They Came to Destroy
America
by Stan Cohen & Don DeNevi
Softbound:
166 pages 8.5” x 11”
(2003)
$16.95
This book focuses on the
German landings on the east coast of the United States – Operation
Pastorius, June 1942 and Operation Magpie, November 1944. The
book details the night of June 16, 1942, when four Nazi saboteurs from
a German submarine paddled ashore to Ponte Vedra Beach in a small
rubber boat, carrying explosives and a cache of U.S. currency, and
embarked on a mission which they dubbed "Operation Pastorious".
Fortunately, before any damage was done, two of the Germans tipped off
federal authorities about the plot and all were captured. It also
delves into some pre-war Nazi spy operations, the subversive
organizations in the United States and several other operations planned
but not executed such as Operation Pelican. Other stories and
photographs pertinent to the subject are also included. The stories of
Pastorius and Magpie have been well documented through the years and
are important today as a predecessor of future military tribunals
proposed for accused terrorists. This, however, is the first time that
a thorough photographic search of these operations and other Nazi
incursions within and on American shores has been attempted, with the
stories and photo evidence put together in one volume. The authors
have searched FBI files and dozens of books and documents to piece
together the stories included in this book.
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