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Another can of sunshine for the German gentleman, please! (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/noncredibledefense@lemmy.world

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[+] Dagwood222@lemm.ee -11 points 6 months ago

Just to be that guy.

The Japanese had Unit 731 up and running in 1936. If they'd shared data and resources with Mengele and his cronies, the Axis would have had unbeatable bioweapons long before Los Alamos opened.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago

Doubtful. Unit 731's 'scientific' experimentation wasn't much better than the Nazis' attempts at the same.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

But in 'Fantastic Four' #387 that's exactly how the Axis wins!

Have a nice day.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I believe this guy

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

As a reward for your faith...

If you like WW2 stories, check out Alan Furst and Philip Kerr.

"Night Soldiers" is Furst's novel about a young Bulgarian fisherman whose brother is killed by a Fascist mob. The hero is recruited into the KGB to fight in Spain. Reads like a cross between Ian Fleming and Franz Kafka.

Kerr's 'Berlin Noir' stories follow an ex-cop who works as a private eye in Berlin circa 1933 to 1946. He's not a fan of the Nazis and they return the favor.

[-] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Thank you for the recommendations! Been wanting to scratch the itch since reading Follett's Eye of the Needle.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

All of Furst's books are good. For some reason they are marketed as a series, but each is a stand alone. One of his gifts as a writer is that all his heroes are different. His Polish mapmaker is nothing like his Dutch ship captain or his French film producer.

Enjoy.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Bringing the receipts.

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago

United States provided clemency to staff in Unit 731 in exchange for their data, turns out most of their 'experiments' were just depraved forms of body horror torture and provided almost no scientific value.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Maybe the real unbeatable bioweapons were the friends we made along the way

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

almost no scientific value.

So, you're saying that if they'd improved their methods they could have done a lot?

jk, the whole comment was a joke about a joke. Don't take 'what if...?' scenarios seriously.

If you want to read a great 'what if?' look up 'Custer's Last Jump.'

What if Custer had been a paratrooper and the Indians had biplanes?

https://bibleandbookcenter.com/read/custers-last-jump-and-other-collaborations/

[-] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago

The germans already had remarkably potent chemical weapons during world war 2, specifically nerve agents iirc. They went unused because nobody wanted their own guys getting doused in chemical weapons after world war 1.