On July 19, 1944, a Nazi submarine torpedoed and sank the Vital de Oliveira, a Brazilian ship that transported troops ...
After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...
Courtesy Brazilian Navy The Vital de Oliveira was a ... South American country to send troops overseas in World War II. Throughout the Battle of the Atlantic, German U-boats patrolled Brazil ...