A presença da Marinha do Brasil em missão pioneira de manutenção de paz – a comissão especial da ONU nos Bálcãs (UNSCOB), 1948–1951
Brazil participated in the UNSCOB (1948-1951), pioneering mission of UN peacekeeping during the Civil War in Greece. The Navy was represented by Lieutenant John Anderson Munro, who served as an Observer. It was up to United Nations observers monitor the operations of the Greek National Army at the b...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Diretoria do Patrimônio Histórico e Documentação da Marinha
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Navigator |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistanavigator.com.br/navig10/art/N10_art1.pdf |
| Summary: | Brazil participated in the UNSCOB (1948-1951), pioneering mission of UN peacekeeping during the Civil War in Greece. The Navy was represented by Lieutenant John Anderson Munro, who served as an Observer. It was up to United Nations observers monitor the operations of the Greek National Army at the borders of Greece with Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, countries that were accused of actively supporting the Democratic Army of Greece, Communist ideology, which tried to overthrow the elected government and constitutionally established in the country. These observers have gone through difficult situations and risky and witnessed episodes of barbarism, typical of a civil war of ideological motivation. |
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| ISSN: | 0100-1248 0100-1248 |