Kanazawa, Japan and the KM

[Heibges]

Looking through the records at Uboat.net, I noticed several uboat captains born in Kanazawa. Does anyone know of any significance to Germany or the Kriegsmarikne of Kanazawa?

Thank you

[Sailor Steve]

Hmmm. Interesting. Also, no idea. Sorry.

[GreyOctober]

Uhm, probablly because during WWII Germany and Japan exchanged technology, mostlly Germany supplying Japan, from what i know. I believe that some of the Japanese captains had to undergo a training tour of duty to qualify on the new equipment then pass on the knowledge.

[Heibges]

Sorry, that's where he was born.

I thought there might have been a German consulate or embassy there.

[Schani]

Hmmm. I had to look on Google Earth. Northern Honshu. Ineteresting. Possibly missionaries? In John Hersey's, Hiroshima. One of the survivors was a German reverend. Or possibly; Imperial Germany, being late in colonial claims was expanding into the Pacific rim. At the end of World War I Japan was given several Pacific German mandate island groups. Just guessing out loud.