Hiroshi Ōshima was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany before and during World War II  and unknowingly 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"

Baron Hiroshi Ōshima, Germany 1942

Japanese soldiers with a Captured American Jeep, Burma 1943

 Captured Jeep

Hiroshi Ōshima was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany before and during World War II and unknowingly 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"

