Against Communism and Fascism At that time, the Vatican and the Catholic Church had to confront two totalitarian forces. One was communism, led by the Soviet Union, and the other was fascism, the Nazi Party in Germany and the Fascist Party…

'Pray for the Emperor' The climax of Yamamoto's trip to various countries was a visit to the Vatican. As Kigley writes, on 21 January 1938, coinciding with the time when Yamamoto was explaining Japan's four positions on the Japan-Sino War,…

It's a war against communism! Yamamoto left Kobe port on 26 November 1937, at the time of the Japanese attack on Nanking from Shanghai, accompanied by a former diplomat named Shibasaki Michika. The original plan was to visit about 14 count…