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[whytemyke]

I'm SCOURING Google and I can't find any information on this.

During WW2, Japan had a secret attack mission to be carried out with one carrier. The plan involved using kamikaze plans, with bombs filled with biological weapons (namely the plague) and submarines to attack American continental cities. It was called off after the carrier was halfway across the continent, and the ship was then used against China.

I saw all this on a History Channel special. However, I've been scouring google for nearly an hour now and can't find anything about it.

Do any of you have sites on-hand relating to this stuff, by small, small chance?

 

[Tarazet]

Google "Rape of Nanking."

 

[Deleted member 4784]

I believe you're thinking of Shiro Ishii and Unit 731. From what I recall, plans were made to unleash the bubonic plague on the US, but were halted long before any practical application or preparations were made. Japan was already starting to lose the war by this time and Shiro Ishii among others understood the significance of keeping their ace in the hole to be used as a bartering tool later on. This turned out to be a smart move for Ishii, considering he was not prosecuted for war crimes and was actually given a high ranking position in the US military as an advisor on biological warfare research.

 

[whytemyke]

Very smart move on his part.

also just came upon some information about how they had actually tested their own nuclear weapon on august 12, 1945 in korea, right before we dropped our second bomb. They were only a matter of days (and some uranium) away from having a nuke to use against us.

 

[Deleted member 4784]

Er... I'm sure there is much I do not know, but where did you read that (about Japan testing it's own nuke)? I'm a bit skeptical of the information.

There was a case where a nuclear power plant was built after the war that blew up, but that was during the occupation and it had no relation to any prior or continuing military function to my knowledge.

 

[whytemyke]

http://www.grunt.com/scuttlebutt/corps-stories/ww2/atomicbomb.asp

http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/abomb/race.htm

second one, the guy that built the site lists all his sources used, too. while the first one is semi credible (as I doubt military magazine would run his letter without checking his credentials) the second one is thoroughly referenced and run by teachers. I doubt they'd have gotten away with having a site like this up that they couldn't support. The parents would scream bloody murder at the teachers...

 

[Deleted member 4784]

Sorry but I'm all thumbs with these sites... can't seem to find anything about actual testing of a nuke. I know that Japan had some focus on a nuclear weapons program, but I never knew of any actual application or done in that regard, which is why I asked.

 

[whytemyke]

if you go to the second site, and click on the 'competition' button, then go down and click on the 'germany and japan' thing on the bottom right, you'll be able to read the timelines.

I've seen a few books on amazon.com relating to this as well, now. Also have seen TONS of sources saying how we lifted some uranium off of a german sub in the atlantic.

 

[Deleted member 4784]

Yes, but my question is whether there were ever any actual tests done? Any application?

It's one thing to have a chunk of uranium, but it is another thing entirely to create an actual nuclear reaction. Their plans may have been practical, but unless there were actual nuclear tests done beforehand, then Japan had a great deal of experimentation to go through before actual having a functional atomic bomb to my understanding. Then again, I'm no physics major. ;