Unit 731
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Unit 731
Summary
Unit 731 is a military unit[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Unit 731's field of work was biological warfare[3].
- Unit 731's field of work was chemical warfare[4].
- Unit 731's field of work was unethical human experimentation[5].
- Unit 731's field of work was vivisection[6].
- Unit 731's field of work was tissue and organ harvesting[7].
- Unit 731's field of work was amputation[8].
- Unit 731 is in the country of Japan[9].
- Unit 731's instance of is recorded as military unit[10].
- Unit 731's founder is recorded as Kempeitai[11].
- Unit 731's headquarters location is recorded as Pingfang District[12].
- Unit 731's military branch is recorded as Imperial Japanese Army[13].
- Unit 731 is part of Kwantung Army[14].
- Unit 731's Commons category is recorded as Unit 731[15].
- 1936 marks the founding of Unit 731[16].
- Unit 731 was dissolved in 1945[17].
- Unit 731 was part of the conflict Second Sino-Japanese War[18].
- Unit 731 was part of the conflict World War II[19].
- Unit 731's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.6, 'lon': 126.633333}[20].
- Unit 731's parent organization or unit is recorded as Unit 659[21].
- Unit 731's significant event is recorded as Nomonhan bacteriological warfare[22].
- Unit 731's significant event is recorded as 1940 Zhejiang bacteriological warfare[23].
- Unit 731's significant event is recorded as Kaimingjie germ weapon attack[24].
- Unit 731's significant event is recorded as Changde germ and chemical attacks[25].
- Unit 731's significant event is recorded as American cover-up of Japanese war crimes[26].
- Unit 731's significant event is recorded as Khabarovsk War Crime Trials[27].
Body
Founding
Unit 731's founder is recorded as Kempeitai[11]. 1936 marks the founding of it[16].
Identity
Unit 731 is part of Kwantung Army[14].
Operations
Unit 731's headquarters location is recorded as Pingfang District[12]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Unit 659[21].
Industry
Fields of work include biological warfare[3]; chemical warfare[4]; unethical human experimentation[5]; vivisection[6]; tissue and organ harvesting[7], a surgery[28]; and amputation[8], a disability[29].
Dissolution
Unit 731 was dissolved in 1945[17].
Why It Matters
Unit 731 has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]