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Operation Pastorius

Nazi sabotage plan
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    …1941 Nazi plan, known as Operation Pastorius, in which German submarines put two teams of infiltrators ashore in New York and Florida to sabotage defense-related industries in the United States. All of the saboteurs had been born in Germany, lived in the United States, and then returned to their homeland.…

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    …1941 Nazi plan, known as Operation Pastorius, in which German submarines put two teams of infiltrators ashore in New York and Florida to sabotage defense-related industries in the United States. All of the saboteurs had been born in Germany, lived in the United States, and then returned to their homeland.…

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