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{{Short description|German Nazi military attaché to Japan}} |
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| name =Eugen Ott |
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| caption =Eugen Ott as ''Oberstleutnant'' (circa 1933) |
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| birth_date ={{Birth date|1889|04|08|df=y}} |
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| death_date ={{Death date and age|1977|01|23|1889|04|08|df=y}} |
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| birth_place =[[Rottenburg am Neckar|Rottenburg]], [[Württemberg]], [[German Empire]] |
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| death_place =[[Tutzing]], [[Upper Bavaria]], [[West Germany]] |
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| allegiance ={{flag|German Empire}} (to 1918)<br>{{flag|Weimar Republic}} (to 1933)<br>{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |
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| branch =[[German Army (Wehrmacht)|Army]] |
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| serviceyears =1907–51 |
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| rank =''[[Generalmajor]]'' |
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| relations =Helma Bodewig (wife); 2 children |
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'''Eugen Ott''' (8 April 1889 – 22 January 1977) was the [[Germany|German]] ambassador to [[Japan]] during the early years of [[World War II]] who was notably deceived and compromised by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy [[Richard Sorge]]. |
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==Early career== |
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⚫ | During [[World War I]], Ott served with distinction on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] as an officer with the [[26th Division (German Empire)|26th (Württemberg) Infantry Division]]. His commander was [[Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach|General Wilhelm von Urach]], who was elected king of [[Lithuania]] in 1918 as [[Mindaugas II of Lithuania]]. |
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==In Japan== |
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⚫ | In early September 1940, [[Heinrich Georg Stahmer]] arrived in Tokyo to assist |
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⚫ | In early September 1940, [[Heinrich Georg Stahmer]] arrived in [[Tokyo]] to assist Ott in negotiating the [[Tripartite Pact]] with Japan. Stahmer later replaced Ott as ambassador when [[Richard Sorge]], who had been working for Ott in Japan as an agent for the [[Abwehr]], was unmasked as a Soviet spy in Japan in late 1941. |
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==Later career== |
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Ott left Tokyo and went to [[Peking]], [[China]], for the rest of the war. |
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==References== |
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*Prange, Gordon W. (1984). ''Target Tokyo''. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN |
*Prange, Gordon W. (1984). ''Target Tokyo''. New York: [[McGraw Hill Education|McGraw Hill]]. {{ISBN|0-07-050677-9}}. |
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|NAME= Ott, Eugen |
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION=German general, ambassador |
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|DATE OF BIRTH=April 8, 1889 |
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|DATE OF DEATH=January 23, 1977 |
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Eugen Ott | |
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Born | Rottenburg, Württemberg, German Empire | 8 April 1889
Died | 23 January 1977 Tutzing, Upper Bavaria, West Germany | (aged 87)
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service | Army |
Years of service | 1907–51 |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Battles / wars |
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Relations | Helma Bodewig (wife); 2 children |
Eugen Ott (8 April 1889 – 22 January 1977) was the German ambassador to Japan during the early years of World War II who was notably deceived and compromised by Soviet spy Richard Sorge.
Early career
[edit]During World War I, Ott served with distinction on the Eastern Front as an officer with the 26th (Württemberg) Infantry Division. His commander was General Wilhelm von Urach, who was elected king of Lithuania in 1918 as Mindaugas II of Lithuania.
Before Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany (1933), Ott had been the adjutant of General Kurt von Schleicher.
In Japan
[edit]In 1934, he was sent to Tokyo as military attaché at the German embassy.
In early September 1940, Heinrich Georg Stahmer arrived in Tokyo to assist Ott in negotiating the Tripartite Pact with Japan. Stahmer later replaced Ott as ambassador when Richard Sorge, who had been working for Ott in Japan as an agent for the Abwehr, was unmasked as a Soviet spy in Japan in late 1941.
Prange suggests in his analysis of Sorge that Sorge was so entirely trusted by Ott that he was allowed access to top secret cables from Berlin in the embassy. That trust was the main foundation for Sorge's success as a Red Army spy.
Later career
[edit]Ott left Tokyo and went to Peking, China, for the rest of the war.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Prange, Gordon W. (1984). Target Tokyo. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-050677-9.
External links
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