Back ماساچى كيتانو ARZ Kitano Masaji German Masaji Kitano Spanish ماساجی کیتانو Persian Masaji Kitano French מסאג'י קיטאנו HE Masaji Kitano Italian 北野政次 Japanese 기타노 마사지 Korean Masaji Kitano Polish
Masaji Kitano | |
|---|---|
 Kitano c. 1943 | |
| Born | July 14, 1894 Hyogo, Japan |
| Died | May 17, 1986 (aged 91) Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/ |  Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1921–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands held | Unit 731, Kwantung Army |
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Masaji Kitano (北野 政次, Kitano Masaji, July 14, 1894 – May 17, 1986) was a Japanese war criminal, medical physician, microbiologist and a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army.
He was the second commander of Unit 731, a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese personnel.[1][2][3]
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