Imperial Japanese Army units
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Imperial Japanese Army units were covert medical experiment units of the Imperial Japanese Army which researched biological warfare through human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937 - 1945) and World War II. Imperial Japanese Army units was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese personnel. Imperial Japanese Army units was initially set up as a political and ideological section of the Kempeitai military police of pre-Pacific War Japan. It was meant to counter the ideological or political influence of enemies, and to reinforce the ideology of military units.
[edit] See also
- Japanese war crimes
- Japanese human experimentation on the Chinese
- Changteh Chemical Weapon Attack
- Comfort women
- Kaimingye germ weapon attack
- Nanking Massacre
- Manila Massacre
- Sook Ching Massacre
- War Crimes in Asia Mainland
- War Crimes in the Pacific
| Imperial Japanese Army special research units |
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| Unit 100 (Shenyang) | Unit 516 (Qiqihar) | Unit 543 (Hailar) | Unit 731 (Pingfang) / Unit 200 (Manchuria) / Unit 8604 or Nami Unit (Guangzhou) | Unit 773 (Songo) | Unit Ei 1644 (Nanjing) | Unit 1855 (Nanjing) | Unit 2646 or Unit 80 (Hailar) | Unit 9420 or Oka Unit (Singapore) |
