Editing Brazilian Armed Forces (section)

===Armed conflicts involving Brazil===
''{{see also|List of wars involving Brazil}}''
* [[First Battle of Guararapes]] (1648): Decisive Portuguese victory that helped end [[Dutch Brazil|Dutch occupation]]. Due to this battle, the year 1648 is considered as the year of the foundation of the Brazilian Army.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI14439-15273-4,00-UMA+NOVA+AGENDA+MILITAR.html |title=Especial – NOTÍCIAS – Uma nova agenda militar |publisher=Revistaepoca.globo.com |access-date=2010-06-19 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305013600/http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI14439-15273-4,00-UMA+NOVA+AGENDA+MILITAR.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Invasion of Cayenne (1809)]] (1809) : Was a combined military operation by an Anglo-Portuguese expeditionary force against Cayenne, capital of the French South American colony of French Guiana in 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars.
* [[Luso-Brazilian invasion]] (1816–1820) : Was an armed conflict between the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and the partisans of José Artigas over the Banda Oriental (Eastern Bank), present-day Uruguay.
* [[Brazilian Declaration of Independence|Brazilian War of Independence]] (1822–1824): Series of military campaigns that had as objective to cement Brazilian sovereignty and end Portuguese resistance.
* [[Confederation of the Equator]] (1824) : Was a short-lived rebellion that occurred in the northeastern region of Brazil during that nation's struggle for independence from Portugal.
* [[Cisplatine War]] (1825–1828) : Armed conflict over an area known as Banda Oriental or "Eastern Shore" between the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and Empire of Brazil in the aftermath of the United Provinces' emancipation from Spain.
* [[Ragamuffin War]] (1835–1845) : Was a Republican uprising that began in southern Brazil, in the states of [[Rio Grande do Sul]] and [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]] in 1835. The rebels, led by Generals Bento Gonçalves da Silva and Antônio de Sousa Neto with the support of the Italian fighter [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], surrendered to imperial forces in 1845.
* [[Platine War]] (1851–1852): The Brazilian Empire and its allies went to war against the dictator [[Juan Manuel de Rosas]] of the [[Argentine Confederation]].
* [[Uruguayan War]] (1864–1865): Brazilian intervention in [[Uruguay]]. With support from Argentina, imperial forces deposed President [[Atanasio Aguirre]] from office and instated general [[Venancio Flores]] in his place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historia2ano.blogspot.com/2008/11/17-formao-dos-pases-platinos.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709035552/http://historia2ano.blogspot.com/2008/11/17-formao-dos-pases-platinos.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-09 |title=História 2 Ano: 17 – Formação dos países platinos |publisher=Historia2ano.blogspot.com |date=2008-11-17 |access-date=2010-06-19 }}</ref>
* [[Paraguayan War]] (1864–1870): Over 200,000 Brazilians fought on this conflict,<ref name="ReferenceA" /> which is considered as the most serious in Brazilian history.<ref>Arruda, José and Piletti, Nelson -''Toda a História'' (1997)(7° edition)(229 p.)</ref>
* [[Brazilian Naval Revolt]] (1893–1894) : Were armed mutinies promoted mainly by Admirals Custodio de Mello and Saldanha da Gama and their fleet of Brazilian Navy ships against unconstitutional staying in power of the central government in Rio de Janeiro.
* [[War of Canudos]] (1893–1897): The deadliest rebellion of Brazil, the insurrectionists defeated the first 3 military forces sent to quell the rebellion.<ref name="ReferenceA" />
* [[Contestado War]] (1912–1916) : Was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners, the latter supported by the Brazilian state's police and military forces. The war lasted from October 1912 to August 1916.
* [[Brazil during World War I]]: Brazil entered into World War I in 1917 alongside the [[Triple Entente]]. Brazil's effort in World War I occurred mainly in the Atlantic campaign, with a smaller participation in the land warfare.
* [[Constitutionalist Revolution]] (1932) : Was the armed movement occurred in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, between July and October 1932, which aimed at the overthrow of the Provisional Government of Getúlio Vargas and the promulgation of a new constitution for Brazil.
* [[Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB)|Brazil in World War II]] (1942–1945): Brazil declared war on [[Nazi Germany]] in August 1942<ref name="revistaepoca.globo.com" /> and in 1944 sent an Expeditionary Force of 25,334 soldiers to fight in Italy. Brazil also supplied vital raw materials for the war effort and ceded important airbases at Natal and Fernando de Noronha Archipel that made possible the North African invasion, i.e. [[Operation Torch]], and had a key role in patrolling the South Atlantic sea lanes.
Brazilian Expeditionary Force, initially composed of an infantry division, eventually covered all Brazilian military forces who participated in the conflict, including the Brazilian Air Force who did a remarkable job in the last nine months of war with 445 missions executed. Offensive: 2546, Defensive: 4.<ref>Koshiba, Luiz and Pereira, Denise – ''História do Brasil'' (1999) (7° edition) (291 p.)</ref>