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Oct 2, 2023 · So in the 1930s, the Japanese government began a top-secret program to develop their own biological weapons with the creation of a covert army division known as Unit 731. Led by Surgeon General Shirō Ishii, Unit 731 began its experiments in earnest after Japan invaded China in 1937 and started using the country’s civilian population as their ...
Jun 14, 2023 · Unit 731, short for the Manshu Detachment 731, was a covert biological and chemical welfare research unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Its primary objective was to develop biological and chemical weapons by conducting heinous experiments on human subjects.
Jul 20, 2020 · Quick Facts on Unit 731. Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army was established in the context of rapid modernization, the aftermath of WWI, and the global rise of fascism. The Meiji Restoration transformed Japan into a highly industrialized nation, eager to become as powerful as Western states. This process raised concerns about the lack of ...
Jun 13, 2018 · Unit 731 was the administrative center of the top secret biological warfare project of the Imperial Japanese Army. Located in rural Manchuria, at that time a puppet state of Japan, and known by the codename “the Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department”, Unit 731’s purpose was, in fact, to cause epidemics and contaminated water—for the enemy.
May 30, 2023 · The "horror bunker," discovered near the city of Anda in Heilongjiang province, northeast China, was used by the Japanese army's infamous Unit 731 during Japan's occupation of China from 1931 to ...
Enhet 731 etablerade sig 1935 i området Pingfang i utkanten av staden Harbin i den japanska lydstaten Manchukuo, nordöstra Kina, som Japan hade tagit kontrollen över efter Rysk–japanska kriget 1904 – 1905 och utropat som självständig stat den 18 februari 1932, till namnet styrd av Puyi, Kinas siste kejsare, från huvudstaden Xinjing .
