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Hitler had a Japanese fan, Hiroshi Oshima, the Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany during World War II.

Hiroshi Oshima was born in Japan in 1886 into a military family, and his father, Kenichi Oshima, was an admirer of the German army, so Hiroshi Oshima had a good impression of Germany from an early age.

In 1934, Hiroshi Oshima became military attaché at the Japanese Embassy in Germany.

Hiroshi Oshima, who was fluent in German, was active in the upper echelons of Nazi Germany, and soon became friends with Ribbentrop, Hitler's most admired foreign policy adviser. Under the introduction of Ribbentrop, Hiroshi Oshima held a secret meeting with Hitler, and from then on became a loyal believer of Hitler.

In 1938, Hiroshi Oshima was promoted to Japanese ambassador to Germany. Since taking office, he has been working hard to consolidate Japan-Germany relations, and has also actively promoted the signing of the "International Agreement on Industry" and the "Treaty of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Japan and Italy". Because of his blind belief in the ideology of the Nazi Party, Hitler called him "a true Nazi with an iron will."

Hiroshi Oshima had close relations with Hitler and Ribbentrop, and had easy access to the secrets of Nazi Germany, and even influenced the formulation of Nazi German policy to a certain extent.

With Hitler's permission, Hiroshi Oshima often went to the Soviet-German front and the Atlantic defense line to "inspect" places.

During World War II, Hiroshi Oshima often sent telegrams to Tokyo in diplomatic ciphers to report on the situation in Nazi Germany. But he didn't know that the United States had already deciphered the code as early as 1940. Almost all of the secret messages sent by Hiroshi Oshima were intercepted by the Americans. However, he himself did not know.

This big island is an interesting person. Historically, he has done a lot of interesting things. In early 1942, Ribbentrop agreed to share German intelligence with Hiroshi Oshima, and Ribbentrop reminded him to keep it secret. However, Hiroshi Oshima decided that "the codes of the Great Japanese Empire could not be deciphered".

In November 1943, Hiroshi Oshima returned to Berlin on an expedition to the fortifications of the "Atlantic Barrier" off the coast of France, in which he wrote a 20-page report in which he marked out the details of each German division. Hiroshi Oshima sent this information to Tokyo, and it all fell into the hands of the Mi Army, which provided an important reference for the later Normandy landings.

On March 6, 1943, Oshima finally conveyed to Ribbentrop the official reply of the Japanese Government: "The Japanese Government is fully aware of the danger from Russia, and fully understands the urgent desire of the German allies for Japan to enter the war with the Soviet Union. However, given the current state of the war, this was impossible for the Japanese government. The Japanese Government is even more convinced that it is more in the common interests of both sides not to join the war against the Soviet Union now. In addition, the Japanese Government will never ignore the Russian question. ”

Hiroshi Oshima was as fanatical as Hitler, always believing that Britain would surrender, and even in 1944, Hiroshi Oshima wrote a report to Hitler that the Germans were capable of landing in Britain. Hiroshi Oshima's "optimism" and fanaticism led some high-ranking German generals to call him "the hysteria of the East" behind his back.

In 1945, when almost 100% of Germans did not believe that Germany would win, Hiroshi Oshima was still convinced that Nazi Germany would win the war, and on April 13, he met Ribbentrop and expressed his willingness to advance and retreat with Hitler, but Hitler still ordered all diplomats to leave Berlin before the Soviet troops encircled. Hiroshi Oshima took refuge in Austria, but was arrested by the Allies a dozen days later. After the defeat, Hiroshi Oshima, a Class A war criminal, was brought back to Japan for trial and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The degree of fanaticism can be seen.

Today, Liebentrop came to visit, and Hiroshi Oshima went out to greet him, and the two went directly into the small conference room and began a secret meeting.

Hiroshi Oshima: "Since February 13, the two of us have discussed the possibility of a joint German-Japanese war against Britain and the United States, and we believe that the time is ripe for a strike against the British Empire in Asia. At your request, I have sent a report to the country on the blow to the British military presence in East Asia. He thought that Liebentrop had come to visit for the purpose of British affairs.

Liebentrop said, "Wonderful. Today, however, I would like to discuss once again the joint attack on the Soviet Union between our two countries. ”

Hiroshi Oshima said, "I have already sent a report to the country. However, you know, the country is not very enthusiastic about attacking Soviet Russia at the moment. In addition, although the Führer believed that the Soviet Union would be easy to defeat, our country believed that it would not be so easy to defeat the Soviet Union. The USSR had great strategic depth and strong production capacity. ”

Liebentrop said: "For your concerns, our plans for the Soviet Union have taken these factors into account. We will liaise with the White Russian spies you sent to fight the Soviet Union. ”

Hiroshi Oshima said: "This will increase the effect of the blow." ”

"In addition, I now have new information, which I believe will be useful for the determination of your government. In addition, we have decided that we can conclude a secret agreement with your country that the Asian part of the Soviet Union will be given to Japan, and the European part will be given to Germany. ”

Hiroshi Oshima: "This is a very clear and clear advice. And what about Central Asia? ”

Libentrop said: "In principle, we divide Central Asia equally. Details can be negotiated on the basis of the principle of mutual understanding and compromise. ”

Hiroshi Oshima: "What information are you talking about?" ”

"Minerals worth tens of billions of yen, minerals from the Far East of the USSR. Oil, coal, diamonds, and iron. ”

Hiroshi Oshima: "Is the information reliable?" ”

Liebentrop said: "You see this is the original intelligence, this is our analysis report. "A bag of papers, dozens of pages.

Hiroshi Oshima took the information, looked at each one carefully, and said, "I'm going to ask our experts to conduct intelligence analysis." ”

Libentlov said, "Please as soon as possible." ”

14 May 1941, night, Berlin. Embassy of Japan.

Hiroshi Oshima sent a telegram to Tokyo. The telegram continued all night. There is a non-stop traffic between Tokyo and Berlin.

The message was top-secret, in Japanese, encrypted with the latest cipher. The Japanese are very confident in their passwords, these Europeans, the Americans, who will understand Japanese? Not to mention speaking encrypted Japanese.

As with the embassy in Berlin, it was not only the Japanese who stayed up all night, but also the Germans. Not only Germans, but also Americans. Today, the United States has not declared war on Germany, and the Americans, although they do not have good relations with the Germans, still have some Americans in Berlin. Many of these people are spies.

The Americans have worked very the Japanese, and they have a large number of cryptographic experts and Japanese experts working together to decipher the Japanese codes for a long time. The Japanese embassy has not changed its password for a long time, and it has frequently contacted the Japanese mainland, just like sending information to the Americans for free.

The people of the United States began to decipher a telegram, and they were supposed to rest, but the second one came again. So it was a busy night.

Soon, all the information was deciphered and quickly transferred to the United States, and not only the Joint Chiefs of Staff received it, but even the President of the United States got a copy.

On June 6, 1941, Hiroshi Oshima sent another telegram to Tokyo saying that Nazi Germany would go to war with the Soviet Union on June 22, and this important piece of information fell into the hands of the Americans.