> * Brazil sent 25k+ troops to the Italy front The Smoking Snakes! As part of that they had pilots flying P-47s. I understand the rationing of gasoline in th

> * Brazil sent 25k+ troops to the Italy front The Smoking Snakes! As part of that they had pilots flying P-47s. I understand the rationing of gasoline in the US during the war was intended to conserve rubber, not (just) gasoline. Eventually synthetic rubber became available but this took a while and was a huge effort. http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/R/u/Rubber.htm http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/R/u/Rubber.htm