An Innocent Nazi spy who saved many lives: Oshima Hiroshi

Karthick Nambi
Lessons from History
5 min readNov 16, 2019

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Its a night in 1945, cities across Germany are under constant bombardment from Allied bombing. There was a bombing raid on an industrial estate in the outskirts of Hamburg. RAF (Royal Air Force) pilots involved in the bombing informed that the attack was not sufficient.

A spy has responded that the industrial complex is still intact. The next day RAF bombers again bombarded the industrial complex. This time the spy reported back that the industrial complex eradicated. There were huge cheers in the RAF camp, and everyone thanked the spy. These thanks can not reach the spy. Unfortunately, the spy doesn’t even know he is a spy working for Allied forces. Instead, his messages are read by British intelligence. The innocent spy is General Oshima Hiroshi, the Japanese ambassador to Germany during the Second World War.

General Oshima Hiroshi.Source:Wiki

Career in Germany:

Oshima Hiroshi started his career in Germany as a military attache to the Japanese embassy. He soon began to develop a close relationship with the Nazi party and its leaders. The Nazi party came to power in Germany in 1938. His influence got him a promotion in the embassy.

Due to his closeness to the Nazi regime, Japan called him back. Oshima Hiroshi sent back to Germany in a short period as a Japanese Ambassador for Germany. General…

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