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Aspectos Do Estabelecimento E Desenvolvimento Da Base Naval Da US Navy No Recife Durante a Campanha Do Atlântico Su UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO CENTRO DE FILOSOFIA E CIÊNCIAS HUMANAS PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM HISTÓRIA MESTRADO EM HISTÓRIA MANOEL FELIPE BATISTA DA FONSECA BASE FOX: ASPECTOS DO ESTABELECIMENTO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DA BASE NAVAL DA U.S. NAVY NO RECIFE DURANTE A CAMPANHA DO ATLÂNTICO SUL (1941-1943) RECIFE 2014 MANOEL FELIPE BATISTA DA FONSECA BASE FOX: ASPECTOS DO ESTABELECIMENTO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DA BASE NAVAL DA U.S. NAVY NO RECIFE DURANTE A CAMPANHA DO ATLÂNTICO SUL (1941-1943) Dissertação apresentada ao Programa de Pós- Graduação em História da UFPE, como requisito parcial para a obtenção do título de Mestre em História. Orientador: Professor Dr. Marc Jay Hoffnagel. RECIFE 2014 Catalogação na fonte Bibliotecária Maria do Carmo de Paiva, CRB4-1291 F676b Fonseca, Manoel Felipe Batista da. Base Fox : aspectos do estabelecimento e desenvolvimento da base naval da U.S. Navy no Recife durante a campanha do Atlântico Sul (1941-1943) / Manoel Felipe Batista da Fonseca. – Recife: O autor, 2014. 180 f. : il. ; 30 cm. Orientador: Prof. Dr. Marc Jay Hoffnagel. Dissertação (mestrado) – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CFCH. Programa de Pós Graduação em História, 2014. Inclui referências. 1. História. 2. Guerra mundial, 1939-1945. 3. Atlântico Sul, Oceano. 4. Batalhas. 5. Marinha – Estados Unidos. 6. Bases navais – Recife (PE). I. Hoffnagel, Marc Jay (Orientador). II. Titulo. 981 CDD (22.ed.) UFPE (CFCH2014-156) MANOEL FELIPE BATISTA DA FONSECA BASE FOX: ASPECTOS DO ESTABELECIMENTO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DA BASE NAVAL DA U.S NAVY NO RECIFE DURANTE A CAMPANHA DO ATLÂNTICO SUL (1941- 1943) Dissertação apresentada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, como requisito parcial para a obtenção do título de Mestre em História. Aprovada em: 28/08/2014 BANCA EXAMINADORA Profª. Drª. Tanya Maria Pires Brandão Presidente (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE) Prof. Dr. José Bento Rosa da Silva Membro Titular Interno (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE) Prof. Dr. Karl Schurster Verissimo de Sousa Leao Membro Titular Externo (Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE) ESTE DOCUMENTO NÃO SUBSTITUI A ATA DE DEFESA, NÃO TENDO VALIDADE PARA FINS DE COMPROVAÇÃO DE TITULAÇÃO. UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO CENTRO DE FILOSOFIA E CIÊNCIAS HUMANAS PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM HISTÓRIA Dedico este trabalho à minha família, especialmente aos meus pais Manoel Silva e Maria Batista. AGRADECIMENTOS Finda essa etapa da minha formação acadêmica, gostaria de deixar registrado os agradecimentos ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da UFPE (PPGH/UFPE) por ter me dado a oportunidade e o apoio para levar adiante a realização desse trabalho e ao Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) por ter proporcionado o apoio financeiro através da concessão de bolsa que viabilizou a feitura desse trabalho. Um especial agradecimento ao meu orientador, o mestre Marc Hoffnagel, pelas lições aprendidas, seus conselhos e confiança prestada desde que eu expus a ideia ainda na graduação de estudar a Batalha do Atlântico e sua relação com o Brasil, especialmente minha cidade natal o Recife. Ao corpo docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, especialmente aos professores e professoras da linha Norte-Nordeste Mundo Atlântico, meus cumprimentos pelo aprendizado, convívio e trocas de ideias, pelas aulas ministradas de bom êxito. Uma pessoa que desempenha uma importante função no PPGH/UFPE é a nossa estimada secretária Sandra Regina. Meu muito obrigado. Sem sua contribuição ficaríamos desnorteados por tantas questões a resolver além das acadêmicas, indispensável seu trabalho. Agradeço a minha família por estar sempre me apoiando, aconselhando-me a nunca desistir. À minha querida mãe Maria Batista e meu amado pai Manoel Silva, obrigado por tudo que fizeram e fazem por mim. Meus padrinhos Fernando e Luiz, madrinha Marinita, sem vocês eu não tinha chegado até aqui, muito obrigado por tudo, vocês estão em meu coração. Também a minha noiva, em breve esposa, Palloma Jamyle por estar sempre do meu lado e me incentivando a cada dia e acreditando nos objetivos que serão alcançados por nós. Aos amigos de curso Alex, Artur, Bruno, Clarissa, Luiz, Poliana, Priscila, Wanderson minhas saudações cordiais. Foram dois anos de um convívio muito salutar. Desejo-lhes sucesso no prosseguimento de suas carreiras. Gostaria de agradecer também a então cônsul dos Estados Unidos no Recife Heidi Arola por ter me ajudado e acreditado na consecução desse trabalho, sem seu apoio dificilmente teríamos conseguido obter documentos importantes. Também presto meus agradecimentos ao pessoal que trabalha nessa temática da participação brasileira na Segunda Guerra Mundial: Fred e Augusto Maranhão, da Fundação Rampa em Natal; Rigoberto e Chico Miranda da ANVFEB/PE; Ozires e seu website Sixtant.net; coronel Julio Vasconcelos do CEPHiMEX no Rio de Janeiro. Meu obrigado aos professores que fizeram parte da banca de defesa: os professores José Bento, Marcus Carvalho e Karl Schurster, e as professoras Tanya Brandão e Marcília Gama. Ao pessoal da minha turma de graduação em História na UFPE (2007.1) que sempre esteve de algum modo do nosso lado durante essa trajetória acadêmica: Ednaldo, Bruno, Aurélio, Armando, Allan, Roberto. Minhas desculpas por alguma omissão que porventura tenha acometido. Todos que deram seu contributo, não importa o grau, meu obrigado. Vocês com certeza estão em minhas lembranças. Agradeço a Deus por tudo que representa em meu ser! “A Campanha do Atlântico Sul ajudou a vencer a guerra. Os homens que a travaram, vivos e mortos, estão satisfeitos com essa afirmação. Eles não pedem que algo mais seja dito” Charles E. Nowell RESUMO Este trabalho analisa o estabelecimento, desenvolvimento e funções da Base Naval da Marinha dos Estados Unidos no Recife durante a Campanha do Atlântico Sul no intervalo de 1941 a 1943. Nosso objetivo é mostrar que as instalações militares no Recife foram um importante elo na cadeia de bases Aliadas que possibilitou alcançar a vitória no teatro do Atlântico Sul. Para tal procuramos esquadrinhar seu papel e atrelamento em três fases distintas, mas interligadas em seu objetivo da Batalha do Atlântico: a fase da “Patrulha da Neutralidade”, quando o continente americano ainda não se encontrava oficialmente na guerra; a fase defensiva contra os ataques dos submarinos alemães, que começou após a entrada dos Estados Unidos na guerra até o começo de 1943; e, por fim, a fase ofensiva em que foi decidido na Conferência de Casablanca sobrepujar os submarinos e proteger a navegação Aliada em todas as rotas de navegação. A feitura do trabalho se deu principalmente a partir da documentação oficial da Força do Atlântico Sul e periódicos locais. Defendemos a ideia de que desde os primeiros entendimentos entre as duas nações para obter o acesso de belonaves norte-americanas para se reabastecerem de víveres e óleo combustível até o momento em que foi criada a Quarta Esquadra, o Recife foi uma importante base naval da Marinha dos Estados Unidos no Atlântico Sul Ocidental. Palavras-Chave: Segunda Guerra Mundial. Batalha do Atlântico. Marinha dos Estados Unidos. Recife. ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the establishment, development, and functions of the Naval Base of the United States Navy in Recife during the South Atlantic Campaign in the period from 1941 to 1943. Our goal is to show that the military facilities in Recife were an important link in the chain of Allied bases that allowed achieve victory in the South Atlantic Theater. We seek to scan its role and linkage in three distincts, but interconnected phases of the Battle of the Atlantic: the phase of the “Neutrality Patrol,” when the American continent has not yet entered officially in the war; the defensive phase against the attacks of the German submarines, which began after the United States entered the war until early 1943; and, finally, the offensive phase when it was decided at the Casablanca Conference to overcome the submarine threat and protect the Allied shipping on all routes. This work had been made mainly from the official documents of the U.S. Navy South Atlantic Force and local journals. We defend the thesis that since the first agreements between the two nations to get access of U.S. warships to refuel with food and oil until the moment when the Fourth Fleet was created, Recife was an important naval base of the United States Navy in the Western South Atlantic. Keywords: World War II. Battle of the Atlantic. United States Navy. Recife. LISTA DE ILUSTRAÇÕES LISTA DE FIGURAS Figura 01 - Edifício Sul-América, local onde funcionava o Consulado dos EUA no Recife................................................................................................................................. 52 Figura 02 - O almirante Jonas H. Ingram em companhia do cônsul norte-americano falando à reportagem recifense........................................................................................... 57 Figura 03 - Marinheiros norte-americanos carregam algumas frutas tropicais no porto do Recife............................................................................................................................ 59 Figura 04 - Náufragos do Robin Moor resgatados pelo Osório no momento em que desembarcaram no porto do Recife..................................................................................... 62 Figura 05 - Aspecto da entrevista coletiva dada pelos funcionários do Consulado dos Estados Unidos sobre os náufragos do Robin Moor no dia 13 de junho
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