Unit 731 Crimes

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Research Question: What crimes did Imperial Japan commit during WWII, and how were they punished for it?

During World War II, the Imperial Japanese army committed horrific war crimes towards Chinese, Slavic, and Korean people. Established in 1936, a unit named “Unit 731” was created for biological and chemical warfare research and development. It was justified to bring in information that would aid the Imperial Japanese army. On December 13, 1937, the massacre of Nanjing started and lasted for 6 weeks. These two war crimes affected many of the same people, as a majority of the victims were Chinese and Russian. When sentenced, the common method of execution was hanging. However, many of the top generals in Unit 731 weren’t properly sentenced and the majority only served up to 7 years in prison or were excused. …show more content…
Unit 731, a covert biological and chemical warfare research facility from World War II, is arguably one of the worst atrocities in modern history. The members of this gruesome facility include its founder Shiro Ishii, many scientists, doctors, technicians, and military personnel. An estimated 3,000 to 12,000 people died due to the experiments. Some of the experiments include biological weapon testing, which involves thousands of Chinese, Russian, and Korean people being subjected to vivisections and forced infections commonly from STDs. A former Japanese medical assistant did a private interview with The New York Times on his first experience with a vivisection, "The fellow knew that it was over for him, and so he didn't struggle when they led him into the room and tied him down, but when I picked up the scalpel, that's when he began screaming. I cut him open from the chest to the stomach, and he screamed terribly, and his face was all twisted in agony. He made this unimaginable sound, he was screaming so horribly. But then finally, he stopped. This was

Unit 731 Research Paper

war crimes committed on both sides and although many were persecuted some were given immunity. A war crime is something that breaks the law of war and the law of war “is a legal term of art that refers to the aspect of public international law concerning acceptable justifications to engage in war and the limits to acceptable wartime conduct” basically breaking the laws of the Geneva Convention. Japan-unit 731 In 1938, a biological and chemical research facility was setup as a classified unit called…

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Unit 731 Research Paper

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