A Plague Upon Humanity: The Hidden History of Japan's Biological Warfare Program Barenblatt Daniel
A Plague Upon Humanity: The Hidden History of Japan's Biological Warfare Program Barenblatt Daniel From 1932 to 1945, in a headlong quest to develop germ warfare capability for the military of…
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A Plague Upon Humanity: The Hidden History of Japan's Biological Warfare Program Barenblatt Daniel
From 1932 to 1945, in a headlong quest to develop germ warfare capability for the military of Imperial Japan, hundreds of Japanese doctors, nurses and research scientists willingly participated in what was referred to at the time as 'the secret of secrets' - horrifying experiments conducted on live human beings, in this case innocent Chinese men, women, and children. Soon entire Chinese villages were being hit with biological bombs. This was the work of an elite group known as Unit 731, led by Japan's answer to Joseph Mengele, Dr Shiro Ishii.Under their initiative, thousands of individuals were held captive and infected with virulent strains of anthrax, plague, cholera, and other epidemic and viral diseases.
All told, more than 250,000 people were infected, and the vast majority died. Even American POWs were targeted. Yet, after the war, US occupation forces under General