In the Name of “Science”
From 1936 to 1945, Japan’s Kwantung Army repeatedly conducted experiments on human beings in various parts of Manchuria to develop bacteriological weapons. In such experiments, the Kwantung Army’s Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department (commonly known as Unit 731) referred to Chinese prisoners of war as “logs” or “monkeys” and used them and other prisoners as subjects, causing them to be infected with plague or cholera bacteria or to get frostbite. The bacteriological weapons developed by Unit 731 through experiments on human beings were later used on the battlefield. In addition, the Japanese military began to produce poison gas in the late 1920s and actually used it in the Musha Incident in Taiwan and during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Japanese Army Unit seven thirty-one, and Biological Weapons
In the Name of “Science”
From nineteen thirty-six to nineteen forty-five, Japan’s Kwantung Army repeatedly conducted experiments on human beings, in various parts of Manchuria to develop bacteriological weapons. In such experiments, the Kwantung Army’s Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department (commonly known as Unit seven thirty-one) referred to Chinese prisoners of war as “logs” or “monkeys” and used them and other prisoners as subjects, causing them to be infected with plague or cholera bacteria or to get frostbite. The bacteriological weapons developed by Unit seven thirty-one through experiments, on human beings were later used on the battlefield. In addition, the Japanese military began to produce poison gas in the late nineteen twentys ,and actually used it in the Musha Incident in Taiwan, and during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
