Modern era · 1942

Operation Pastorius

Operation Pastorius was a failed German intelligence plan for sabotage inside the United States during World War II. The operation was staged in June 1942 and was to be directed against strategic American economic targets. The operation was named for Francis Daniel Pastorius, the founder of the first organized settlement of Germans in North America.

Operation Pastorius
Operation Pastorius · U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1942
Where
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Era
Modern

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