[世界史の理解]

2022年12月25日

The third episode details the trends of Ribbentrop, focusing on the Anglo-German Naval Agreement. In addition to the meals and manners classes as Hitler's diplomatic adviser at Ribbentrop’s prime residence in Darlem, south suburb of Berlin and to teach Hitler the latest information from overseas friends, Ribbentrop often traveled to England and France, but as a private diplomatic adviser, Ribbentrop was going abroad. Ribbentrop asked Hitler to be treated as an ambassador. Of course, the professional diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs opposed it, and Hitler also said that it would be difficult if we didn't make some achievements in diplomatic affairs, so Ribbentrop would explore opportunities. The preliminary negotiations of the Naval Disarmament Conference, where Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto would also participate, began, where Ribbentrop achieved some achievements, and finally, he became an ambassador only three years after meeting Hitler. The Ribbentrop office, which rented a part of deputy Fuerer’s office, gradually increased its staff according to the results, and it became a stepping stone for the Ribbentrop organization. In 1935, as the sense of war on Germany was strengthened due to the annexation of the Saar and the declaration of re-armament, the first disarmament negotiations with the Navy was about to begin, and Hitler appointed Ribbentlop as the commander. Strangely enough, foreign minister Neurat and other professional diplomats agreed to this. They knew that IRibbentrop would fail anyway, seeing it as an opportunity to disapribent. It was certainly a difficult negotiation, so it was Ribentlop who struggled to deal with countermeasures, but there was valuable advice from the Japanese embassy in London, and Ribbentrop decided to go with this.