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Unit 731

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Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), officially known as the Manchu Detachment 731 and also referred to as the Kamo Detachment and the Ishii Unit, was a secret research facility operated by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1933 and 1945. It was located in the Pingfang district of Harbin, in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (now part of Northeast China), and maintained multiple branches across mainland China and Southeast Asia.

Unit 731 - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the song by Slayer, see World Painted Blood . Japanese biological and chemical warfare unit (1936–1945) Unit 731 The Unit 731 complex Location 45°36′31″N 126°37′55″E  /  45.60861°N 126.63194°E  / 45.60861; 126.63194 Pingfang , Harbin , Heilongjiang , Manchukuo (now part of China ) Date 1933–1945 Attack type Human experimentation Biological warfare Chemical warfare Weapons Biological weapons Chemical weapons Explosives Deaths Estimated 200,000 [ 1 ] to 300,000 [ 2 ] 200,000 fro

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