Inside Unit 731: The Secret Biological Warfare Research of the Japanese Army

by Jay Speakman

From 1936–1945, Japan’s covert Unit 731 operated in Manchuria under the guise of epidemic prevention. Directed by Lt. Gen. Shirō Ishii, this biological warfare program infected thousands of prisoners primarily Chinese civilians with plague, cholera, and anthrax. Victims endured live dissections and fatal experiments to weaponize disease.

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