Germany S Last Mission To Japan

Author : Joseph M Scalia
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612515250

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Germany's Last Mission to Japan by Joseph M Scalia Pdf

When U-234 slipped out of a Norwegian harbor in March 1945 destined for Japan, it was loaded with some of the most technically advanced weaponry and electronic detection devices of the era, along with a select group of officials. En route, word came that Germany had surrendered, and the boat's commander suddenly found himself with a rogue submarine, a precious assortment of cargo, and two Japanese naval officers still at war. This dramatic account of the voyage offers an intriguing look at the individuals involved. One of these individuals was Luftwaffe General Ulrich Kessler, who was a member of Von Stauffeberg's Valkyrie conspiracy to assassinate of Hitler. Kessler was aboard U-234 to escape the wrath of Hitler, because he had been tabbed by Von Stauffeberg to replace Hermann Goering as the commander of the Luftwaffe. Scalia draws on U.S. Navy interrogation records, European and Japanese archives, and interviews with former U-234 crew members and other principals to develop a full portrait of the group. He also evaluates the technology of the armament on board, which included 560 kg. of uranium oxide, whose presence continues to provoke questions about a Nazi plan to build an atom bomb in Japan.

Author : James Howell
Publisher : Workbook Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 195687657X

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Countdown to Atomgeddon by James Howell Pdf

The German submarine U-234 left Norway on April 14, 1945, on its last mission to Japan with a cargo of uranium and other strategic military supplies. The cargo included a complete jet aircraft and several tons of documents and plans to build jet aircraft and other German aircraft in a plant to be built in Japan. Japan and Germany had cooperated in their efforts to build the first atomic bomb by sharing precious raw materials and technology. The Allies had effectively blocked thousands of tons of seagoing strategic military supplies, and later in the war, Germany had invaded the previously neutral country of Russia, cutting off the other route for supplies traffic via the Trans-Siberian Railway. At the time, there were no aircraft capable of large shipments of cargo over such distances, and the only option was shipping by the only route left: underwater by submarine. The U-234 was the last resort to ship large quantities of cargo over long distances. Aboard the submarine were forty-five crewmen, a German general, three German officers, and two high-ranking Japanese naval officers. On 8 May, 1945, the submarine was ordered to surrender to the Allies as it plied the cold waters of the North Atlantic. The war had ended in Germany, and the submarine surrendered to the USS Sutton. The surrender of the submarine and its cargo was accomplished with the aid of the Alsos Missions as part of the Manhattan Project. The Alsos Missions continued work in the Pacific to assist the Allies develop and eventually deploy the first atomic bomb.

Author : Haywood S. Hansell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015029166934

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The Strategic Air War Against Germany and Japan by Haywood S. Hansell Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428993457

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The strategic air war against Germany and Japan : a memoir by Anonim Pdf

Author : Walter E. Grunden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060866350

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Secret Weapons and World War II by Walter E. Grunden Pdf

While previous writers have focused primarily on strategic, military, and intelligence factors, Walter Grunden underscores the dramatic scientific and technological disparities that left Japan vunerable and ultimately led to its defeat in World War II.

Author : Harold A. Skaarup
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780595840052

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Rcaf War Prize Flights, German and Japanese Warbird Survivors by Harold A. Skaarup Pdf

This handbook concerns the collection of Air Technical Intelligence, and the test flying of war prizes carried out by two RCAF bomber pilots who were posted to the Royal Aircraft Establishment's Foreign Aircraft Flight, Farnborough, in the United Kingdom in May 1945. Their primary task was to visit former Luftwaffe airfields, and to find and fly back any aircraft they deemed worthy of evaluation. The list of aircraft found here does not include every German combat aircraft of the Second World War, as it focuses on those warbirds captured and flown by members of the RCAF, or sent to Canada as war prizes. Very few of these rare aircraft exist today, and therefore, information on known locations where German, Japanese and Italian warbird survivors may be found is included. As a member of the Canadian Aviation Preservation Association and the Canadian Aviation Artists Association, the author strongly supports the preservation of Canada's aviation heritage. The primary intent of this handbook is to provide information for aviation artists and enthusiasts looking for that unusual "never before painted" military aviation subject, and to support the efforts of those engaged in the search for those missing warbirds for which no examples currently exist.

Author : Christian W Spang,Rolf-Harald Wippich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134292998

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Japanese-German Relations, 1895-1945 by Christian W Spang,Rolf-Harald Wippich Pdf

Written by a team of Japanese and German scholars, this book presents an interpretation of Japanese/German history and international diplomacy. It provides a greater understanding of key aspects of the countries' bilateral relations from the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 to the parallel defeat of Germany and Japan in 1945. New research is explored on the military as well as ideological interconnections between Japan and Germany in the closing years of the nineteenth century, the First World and the development of bacteriological warfare during the Second World War. In addition, the book's focus on the Second World War significantly re-interprets two familiar axis of Japanese-German relations: the impact of Nazi ideology on Japanese "fascism", and the Axis Alliance. Drawing on German as well as Japanese archival sources, the book presents a revealing examination of a crucial period in the modern history of Western Europe and East Asia. As such it will be of huge interest to those studying the modern history of Japan/Germany, comparative and world history, international relations and political science alike.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004345423

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Mutual Perceptions and Images in Japanese-German Relations, 1860-2010 by Anonim Pdf

This volume examines the mutual images formed between Japan and Germany from the mid-nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Exploring previously untapped historical sources, the contributions by seventeen leading scholars create a more nuanced picture of Japanese-German relations.

Author : Ernst Leopold Presseisen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9789401765909

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Germany and Japan by Ernst Leopold Presseisen Pdf

Author : Johanna Menzel Meskill
Publisher : AldineTransaction
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781412846660

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Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan by Johanna Menzel Meskill Pdf

Originally published: Hitler & Japan / Johanna Menzel Meskill. New York: Atherton Press, 1966. With new introd.

Author : Julian Dierkes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135193645

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Postwar History Education in Japan and the Germanys by Julian Dierkes Pdf

How did East and West Germany and Japan reconstitute national identity after World War II? Did all three experience parallel reactions to national trauma and reconstruction? History education shaped how these nations reconceived their national identities. Because the content of history education was controlled by different actors, history education materials framed national identity in very different ways. In Japan, where the curriculum was controlled by bureaucrats bent on maintaining their purported neutrality, materials focused on the empirical building blocks of history (who? where? what?) at the expense of discussions of historical responsibility. In East Germany, where party cadres controlled the curriculum, students were taught that World War II was a capitalist aberration. In (West) Germany, where teachers controlled the curriculum, students were taught the lessons of shame and then regeneration after historians turned away from grand national narratives. This book shows that constructions of national identity are not easily malleable on the basis of moral and political concerns only, but that they are subject to institutional constraints and opportunities. In an age when post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation has become a major focus of international policies, the analysis offers important implications for the parallel revision of portrayals of national history and the institutional reconstruction of policy-making regimes.

Author : Julian Dierkes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135193638

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Postwar History Education in Japan and the Germanys by Julian Dierkes Pdf

How did East and West Germany and Japan reconstitute national identity after World War II? Did all three experience parallel reactions to national trauma and reconstruction? History education shaped how these nations reconceived their national identities. Because the content of history education was controlled by different actors, history education materials framed national identity in very different ways. In Japan, where the curriculum was controlled by bureaucrats bent on maintaining their purported neutrality, materials focused on the empirical building blocks of history (who? where? what?) at the expense of discussions of historical responsibility. In East Germany, where party cadres controlled the curriculum, students were taught that World War II was a capitalist aberration. In (West) Germany, where teachers controlled the curriculum, students were taught the lessons of shame and then regeneration after historians turned away from grand national narratives. This book shows that constructions of national identity are not easily malleable on the basis of moral and political concerns only, but that they are subject to institutional constraints and opportunities. In an age when post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation has become a major focus of international policies, the analysis offers important implications for the parallel revision of portrayals of national history and the institutional reconstruction of policy-making regimes.

Author : Bernd Martin
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1845450477

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Japan and Germany in the Modern World by Bernd Martin Pdf

First study of the fascinating parallelism that characterizes developments in Japan and Germany by one of Germany's leading Japan specialists. With the founding of their respective national states, the Meiji Empire in 1869 and the German Reich in 1871, Japan and Germany entered world politics. Since then both countries have developed in strikingly similar ways, and it is not surprising that these two became close allies during the Second World War, although in the end this proved a "fatal attraction."

Author : Sebastian Conrad
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520259447

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The Quest for the Lost Nation by Sebastian Conrad Pdf

"Extraordinarily compelling. The Quest for the Lost Nation is a model for comparative history-and should serve as an incentive for a new generation to do more of this kind of work."--Michael Geyer, University of Chicago.

Author : Masako Shibata
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780739156674

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Japan and Germany under the U.S. Occupation by Masako Shibata Pdf

Focusing on the post war reconstruction of the education systems in Japan and Germany under U.S. military occupation after World War II, this book offers a comparative historical investigation of education reform policies in these two war ravaged and ideologically compromised countries. While in Japan large-scale reforms were undertaken swiftly after the end of the war, the U.S. zone in Germany maintained most of the traditional aspects of the German education system. Why did Japan so readily accept ideas and values developed in the allied countries while Germany resisted? Masako Shibata explores this question, arguing that the role of the university and the pattern of elite formation, which can be traced back to the period of the formation of Meiji Japan and the Kaiserreich, created the conditions for differing reactions from educational leaders in each country; this had a decisive impact on the proposed reforms. By examining these reactions through a sociological, cultural, and historical frame, an explanation emerges. Japan and Germany under the U.S. Occupation will prove to be a valuable resource both to scholars of history and education reform.