Name Apolonio Carvalho | ||
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Born 9 February 1912
Corumba (Mato Grosso), Brasil ( 1912-02-09 ) Died 23 September 2005(2005-09-23) (aged 93)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Allegiance Brazil
Foreign volunteers
Free France Service/branch Brazilian Army
French Army Years of service 1932–1936 (Brazilian Army)
1936 (Spanish Republican Army)
1940–1945 (French Army) Rank Leutenent (Brazil)
Captain (Spain)
Coronel (France) Battles/wars Spanish Civil War
French Resistance | ||
Apol nio de carvalho
Apolônio de Carvalho (9 February 1912 – 23 September 2005) was a Brazilian socialist important in the history of the Workers' Party (Brazil). Due to his communist ideals, Carvalho was expelled from the Brazilian Army and left for Spain to fight alongside the republicans in the Spanish civil war and afterwards against the nazis in occupied France, reaching the rank of colonel in the French Army. Considered a hero in France, he was awarded the Legion of Honour among other decorations for bravery.
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