Unit 543

Unit 543

Unit 543 was a secret Imperial Japanese Army facility at Hailar that focused on the development of biological weapons during World War II. It was operated by the Kempeitai, the Japanese military police. Fact|date=January 2007

ee also

*Japanese war crimes
*List of Japanese War Atrocities in Changchun (長春) and Mukden (奉天)
*Kantogun
*Second Sino-Japanese War


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