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Apr 2024
38m 55s

The Terrible War Crimes of Unit 731

Gabriella Rozefort and Brenna Hatter
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Please note that the following contains descriptions of graphic violence, listener discretion is advised. This episode was written by Stakuyi of the History of Everything Podcast and goes over some of the horrific war crimes of Unit 731 in World War 2. This is the story of Unit 731 and the many terrible experiments that were carried out on human subjects.

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