Unit 1855

Unit 1855

Unit 1855 was a secret Imperial Japanese Army facility that focused on the development of biological weapons during World War II. It was operated by the Kempeitai, the Japanese military police, in Nanjing.

ee also

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


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Unit 731 — The Unit 731 complex Location Pingfang Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • unit — agregatas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. set; unit vok. Aggregat, n; Maschinensatz, m; Satz, m rus. агрегат, m pranc. agrégat, m; engin, m; ensemble, m; groupe, m; unité, f …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • Unit 100 — Weapons of mass destruction …   Wikipedia

  • Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 — is a public school district in Peoria County, Illinois. It is based near Dunlap, Illinois and has one high school, two middle schools, and four elementary schools. Its territory consists of Radnor Township, northeastern Kickapoo Township, the… …   Wikipedia

  • electrostatic unit — noun any of various units of electricity based on forces of interaction between electric charges • Hypernyms: ↑unit of measurement, ↑unit * * * noun : any of a system of electrical units based primarily upon forces of interaction between electric …   Useful english dictionary

  • electrostatic unit — Elect. a unit, as a statampere, in the system of electric units derived from the force of repulsion between two static charges. Abbr.: esu, ESU [1855 60] * * * …   Universalium

  • electrostatic unit — elec′trostat′ic u′nit n. elm a unit in the system of electric units derived from the force of repulsion between two static charges • Etymology: 1855–60 …   From formal English to slang

  • electromagnetic unit — noun Date: 1855 any of a system of electrical units based primarily on the magnetic properties of electrical currents …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • embarkation organization — A temporary administrative formation of personnel with supplies and equipment embarking or to be embarked (combat loaded) aboard amphibious shipping. See also embarkation element (unit) (group); embarkation team …   Military dictionary

  • mole — (mol)    the SI base unit of the amount of a substance (as distinct from its mass or weight).    Moles measure the actual number of atoms or molecules in an object. An earlier name is gram molecular weight, because one mole of a chemical compound …   Dictionary of units of measurement

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”