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Oshima, Hiroshi

    Date of birth:
    April 19th, 1886 (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
    Date of death:
    June 6th, 1975 (Tokyo, Japan)
    Nationality:
    Japanese

    Biography

    Lieutenant General Baron Hiroshi Oshima (大島浩) was the Japanese ambassador during the Second World War and a 'close friend' of Adolf Hitler.. The Allied forces intercepted many of his messages. Oshima was arrested on 16 December 1945 in Japan and later sentenced to life prison as a war criminal.

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    Border War Medal
    Deutsche Adlerorden erster Klasse (mit oder ohne Schwertern)

    Type III
    Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes, 1.Stufe
    Deutsches Olympia Ehrenzeichen Zweiter Klasse

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