The Japanese And Manchuria

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Koreans, and Chinese suspected of anti-Japanese activities. The base was actually a secret medical unit at which inhumane experiments were conducted; at least 3,000 prisoners died there.
Insurgent fighting continued throughout the 1930s and the World War II period. Much of this activity was associated with the growth of the Communist movement in rural areas throughout northern China and Manchuria. Political agreements near the war's end in 1945 between United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt and Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin and the Chinese Nationalists allowed the Soviets to enter Manchuria during the last week of fighting. This permitted Soviet troops to occupy Manchuria and turn over Japanese arms and equipment to Communist forces and to delay the entry of the Nationalist army into Manchuria.
Once the Nationalist army occupied the major cities, they soon found themselves cut off and surrounded by Communist forces. By 1948 the Nationalists had lost Manchuria ...

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