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Interesting but slighly randon trivia. - 4/12/2007 5:25:32 PM

Bobthehatchit

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Something i stumbled across, whilst reading a CIC post on http://www.strategypage.com/

"Hirohito Honors His German Allies

During World War II, Japanese Emperor Hirohito honored three Germans by awarding

them fine samurai swords. What is nteresting about these awards is who received them.

One sword went to Reichsmarshal Herman Goring. This would seem appropriate. After

all, Goring was the head of the German Air Force, not to mention the fact that he had

been Hitler�s right-hand-man for many years. A second sword went to Field Marshal Erwin

Rommel. Once again, certainly a approriate award. After all, Rommel was one of the most

distinguished field commanders in the war, with many spectacular victories to his credit.

The third sword went to Bernhard Rogge. Who was Bernhard Rogge? Well, he was the skipper

of the famous surface raider Atlantis, which terrorised the shipping lanes for some time

early in the war. A distinguished enough record. Still, what had he done to deserve

such personal recognition from the Japanese emperor? The short answer is, that he had

greatly facilitated the capture of Singapore.

It seems that on November 11, 1940, Rogge�s Atlantis catpured the Blue Funnel Liner

Automedon, near the Nicobar Islands, in the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. Bound

from Britain to Singapore, the ship carried a varied cargo. It also carried some

interesting documents. Captured aboard Automedon were the minutes

of a meeting of the British War Cabinet held on August 8, 1940, plus an 87-page secret

report by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Both documents dealt with British

defensive arrangements for Malaya and Singapore.

Recognizing the enormous importance of these documents, Rogge passed them on to his

superiors. And they very thoughtfully passed them on to Japanese intelligence, who found

them of graet interest. Thus, Rogge contributed materially to the Japanese

capture of Malaya and Singapore, which they overran in only about 60 days in Decemebr

and January of 1941-1942. And thus did Rogge merit his samurai sword."

< Message edited by Bobthehatchit -- 4/12/2007 5:26:03 PM >

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RE: Interesting but slighly randon trivia. - 4/12/2007 7:55:57 PM

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Goring did what to deserve the honor? It was people like him that doomed Germany. I can't think of why he should be honored other than being shortsighted and then it was the Allies who honored him with the chance of suicide after the war. Imagine Rommel with men, material and mostly supplies.

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