https://archive.is/vt6mi

the US struck a secret agreement with Ishii. In a memo to General Douglas MacArthur (1880 – 1964), commander of Allied forces in Japan, Washington recognized that although war crimes had been committed, the experiments led by Ishii and his colleagues were “almost incalculable and incredibly valuable to the United States.”

In exchange for the records of Unit 731’s experiments, the US granted Ishii and his assistants immunity. Ishii died, and his collaborators went on to have careers in prestigious universities and private laboratories.

  • Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    That article was appalling to read. But the history was pretty neat, im glad to see more japan ww2 stuff. Ive read alot about America making a deal with japan to take down germany. And i roughly kinda knew japan was doing there own Nuremberg esq warcrimes. But man, those poor people who were subjugated to that…

    Honestly a pretty interesting and informative article. Thanks for sharing OP

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      8 days ago

      They were doing that shit to Chinese and Koreans forever. If you like Japan don’t dig too much into why any particular shrine is any m in any particular place because chances are it’s built on some horrible shit. I know of several that were built on piles of random trophy body parts (noses tongues ears).

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      8 days ago

      Ive read alot about America making a deal with japan to take down germany.

      Must’ve been a real shit deal since it ended up getting hit with two nukes.