Author: Carl Leroy BoydPublisher:
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
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The diplomacy of Hiroshi Oshina and German-Japanese relations, 1934-1939
Author: Carl Leroy BoydThe 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
Book Description
The 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 BoydGerman Japanese Relations, 1936-1940
Author: Frank William IklePublisher:
ISBN: 9781258350192
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Baron Hiroshi Oshima
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Languages : en
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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.
German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945
Author: Christoph M. KimmichPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0810884453
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Christoph Kimmich's German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945: A Guide to Current Research and Resources is a comprehensive guide to archival resources and published materials on the foreign policy of Weimar and Nazi Germany. It catalogues the archives, libraries, and research institutes, both public and private, that house important collections, especially in Germany but also elsewhere in Europe and in the United States, and describes their holdings, terms of access and use, and guides and inventories available. German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945 also includes a substantial annotated bibliography of published sources, ranging from documentary series to significant contemporary accounts, from memoirs to secondary works. The bibliography reflects current scholarship and draws attention to works that are innovative and accessible, It also describes the various series of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial Records and the original trial documents available in archives and libraries. The guide canvasses the vast and growing offering of materials on the Web- digitized print materials, archival inventories, and source materials. In order to expedite work in the archives, the guide also explains the organization and functioning of the German foreign ministry between 1918 and 1945 and how it kept and stored its records. This third edition offers new information on German archives, many of which were consolidated and relocated after German reunification, on recently discovered archival holdings, and on materialsposted on the Web. It is a reference source for both established scholars and young researchers, offering quick and efficient access to the voluminous research and research materials that are now available.
Japan and Germany in the Modern World
Author: Bernd MartinPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781845450472
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
First study of the fascinating parallelism that characterizes developments in Japan and Germany by one of Germany's leading Japan specialists. With the founding of their respective national states, the Meiji Empire in 1869 and the German Reich in 1871, Japan and Germany entered world politics. Since then both countries have developed in strikingly similar ways, and it is not surprising that these two became close allies during the Second World War, although in the end this proved a "fatal attraction."