it will be possible to seal the narrow south Atlantic gateway and consequently check definitely the U-boat war.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 282, 27 August 1942, Page 5
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196AXIS SHIPS SEIZED Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 282, 27 August 1942, Page 5
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