Marching Orders: The Untold Story of How the American Breaking of the Japanese Secret Codes Led to the Defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan

by Bruce Lee

Within twenty-four hours, from Italy, Ambassador Horikiri reports to Tokyo that the Germans in Rome are pushing the idea that Stalin, upset by the fact that the Allies have been unable to fulfill their promise of a second front in Europe, may seek peace with Berlin by the autumn. The source for the information is quoted as saying that Germany “will be ready to make peace on suitable terms. As for Italy, she believes this war in Russia should be finished up summarily and this reserve of Axis troops moved south and used to turn the tide in the Near East and Middle East and in North Africa, thus deciding the fate of the present war.”