MILITARY PERSONNEL

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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroshi Ōshima has received more than 273,748 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Hiroshi Ōshima is the 860th most popular military personnel (down from 842nd in 2019), the 601st most popular biography from Japan (down from 593rd in 2019) and the 57th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hiroshi Ōshima ranks 860 out of 2,058. Before him are Ernst Linder, Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, Gunichi Mikawa, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Karol Świerczewski, and Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel. After him are Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Serena, Dimitrios Ioannidis, Shūmei Ōkawa, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, and Jack Phillips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Hiroshi Ōshima ranks 87. Before him are Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Hitoshi Imamura, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Manuel Ponce, Sholem Schwarzbard, and Edwin Fischer. After him are Shūmei Ōkawa, Olaf Stapledon, Edward Weston, Florence Lawrence, Frank Nitti, and Anandyn Amar. Among people deceased in 1975, Hiroshi Ōshima ranks 69. Before him are George Stevens, Hans Bellmer, Ivan Maisky, Per Wahlöö, Walker Evans, and Hans Swarowsky. After him are Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, Annette Kellermann, Nihal Atsız, Lennart Skoglund, Achille Van Acker, and Peregrino Anselmo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Ōshima ranks 601 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroshi Saeki (1936), Ishirō Honda (1911), Gunichi Mikawa (1888), Seki Matsunaga (1928), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), and Kōzō Okamoto (1947). After him are Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Ukita Hideie (1573), Tsutomu Hata (1935), Shūmei Ōkawa (1886), Hajime Moriyasu (1968), and Yukio Shimomura (1932).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Hiroshi Ōshima ranks 57. Before him are Shibata Katsuie (1522), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), and Gunichi Mikawa (1888). After him are Shūmei Ōkawa (1886), Takeo Takagi (1892), Nakano Takeko (1847), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515), and Tōdō Takatora (1556).

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