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'''Unit 731''' was an [[Imperial Japanese Army]] research and development facility for [[biological weapon]]s, headquartered in Pingfan, [[Manchuria]]. It was headed by Gen. [[Shiro Ishii]], who was given [[U.S. intelligence involvement with World War II Japanese war criminals|immunity from war crimes prosecution]] in exchange for his experimental data. | '''Unit 731''' was an [[Imperial Japanese Army]] research and development facility for [[biological weapon]]s, headquartered in Pingfan, [[Manchuria]]. It was headed by Gen. [[Shiro Ishii]], who was given [[U.S. intelligence involvement with World War II Japanese war criminals|immunity from war crimes prosecution]] in exchange for his experimental data. | ||
It engaged in human experimentation and field use of weapons. | It engaged in human experimentation and field use of weapons. | ||
==Experimentation== | |||
==Field operations== | |||
==U.S. evaluation== | ==U.S. evaluation== | ||
U.S. intelligence first obtained fragmentary knowledge of Unit 731 in December 1944, with more details in April 1945. After the surrender of Japan, a U.S. Army microbiologist, was sent to interrogate persons in the program and evaluate documents.<ref>{{citation | U.S. intelligence first obtained fragmentary knowledge of Unit 731 in December 1944, with more details in April 1945. After the surrender of Japan, a U.S. Army microbiologist, was sent to interrogate persons in the program and evaluate documents.<ref>{{citation | ||
Revision as of 23:05, 25 September 2010
Unit 731 was an Imperial Japanese Army research and development facility for biological weapons, headquartered in Pingfan, Manchuria. It was headed by Gen. Shiro Ishii, who was given immunity from war crimes prosecution in exchange for his experimental data.
It engaged in human experimentation and field use of weapons.
Experimentation
Field operations
U.S. evaluation
U.S. intelligence first obtained fragmentary knowledge of Unit 731 in December 1944, with more details in April 1945. After the surrender of Japan, a U.S. Army microbiologist, was sent to interrogate persons in the program and evaluate documents.[1]
References
- ↑ Ed Regis (1999), The Biology of Doom: the History of America's Secret Germ Warfare Project, Henry Holt, ISBN 0805057641, pp. 85-86
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