Author: Carl BoydPublisher:
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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The Diplomacy of Hiroshi Oshima and German-Japanese Relations, 1934-1939
Author: Carl BoydThe Extraordinary Envoy
Author: Carl BoydPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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The diplomacy of Hiroshi Oshina and German-Japanese relations, 1934-1939
Author: Carl Leroy BoydThe Diplomacy of Hirosho Oshima and German-Japanese Relations, 1934 - 1939
Author: Carl BoydThe Diplomacy of Hiroshi Oshima and German-Japanese Relations
Author: Carl Leroy BoydThe Diplomacy of Hiroshi Oshima and German-Japanese Relations, 1934-1939
Author: Carl BoydGermany and Japan; a Study in Totalitarian Diplomacy, 1933-1941
Author: Ernst Leopold PresseisenPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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German-Japanese Relations
Author: Frank William IkléPublisher:
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
German-Japanese Relations, 1935-1940
Author: Frank William IkléPublisher:
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Baron Hiroshi Oshima
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Typed, signed letter envelope Japan Baron Hiroshi Oshima (born April 19, 1886; died June 6, 1975) was Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany before and during World War II. He was unknowingly a major source of communications intelligence for the Allies. His role was perhaps best summed up by General George C. Marshall, who identified Oshima as our main basis of information regarding Hitler's intentions in Europe. Oshima's close relationship with Hitler and Ribbentrop gave him unparalleled access for a foreigner to German war plans and national policy. In turn, Hitler admired the militaristic Japanese and made Oshima a personal confidante. Oshima made visits to the Eastern Front and the Atlantic Wall, and he met periodically with Hitler and other Nazi leaders. Being a meticulous military officer in training, he wrote detailed reports of the information provided to him by the Nazis, and promptly reported by radio to Tokyo in the Purple diplomatic cipher. Unknown to the Japanese, the PURPLE code was broken by American codebreakers in 1940; thus Oshima's reports were being read almost simultaneously by those who had access to the intelligence. Often, they were able to read them before the Japanese did, as transmission problems between Germany and Japan often held up the cables for hours. After Germany's surrender, Oshima and his staff were taken into custody. They were brought to the United States by ship, arriving on July 11, 1945. After interrogation and internment in a resort hotel in Pennsylvania, Oshima was returned to Japan. Although he enjoyed freedom briefly in his devastated country, he was arrested on December 16, 1945 and charged with war crimes. He was found guilty of conspiring to wage aggressive war and in 1948 was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was paroled in late 1955 and granted clemency three years later. Oshima died in 1975, not knowing that he provided the Allies with invaluable intelligence during the war. Photo retrieved from Wikipedia 7/26/2012.