Historical FigureJapanese1892 – 1959
Shiro Ishii
Commander of Unit 731, biological warfare research, WWII war crimes
Biography
A Japanese military physician and microbiologist who directed Unit 731, Japan's covert biological and chemical warfare research program during World War II. His experiments on human subjects resulted in thousands of deaths and are considered among the worst war crimes of the conflict.
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Category
Historical Figure
Nationality
Japanese
Born
1892
Died
1959
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Shiro
Japanese origin
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