1. Unit 731 WWII

2. When  During the Second Sino-Japanese War  1937-1945

3. Where  Today Northeast China  Japanese puppet government there  Easy access to Chinese subjects

4. Who  Japanese researchers  Chinese subjects  Including citizens  Possible Russian subjects  Possible U.S. subjects

5. Why  To study effects of biological weapons  How to treat  How to prevent  Creation of perfect weapons of mass destruction  For attacks in the U.S. and beyond  Medical experiments  How to treat injuries  Find out how things work and can be “relocated”

6. Example Test  Hung upside down to determine time to death  Air injected into arteries  Horse urine injected into kidneys  Frostbite tests  Animal blood injected  Chemical weapon tests  Buried alive (including infants)

7. Surgeries  Amputation to study blood loss  Removal of parts of the brain parts, lungs, and liver  Vivisections on pregnant women  Stomach removed and esophagus reattached to the intestines

8. Other Units  Unit 516  Unit 534  Unit 773  Unit 100  Among others

9. Good Results  Medical advancements in:  Treatment  Transplants  New surgeries

10. Final Numbers  Deaths could include over 580,000 from tests and attacks  More then 200,000 civilians