- Brazil Squadron
The Brazil Squadron (or South Atlantic Squadron) was an overseas station established by the
United States in 1826 to protect American commerce in the South Atlantic during a war between Brazil and Argentina. [ Klafter, Craig E., United States Involvement in the Falkland Islands Crisis of 1831-1833, Journal of the Early Republic, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Winter, 1984), pp. 395-420 ] [Howarth, S. To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1998, University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.]References
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