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Kwantung Army

  • Soviet invasion of ManchuriaAt 5 p.m. Moscow time on the 8th of August 1945, Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov informed Japanese ambassador Naotake Satō that the Soviet Union…
  • Unit 731In 1936, the Empire of Japan established a secret research facility in the Pingfang district of Harbin, Manchukuo. This location became known as Unit 731…
  • Kwantung ArmyIn 1906, the Kwantung Garrison began as a small security force of 14,000 men. It guarded the Kwantung Leased Territory on the Liaodong Peninsula and…