Publication

1995-08-15 - Routledge

Language

English

Word Count

82,000 words, Guess

Page Count

328 pages

Identifiers

Description

During the Second World War, the Japanese invaded northern Manchuria. During this time they engaged in covert activities in order to develop and test biological weapons under the name of Unit 731. These tests were preformed on Chinese civilians, and POW's as well as Russian civilians and American troops as far south as the Philippians. Sheldon Harris examines the activities of Unit 731 and the cover up by the Americans in exchange for knowledge during the cold war.

First Sentence

It was unusually warm and humid throughout much of northern Manchuria on 8 August 1945.

Subjects

Places

People

Shiro IsseiEmperor HirohitoDouglas MacArthur

Times

World War 21931 - 1945

Other Editions

  • Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932-1945, and the American Cover-UpRoutledge1995-08-15

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