Incredible Experiments Performed by Japan on Humans

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II. World War It was perhaps the most devastating set of conflicts in human history. During this period, many countries did terrible things under the pretext of being at war. nuclear weapon use is unthinkable. torture crimes against humanity that will be engraved in history.

One of the countries that commit the biggest crimes Japanwas ‘. One of Japan’s inhumane practices at that time Unit 731 took place under the unit he named.

Even under the conditions of the Second World War, where the countries showed their most cruel faces without hesitation, what Japan did was unbelievable.

II. World War It was one of the most devastating periods in history, and when it ended, it became clear how unacceptable things many countries had done in wartime. Great for all countries shame The lessons learned from these years changed the course of history.

All kinds of wartime with ignorance of moral and ethical rules famous Japan, Unit 731 with the experiments carried out on humans with a unit he named the most brutal and unacceptable signed applications.

Unit 731 was established to carry out scientific and medical experiments that the Japanese army would do to gain an advantage in battle.

Unit 731 in 1937 ManchuriaIt was a secret unit established by the Japanese army in . main purpose biological and chemical weapons to evaluate their effects and to develop new attack methods to be used in war.

Unit 731 is often used for its experiments. prisoners of warused Chinese civilians and other enemy soldiers. Subjects are usually selected according to their physical and health status, age and gender; in different groups of people experiments was done to compare the results. No matter how painful these experiments were, they were carried out without distinction between old, child and infant.

Almost all of these experiments resulted in human subjects suffering and death.

The subjects were infected; poisoningcreating traumatic wounds and effects of radiation examination applications such as to subjects tifo, tuberculosis, syphilis and cholera diseases such as immune systems weakened and the effects of the disease were exacerbated.

While humans were still alive, certain limbs were amputated and transferred to other bodies. amputated was done. Today, it is unacceptable to do this even to animals. All of these apps regardless of baby, child, old done.

Subjects were exposed to toxic gases and radiation, with burns and wounds on their bodies.

Subjects in Unit 731 experiments serious trauma and wounds dreadful things were done to cause it, and its effects were studied. freezing, burning, cuttingtraumatic injuries such as breaking bones were applied.

Moreover biological and chemical weapons The effects on humans were studied. Subjects to gases, to toxic substances and exposed to many different chemicals. These substances caused serious damage to the respiratory system, nervous system and many other bodily functions.

Unit 731’s implementations have killed more than 300,000 people.

What Unit 731 did with the end of the war ruled a war crime and steps were taken to prosecute those responsible. However, such experiments are acceptable because they are conducted for the purpose of strategic evaluation based on scientific data. advocating some officials defended some Unit 731 members.

With the agreements made between Japan and the USA, some Unit 731 members were spared from trial. Especially “Unit 731 Agreement” Japanese authorities with a secret agreement known as American Military IntelligenceHe provided information on Unit 731’s biological and chemical warfare program. As a result of this agreement, the war crimes committed by the members of Unit 731 were futile and escaped punishment.

Many Unit 731 members were not tried or punished after the war. Some members rose to important positions in the Japanese government and went on to pursue scientific and medical careers.

As many members were not punished Some rose to important positions. Some even Japanese government and assumed influential roles in medical institutions. This situation is not only for the victims but also for all of us as human beings. faith in justice an example of a deeply shocking kind of impunity.

victims and human rights defenders He saw this situation as a great injustice and for years justice They continued their search.

What happened was seen as a turning point in international law and war crimes trials.

Today one of the darkest and most shameful events in human history The Unit 731 experiments, which are considered to be the first, have been the subject of many international studies for the prohibition of inhumane experiments and the protection of human rights.

The coexistence efforts of the countries that came at the end of the terrible environment of the Second World War, the developments in the fields of human rights and the law of war and its continuation in the following decades, at least in certain parts of the world, have been successful. to peace He contributed.