Wartime history / Postwar evidence

Follow the history. Understand when the evidence was created.

Eight chapters distinguish wartime events, postwar compilations and modern court findings. Select a chapter to read the evidence; then open the atlas for its locations.

Chapter 01 / 081937

Origins in the records

Military institutions and personnel appear in wartime records.

1937 wartime documentation names people designated for bacteriological research in the Kwantung Army Warhorse Disease Prevention Factory. Separate personnel records trace the epidemic prevention and water supply system; these must not be conflated.

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A 1937 wartime record assigns 18 researchers to bacteriological research in a Kwantung Army warhorse disease prevention unit.