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Why Ribbentrop

This time, I will take up the private sides of the Ribbentrop’s.First, his wife,Anneliese. It often appears in all 10 episodes, but it is often described as "Macbeth-like", the daughter of Henkel, a representative German Champagne of Sekt.The head family evaluated Ribbentrop low, but Ribbentrop became an ambassador to the United Kingdom and the foreign minister, and Ribbentrop became an existence that could not be ignored. Ribbentrop also participated in the management, and the Sekt name also became Henkel-Ribbentrop.After the hangation of Joachim’s his eldest son Rudolf participated in the management of the brewery , and it was a civil lawsuit with the head family for a long time whether to leave the name of Ribbentrop in the Sekt’s ,but in the end Rudolf withdrew Ribbentrop’s name. Henkel's Sekt is so famous that you can buy it even at the supermarket everywhere.The name of Ribbentrop has something to do with something like this. Next is the eldest son Rudolf and the eldest daughter Bettina. The former would be the last Panzer Ace that survived until recently. How dare you be impressed that Rudolf can participate in so many fierce battles on the western and eastern fronts ,from Normandy peninsula as far as up to Kursk of Russia,and survive up to the capitulation to the American army. In addition, due to the appointment of his father as ambassador to the United Kingdom, Rudolf entered the prestigious Westminster School next to Eaton School due to the intention of his wife Annelies,where also went Peter Ustinov in the same grade who would be well-known for his movie “Spartacus”.Rudolf went through the relentless pursuit of Paparazzi, but hereafter please enjoy this in the text. Also, after the war, Rudolf was taken prisoner by the U.S. military, but due to the stylish arrangement of the U.S. military, he was released once and was able to visit his father just before he was hanged. His eldest daughter, Bettina was also enrolled in a boarding school in London. Looked at this way, it can be said that the Ribbentrop family has been rich in topicality.


Takasugi World History Research Institute is based in Japan, so the relationship with Japan is also important. Ribbentrop was not a career diplomat, so he is always in conflict with the career diplomats of Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Ernst von Weizaecker. Even Undersecretary Weizaecker was originally a military man of the Navy, so what meant by career diplomat is different from the case in Japan, where passing the entrance exam for the foreign ministry has a decisive meaning for careers thereafter.However, Ribbentrop, who had to make a difference from the traditional diplomat group, he would put forward a pro-Japan policy against the professional diplomat group that had taken a pro-China policy. The fact that Japan was downplaying Germany due to the defeat of the First World War worked in favor of Ribbentrop.In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Germany was a country of the past and stationing there no longer a career course. However, the lifeline of pro-Germanism was still maintained in the Japanese army. The person who symbolized it was General Hiroshi Oshima, the son of General Kenichi Oshima, the Minister of War in World War I. " It was a recollection of many people that there was no such a German favorite as the general ,who loved German cherry distilled Kirschwasser, learned German from his childhood, and loved Richard Strauss music.The general has been probably the most German favorite up to this day. Even if it's very interesting as an individual, what if he become a Japanese ambassador to Germany? Japanese people tend to worship research subjects. In addition, the German favorite of General Ichiro Banzai, who had been an army military officer stationed in Berlin for a long time up to 1943, and the chef of ceremony section of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dernberg, etc. were also good at entertaining the Japanese, and it fell into an irreversible situation for Japan.For more detail, please proceed to episode 3,4,7.


Last time, we took up General Hiroshi Oshima and General Ichiro Banzai, but what is interesting is that these two pro-Germans were not at the signing ceremony in Berlin of the Japan-German-Italian Tripartite Alliance. This can also be said to be one aspect of the vanity of the Triple Alliance. Until the signing ceremony, both of them will promote the Triple Alliance in Japan and return to Germany just after signing. This time, I took up another general, General Yoshiyuki Yamashita. He belonged to Koudouha fiction or the Imperial School and served as a liaison with the young officers who rose up in the February 26 Incident, but while the generals of the Imperial School were sent to the reserve after the incident, General Yamashita was to be appointed as the air commissioner for his military talent. Japan-German exchanges were the most active from the signing of the Japan-German-Italian Tripartite Alliance until the beginning of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, but at that time it was General Yamashita who became the commander of the Army's mission to Germany. For some reason, General Yamashita is judged in Germany as a candidate for the minister of the army at the time in Germany,and therefore the entertainment of the generals was very good, which rekindled the conflict with General Hideki Tojo in his home country. After the capture of Singapore, there was no triumphant parade or promotion, and it was demoted to Manchukuo, and then was sent to the Philippines at the time when the Pacific War presented a terminal situation, and it was also placed under the supervision of Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi, a controlling faction or Touseiha-Ha of the army,It was ironic that the day when he took full responsibility for all the atrocities in the Philippines and was hanged in the Philippines after the war was the day when the young officer who raised the February 26 incident submitted a letter of action to General Yamashita. Details are in the 3rd and 7th episodes.


The terms "Socialism" and "workers" were included in the formal political party name Nazis, and luxurious and flashy things were not liked very much among the Nazi executives at least officially.. Although most of them have experienced the Munich uprising and experienced no su era thereafter in the late 1920s, only Ribbentrop not only made his own business success, but also got married to the daughter of famous Henkel-Sekt brewery, Anelies He enjoyed a smooth sailing, such as the construction of his mansion in a prime location in Berlin. Even after taking power, he even built a golf course for invitees to his own villa on the outskirts of Berlin, which led to an argument with Propaganda Minister,Goebbels. Not only Ribbentrop, but also his wife Anelies had the ambition or career-orientedness to read the telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first, and when Riventlop was absent, Anelies was sometimes in charge of the dinner party. In 1945, Ribbentrop embarked on peace negotiation in secret with the Soviet Union with the aim of the return of the Seven Years' War, but in addition to a direct negotiation with Stalin of Ribbentrop with his wife and children hostage, it was put forward to Hitler that his wife Anelies and Madame Alexandra Kollontai the Soviet ambassador to Sweden should be met directly to negotiate the armistice between Germany and the Soviet Union.Hitler was not willing to do so, and were some peace talks of course completely ignored by the Soviet side. In addition, the Ambassador,Kollontai was the Welfare People's Committee, the first female cabinet member, but she was a Trotskyist and gradually became isolated in the administration due to opposition to the Treaty of Brestritovsk, but the theory of free love likened to "a full of water" and the works of "Red Love" Because she was a world celebrity of the women's liberation movement and was fluent in English, French, and German, so she was "demotioned" to ambassadors to Norway, Mexico, and Sweden in a good manner, and there was no voice in the administration. Even if there was a meeting between the two lady, it was almost meaningless. There are some pictures of Annelies visiting the meeting with her husband at the Nuerunberg trial after the war, but she was still a woman who stood out wherever she was.


There were many political rivals with Ribbentrop. Air Force Commander-in-Chief and Reich’s field marshal Goering,Propaganda Minister Goebbels, Eastern Occupation Minister Rosenberg, etc. All three of them had a fierce conflict with Ribbentrop because they wanted to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This time, what I wanted to take up as a good opponent of Ribbentrop was that he was a suitable person for this reading material. The relationship with world history, the topicality of the family as well as the person himself, the hobbies, the mansion where they live, the relationship with Japan, etc. are the selection criteria, but there are not many people who can match Ribbentrop.If I dare to say, is it about the same as Heidlich or Shellenberg,the director of the Foreign Information Bureau of the National Public Security Headquarters, one of the intellectuals adopted by Heidlich or Heidlich himself,the director of the National Public Security Headquarters of the SS and the deputy governor of the Bohemia and Moravia Protectorate. The former can be said to be a person who does have Hitler's favorite appearance with him, musicians' parents, violin and fencing skills, Russian interpreter license, and fighter piloting, but he was assassinated in 1942, so it's a little not enough. It can be said that the latter is the second most talked about person after Ribbentrop,such as becoming the chief executive officer who manages all information including Japan, and that the relationship with Coco-Chanel continues even after the war. It will often appear in all 10 episodes this time. However, it seems that Ribbentrop is the head of a person who fails to lack topicality, such as the position of foreign minister, his wife Annelies and his parents' house, Henkel, and his eldest son Rudolph's success in World War II.
For more details,please never hesitate to proceed to the 10 episodes in charge.


In the decisive moments of Nazis-Germany, Ribbentrop is involved in some way or other.That's also the reason why I installed Ribbentrop as the central person of all 10 episodes. This point was not emphasized much in the paid parts of our cite , so if you read here and read all 10 more episodes, you will understand. 1 Treaty of Versailles and Ribbentrop. In the First World War, Ribbentrop mainly served as a staff officer, in which he gained acquaintance with General Seekt, the most powerful man in the German Army, and the later Prime Minister Papen. In the Treaty of Versailles, General Seekt was to participate on behalf of the Army, but Ribbentrop would also join as its adjutant. Later, officials involved in the Japan-German-Italian Tripartite alliance were often deeply related to the Treaty of Versailles, but Ribbentrop will recall that he was greatly shocked by the direct contact with this humiliating treaty. 2 1920s and Ribbentrop. Germany and Ribbentrop in the 1920s. The 1920s were in relative stability and economic prosperity, but it can be said that no ther person shows this period better than Ribbentrop.. In addition to the success of his own wine business, the expansion of business by marrying the daughter of Henkel, the representative of German Sekt or champagne, and the vast mansion with butler on every floor in the prime location of Berlin well reflect this era. 3 Hitler's regime and Ritbbentrop. While the growth of the Nazi Party due to the Great Depression exceeded a third of the number of seats in the Diet and it’s expansion of power began to decline, the growth of the Communist Party was solid. There were frequent expressions of despair and resignation in Goebbels's diary at the end of 1932. In the analysis of the situation of the Japanese Embassy in Germany at that time, Japanese diplomats and attache saw that there was a high possibility of the establishment of a military dictatorship by President Hindenburg and General Schleicher at the end. The Nazis party did its best to win the election in Lippe State and did not miss the opportunity to win, and because President Hindenburg was old and humble, Hitler took everything to the direct meeting between his son Oscar and Chief Chief Meisner. It was because President Hindenburg called Hitler "corporal" or "postmaster" and did not deal with him at all. Everything was decided at the meeting between Hitler and Oscar for an hour and a half at the Ribbentrop’s House, which took place in January 1933. It was the de facto moment of the establishment of the Hitler regime that he muttered to Meisner next to him in the car on the way home, "The Hitler regime would also be unavoidable."


Continuing from the last time, we will handle the decisive moments of Nazi Germany and Ribbentrop. For Hitler, the relationship with Britain, the United States and France will be important for the realization of the German Empire in Eastern Europe. It was advantageous for Ribentlop that Rosenberg and Hanfstaengl were diplomatic advisers at the time of the establishment of the Hitler regime. It was Ribbentrop who showed Britain a specific action guideline to recognize the survival of the British Empire in exchange for German hegemony in Eastern Europe. It was Ribbenrop who made good use of the anti-war consciousness in Britain, sympathy for Germany, which was particularly strong in the Conservative Party, and Germany as a breakwater or bulwark against the Soviet Union, and advised Hitler to pursue a high-handed foreign policy against Britain. 4 It was Ribbentrop who always played the leading role from the Declaration of Rearmaments to the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, the Japan-German-Italian Tripartite Alliance, the start of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, and the declaration of war against the United States. However, after the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, it did not go as expected and the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined. Please enjoy the details from episode 3 to episode 8. 5 With the start of the war between Germany and the United States, Ribbentrop’s role as a foreign minister has ended. All that remains is for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to help Germany's life extension measures and the transfer of Jews to extermination camps.6 In the attempted assassination of Hitler on July 20, 1944, several senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were involved, and Hitler questioned the seizure of Ribbentrop’s subordinates in that regard. When the trust of Hitler is about to disappear, Ribbentrop tends to devote himself to what Hitler cares about, and this time it was the transfer of Jews. 7 Even in the Nuerunberg trial after the war, Ribbentrop was most likely to be sentenced to death along with Göring and Kartenbrunner. Ribbentrop was conspicuous until the end, including his wife Annelies,who was working hard to save her husband from capital penalty, and his eldest son Rudolf, who was temporarily released and met his father even though he was a prisoner of the U.S. army. Göring, who was his biggest rival, committed suicide by poisoning just before hanging, so Ribbentlop became the first defendant to be hanged. Even after the hanging, I would like to add that his eldest son Rudolf and his uncle Henkell have been in court for a long time over the management of Henkell-Sekt.

I've seen Ribbentrop from various angles so far. One person, I forgot to take away the important Rival. That's Fuerer,Hitler. Since he is the most powerful person in the Reich, playing the most important role in the relationship with world history and the relationship with Japan, he is the best subject, not to mention in terms of public. It is no wonder that Hitler's biography is far from the second place Jesus = Christ . Hitler selected a person who was the most suitable for the problems facing Germany at every stage of aggressions, so Ribbentrop was used rightly in the right places during the period from the acquisition of the government to the start of the war against England,the Soviet Union and finally the United States. However, when it comes to personal life, I can't say Hitler is very interesting because he is a vegetarian who doesn't drink alcohol and smoke-free. I'm thinking of taking up Hitler from another side in near future.

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