Information on the poison gas warfare of the Japanese army invading China and unit 731 was published in Japan

Source: Reference News Network

The reference news network reported on August 26 that more than 70 years after the end of World War II, new reports detailing the poison gas warfare carried out by the Japanese army invading China in China and the relevant materials of Unit 731 that conducted human experiments have been published.

According to a report by Kyodo News Agency on August 24, the materials are being published by the publishing house "Fuji Publishing" under the titles of "Materials Related to the Poison Gas Warfare of the Fifth Mortar Brigade" and "Left Behind List of The Kwantung Army Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department".

According to the report, the gas warfare report was obtained in 2018 by Matsuno, who studies modern and contemporary Japanese history, centered on the "Battle Detailed Report", which summarizes the combat situation of the "Mortar Fifth Brigade" of the poison gas warfare unit. This is the first time that the gas warfare units themselves have been found to have recorded detailed reports of the actual use of poison gas bombs.

Historian Makoto Matsuno emphasized: "There are many things that are not clear about what happened on the battlefield. It is hoped that in order to avoid repeating the tragic history, we will learn from the actual situation and become an opportunity to think about the concept of war and historical understanding. ”