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Ep 313: The saboteurs: Operation Pastorius

·25 min·2 clips
In 1942, German submarines dropped saboteurs with explosives off New York and Florida, planning to cripple American industry for two years.
This episode explores Operation Pastorius, a failed Nazi plot in 1942 to send saboteurs to America to disrupt industrial support for the Allies. It details the training, landing, internal defections, and rapid capture of the saboteurs, culminating in executions and a secret FBI cover-up.

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A wartime sabotage story that moves from covert landings to lethal consequences at sea.

Ohio Mysteries traces Operation Pastorius from German submarines off the East Coast to saboteurs landing in Florida and on Long Island with explosives and a plan to reach Cincinnati.

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Two submarines, eight saboteurs, and a Cincinnati meet-up that starts on the wrong coast.

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