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Hiroshi Ōshima

1886 - 1975

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Baron Hiroshi Ōshima (大島 浩, Ōshima Hiroshi; April 19, 1886 – June 6, 1975) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese ambassador to Germany before and during World War II and (unwittingly) a major source of communications intelligence for the Allies. His role was perhaps best summed up by General George C. Marshall, who identified Ōshima as "our main basis of information regarding Hitler's intentions in Europe". After World War II, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment, but was paroled in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroshi Ōshima is the 804th most popular military personnel (up from 860th in 2019), the 621st most popular biography from Japan (down from 601st in 2019) and the 51st most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hiroshi Ōshima ranks 804 out of 2,058. Before him are John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, Soemu Toyoda, Cleombrotus, Hermann Priess, and Jahangir Mirza. After him are Ernst Linder, Wilhelm Souchon, Otto Kittel, Demosthenes, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, and Shūmei Ōkawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Hiroshi Ōshima ranks 78. Before him are Joe Masseria, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Franz Josef Popp, Olaf Stapledon, Taimur bin Feisal, and Nikolay Gumilyov. After him are Tarsila do Amaral, Shūmei Ōkawa, Edwin Fischer, Hugh Lofting, Rudolf Schmidt, and Ğabdulla Tuqay. Among people deceased in 1975, Hiroshi Ōshima ranks 69. Before him are Eugen Fink, Kazimierz Fajans, Robert Stolz, Michel Simon, Lyubov Orlova, and Luigi Carlo Borromeo. After him are Leroy Anderson, Madeleine Vionnet, Avery Brundage, Hans Swarowsky, Hans Bellmer, and Mina Witkojc.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Ōshima ranks 621 out of 6,245. Before him are Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Shō Tai (1843), Soemu Toyoda (1885), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), and Saionji Kinmochi (1849). After him are Ken Naganuma (1930), Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Kijūrō Shidehara (1872), Shotaro Ishinomori (1938), Takeo Miki (1907), and Korechika Anami (1887).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Hiroshi Ōshima ranks 51. Before him are Takeo Kurita (1889), Yasuji Okamura (1884), Otozō Yamada (1881), George W. Casey Jr. (1948), Takeo Takagi (1892), and Soemu Toyoda (1885). After him are Shūmei Ōkawa (1886), Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), Gunichi Mikawa (1888), and Osami Nagano (1880).

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