Ultranationalism in German-Japanese Relations, 1930-1945: From Wenneker to Sasakawa

This important new study focuses on the ultranationalist regimes in Germany and Japan during the 1930s and 1940s and examines in biographical format the roles played by a number of individuals significantly involved in the drive for global hegemony.

Employing a considerable range of new source materials and eyewitness testimony on the German side, it highlights, amongst others, the roles of the Nazi Party 'enforcer' and Gestapo representative in East Asia, Josef Albert Meisinger, the officer...