Well I never knew that.

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DoctorStrangelove replied

18 October 2018, 21:21
Originally posted by vetran View Post

yep.

I was just surprised at how far they would go.

World war weird is rather informative.

Ain't it just.

I wonder how much the Indians would have enjoyed having them rule India if the Brits had lost.

The M9 gun director was interesting too.

I managed to confuse it with the SC-584 radar controlled gun which I'd seen something about fairly recently.

And it all goes to prove that it really is all a dream.

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vetran replied

18 October 2018, 20:14
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Unit 731 - Wikipedia

Both sides as bad as each other I'd say.

yep.

I was just surprised at how far they would go.

World war weird is rather informative.
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DimPrawn replied

18 October 2018, 19:55
Originally posted by vetran View Post

Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night - Wikipedia

Bubonic plague ,now I don't feel so sorry for Hiroshima. A bit like not worrying so much about bombing Dresden etc. after discovering the V1&V2 existed.

Unit 731 - Wikipedia

Instead of being tried for war crimes after the war, the researchers involved in Unit 731 were secretly given immunity by the U.S. in exchange for the data they gathered through human experimentation

Both sides as bad as each other I'd say.
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18 October 2018, 19:39
Well I never knew that.

Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night - Wikipedia

During the last months of the war, Ishii was preparing for a long-distance attack on the United States. This operation, codenamed "Cherry Blossoms at Night", called for the use of airplanes to spread plague in the American's naval base in San Diego at night. The plan was finalized on March 26, 1945. Five of the new I-400-class long-range submarines were to be sent across the Pacific Ocean, each carrying three Aichi M6A Seiran aircraft loaded with plague-infected fleas. The submarines were to surface and launch the aircraft towards the target, either to drop the plague via balloon bombs, or to crash in enemy territory. Either way, the plague would then infect people in the area. The mission was extremely risky for the pilots and submariners, likely a one-way kamikaze mission. A pilot under the command of Ishii, Ishio Kobata, recalled the plan in 1998:

Bubonic plague ,now I don't feel so sorry for Hiroshima. A bit like not worrying so much about bombing Dresden etc. after discovering the V1&V2 existed.
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