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China has released a set of archives, revealing something some countries still haven't fully reckoned with. These are newly declassified Soviet files on Japan's Unit 731, one of the most horrific military programs of World War II.

The files include interrogation transcripts, internal memos and investigation notes from 1939 to 1950, detailing a state-run system for biological weapons.

We're talking:

  • freezing humans to study frostbite
  • vivisections with no anesthesia
  • infecting people with plague, anthrax, cholera, typhoid
  • civilians and prisoners of war, Chinese, Koreans, Mongolians, Russians, used as living test subjects

These archives from Russia line up perfectly with what China has preserved for years, forming a complete evidence chain that Japan's biological warfare was a deliberate, systematic state crime. This release helps ensure the truth stays on the record and the victims of these crimes are never erased.

Video link -> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1999683398856798208/vid/avc1/2160x3840/ZXvVh-0XRHbV_t8D.mp4

Source -> https://xcancel.com/MediaUnlock/status/1999721283370770454#m

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[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Japan really stirred up the hornet's nest this time. China is not letting this go.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Japan elected an ultraconservative prime minister who holds Margaret Thatcher as a role model and threatened military intervention in Taiwan, which China considers an invasion of China by Japan since Taiwan is legally a part of China. More broadly, Japan has slowly been taking steps to remilitarize for some time now, even picking fights with South Korea over disputed islands. China thus far has only somewhat tolerated Japan after what they did in WW2 so long as they remain pacifist, and there is a UNSC clause that states that founding members have the right to declare war on former WW2 axis members without a vote should they again become aggressive.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I heard one commentator say the specific wording she used was similar to the phrasing that Japan used when it justified 1930s invasion of China. Basically they claimed the civil war in China was a threat to Japanese security and the phrases she used about China and Taiwan echoed those statements.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 14 points 1 week ago

She took the OG Japanese exceptionalism off the top shelf for this

[–] allende2001@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://xcancel.com/FluxMulder/status/2000033806284452284#m:

Unit 731's experimental data is housed at the Fort Detrick military biolabs, home of COVID-19. It was part of a deal to give the US an edge on bioweapons against the Soviets after WW2.

[–] DonLongSchlong@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Home of Covid-19"? Did i miss some credible evidence of the virus being an american bioweapon?

Any and all info of covid went completely past me the past years so it wouldn't surprise me if i missed some big news

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] DonLongSchlong@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh wow these are a lot of coincidences. Nothing conclusive as you said, but enough to ask questions. Thank you very much

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Whether it was a bio-weapon or not I there is enough evidence there to convince me it was in america way before it was in China.

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[–] haui@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yes, covid is a black hole for me too but after learning that 9/11 likely was an inside job, i need to get into this. Maybe some comrade has some links to marxist investigators or something.

Edit: i just now read the post on twitter. They dont provide source so i guess this will need further investigation by us.

[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

IIRC bidetmarxman on twitter had a thread and a substack series on this.

[–] haui@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I cant search on twitter and there is no bidetmarxman on substack it seems. can you link it maybe? thanks a lot. :)

[–] OmniDeficient@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] haui@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

holy crap thats dark! I started reading but this needs thorough investigation. i saved it for later rereading. thank you for digging it out!

[–] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I guess my friend's theory on it being created in Wuhan with US friendly scientists and US scientists working together doesn't stack up. Who also stopped replying to messages after last I heard they were trying to get their passports renewed to gtfooh.