A The presence of the Brazilian Navy on a pioneering peacekeeping mission

the UN Special Commission on the Balkans (UNSCOB), 1948–1951

  • Armando de Senna Bittencourt Vice-Almirante (Refo EN) e Diretor do Patrimônio Histórico e Documentação da Marinha. Membro do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro (IHGB) e do Instituto de Geografia e História Militar do Brasil (IGHMB).
Keywords: CT Munro, UN, Greece

Abstract

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.

Published
2020-05-13
Issue
Vol 5 No 10 (2009): Revista Navigator - Dossiê Império, guerra e Poder Naval no Antigo Regime
Section
Artigos