Contemporary era · 1945

Operation Teardrop

Operation Teardrop was a United States Navy operation during World War II, conducted between April and May 1945, to sink German U-boats approaching the Eastern Seaboard, that were believed to be armed with V-1 flying bombs. Germany had threatened to attack New York with V-1 flying bombs and rocket U-boats. After the war, it was discovered that the submarines had not been carrying either.

Operation Teardrop
Operation Teardrop · Crew of USS Hubbard (DE-211), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1945
Where
Atlantic Ocean
Era
Contemporary

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