• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Just to be that guy.

    The Japanese had Unit 731 up and running in 1936. If they’d shared data and resources with Mengele and his cronies, the Axis would have had unbeatable bioweapons long before Los Alamos opened.

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      United States provided clemency to staff in Unit 731 in exchange for their data, turns out most of their ‘experiments’ were just depraved forms of body horror torture and provided almost no scientific value.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      4 months ago

      Doubtful. Unit 731’s ‘scientific’ experimentation wasn’t much better than the Nazis’ attempts at the same.

    • Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
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      The germans already had remarkably potent chemical weapons during world war 2, specifically nerve agents iirc. They went unused because nobody wanted their own guys getting doused in chemical weapons after world war 1.

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        PugJesus @lemmy.world OP M English 22· 1 hour ago Doubtful. Unit 731’s ‘scientific’ experimentation wasn’t much better than the Nazis’ attempts at the same.

        Dagwood222 English 83· 1 hour ago But in ‘Fantastic Four’ #387 that’s exactly how the Axis wins!

        Have a nice day.