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Unit 731: The War Laboratory Traded for Silence

In August 1945, as Japanese forces withdrew from Manchuria, a compound at Pingfang, south of Harbin, was destroyed in a matter of days. Buildings were burned, records went into the fire, and the prisoners inside were not left as witnesses. The compound was known as Unit 731. On military paperwork, however, it carried a harmless-sounding name: the Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the Kwantung A

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In August 1945, as Japanese forces withdrew from Manchuria, a compound at Pingfang, south of Harbin, was destroyed in a matter of days. Buildings were burned, records went into the fire, and the prisoners inside were not left as witnesses. The compound was known as Unit 731. On military paperwork, however, it carried a harmless-sounding name: the Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the Kwantung Army.

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