For nearly half a century, the Japanese Army Unit 731 has been shrouded in mystery. Set up in 1935 by brilliant bacteriologist Shiro Ishii, in a remote, high-security headquarters in a village in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, the unit was where Japanese soldier-scientists carried out freezing, ballistics and live vivisection experiments on Russian, Chinese, American, British and Australian prisoners. Ishii’s aim was to make a biological weapon that would win the war for Japan. But, unlike his Nazi counterpart, Josef Mengele, Ishii had no reason to take refuge in the jungles of South America at the end of the War. For he and his colleagues pulled off the most incredible deal with their erstwhile enemies. This book charts the top-level deal under which Unit 731’s unique research data was secretly traded to the Americans in return for war-crimes immunity. Not a single mention is found of Unit 731 in the vast tomes of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. Emperor Hirohito, the only surviving war-time leader, could have known of this secret biological warfare unit. His seal is on the document establishing the ‘Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Unit’ – Unit 731’s cover name.

Peter Williams & David Wallace authors, Hodder & Stoughton 2nd imp 1989, 366pp, h/c, dj, b/w photos.

Minor rubbing/edge wear to dj otherwise a very good clean copy.

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