Unit 731: Japan's Secret Biological Warfare in World War II

by Peter Williams and David Wallace

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Inspired by an ITV documentary, this book attempts to clear up one of the last secrets of the Second World War - how a Japanese bacteriologist researched biological weapons that would win the war for Japan. The details of the experiments which took place in the unit are horrifying. Japanese soldier-scientists carried out freezing, ballistics and live vivisection experiments on Russian, Chinese, American and British prisoners. The book raises some other questions regarding experimentation in China, Singapore and Burma and whether Britain knew of the full extent of Japanese biological warfare activities.
  • ISBN10 0029353017
  • ISBN13 9780029353011
  • Publish Date 1 April 1989 (first published 1 January 1989)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 14 June 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint The Free Press
  • Edition American ed.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 303
  • Language English