Professional modernization in the Brazilian Army

from the dawn of the First World War to the doctrinal influence of the French Military Mission

  • Fernando da Silva Rodrigues Professor Doutor. Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade Salgado de Oliveira.
  • Sérgio Ricardo Reis Matos Major de Infantaria Comando da 1ª Divisão de Exército.
  • Julio Cezar Fidalgo Zary Major de Infantaria Comando da 12ª Região Militar.
Keywords: Modernization, World War I, French Military Mission

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the relevance of the First World War to the process of modernization of the Brazilian Army from 1906 to 1930, which was marked by the first group of officers of the Brazilian Army as trainees in German Troop Corps, by the arrival of the French Military Mission (MMF) to Brazil in March 1920, when the first French instructors, headed by General Maurice Gustave Gamelin and the critic of General Tasso Fragoso, landed in the city of Rio de Janeiro concerning the year 1929, the need for reflection on the end of the MMF contract.

Published
2020-06-17
Issue
Vol 13 No 26 (2017): Revista Navigator - Dossiê História marítima, militar e naval do Brasil nos oitocentos: política, sociedade e historiografia
Section
Artigos