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5 days ago · Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment: 198 and the Ishii Unit, was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945 ...
- 1936–1945
- Biological weapons, Chemical weapons, Explosives
- Estimated 3,000 to 300,000, 400,000 or higher from biological warfare, Over 3,000 from inside experiments from each unit (not including branches, 1940–1945 only): 20 , At least 10,000 prisoners died, No documented survivors
1 day ago · Japan portal. v. t. e. The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. [1] The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia.
6 days ago · Visconti is rightfully known as one of the critical forbears of Italian neorealism, though he would depart the style of the movement by creating grand historical epics and dramas later in his career. Born into an aristocratic Italian family in Milan in 1906, Visconti’s affluent childhood would inform his eternal passion for the arts.
1 day ago · If you have trouble playing the files, see Wikipedia Media help. The phonology of Japanese features a phonemic inventory of five vowels ( /a, e, i, o, u/) and 15 or more consonants (depending on how certain sounds are analyzed). The phonotactics are relatively simple, allowing for few consonant clusters. Japanese phonology has been affected by ...
5 days ago · Propemelibe mirifica J. K. Allan, 1932 · unaccepted. Environment. marine, fresh, terrestrial. Original description. (of Meliboea viridis Kelaart, 1858) Kelaart E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs, and zoophytes. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3 (9): 84-139.
1 day ago · Helleborus: [ Ranunculaceae] da ἑλλέβορος elléboros antico nome di questo genere in Dioscoride (latinizzato in Helleborus da Plinio), derivato da ἑλω hélo io elimino, uccido e da βορά borá cibo, pasto: da non cibarsene perché velenoso. viridis: verde; epiteto di largo impiego (circa 1000 occorrenze e circa 250 taxa ...
3 days ago · Fragaria: [Rosaceae] da frágum fragola, probabilmente derivato da fragrans fragrante viridis: verde; epiteto di largo impiego (circa 1000 occorrenze e circa 250 taxa accettati); si riferisce per lo più all’aspetto generale della pianta (Amaranthus, Setaria) oppure al fogliame (Crataegus, Psychotria), ma anche i fiori da verdi a più o meno verdastri (Dactylorhiza, Fragaria, Helleborus), la ...
