Former Unit 731 Member to Apologize to Chinese People

unit 731  At the forefront of this disturbing enterprise wasan elite organization known as Unit 731, led by Japan's answer to Joseph Mengele, Dr Shiro Ishii Under An exceptionally rare document listing the names and ranks of members of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious wartime Unit 731 has turned

Unit 731 was set up in 1938 in Japanese-occupied China with the aim of developing biological weapons It also operated a secret research and experimental school Unit 731 demonstrates the power of cognitive dissonance in using a clearly false dehumanizing belief to justify horrific war crimes

The US interrogated the head of Unit 731, General Shiro Ishii, and other members However, during this interrogation, it was confirmed several Unit 731 is Japan's covert biological and chemical research division that primarily operated in China between 1932 and 1945