Operation Pastorius-Hitler's plan of attack on New York

Even before the outbreak of World War II, the Nazis developed a series of detailed plans for an attack on New York and the US East Coast.

They were great ideas to use intercontinental ballistic missile, kamikaze suicide pilots, long-range bombers or secret agents.

Niektóre z tych strategii były bardzo ambitne, finally decided to transport the German submarines saboteurs on U.S. coast.

They were to carry out a number of subversive actions, among others:

• at the railway station "Pennsylvania" in New York,
• the hydroelectric power plant in Niagara Falls
• in aluminum smelters in Illinois and Tennessee.

Outside, that German spies were given to the enemy's shores by boat U-202 under

“Operation Pastorius” the ambitious mission turned out to be a spectacular failure, despite the election and training of eight team members diversion, who have previously stayed temporarily in the U.S. .

They were: Herbert Haupt, Heinrich Heincke, Edward John Kerling, Richard Quirin, Werner Thiel, Herman Otto Neubauer, Ernest Burger and George Dasch.

Two of the saboteurs had U.S. citizenship, turn the remaining six formerly worked in the states.

The team of saboteurs was sent to America, to blow up railway bridges, stations and tunnels, industrial installations, that is necessary for the conduct of warfare attacks were also demoralize and frighten the civilian population.

The intentions and plans of the group of saboteurs were bold and bold. However, the German saboteurs were unmasked after two days on American soil as a result of a raid was organized by FBI.

All saboteurs put on military court in Washington, DC. President Roosevelt decided to mitigate this effect, only, who agreed to cooperate with the FBI.

In Germany,, despite the failure of the mission of sabotage, Hitler chciał obsesyjnie zobaczyć Nowy Jork w płomieniach.Jego zdaniem, powerful rival on the other side of the Atlantic, had to be forced out of the war by a few well-planned attacks .

When the specter of losing the war more and more touched by the Nazis, focused their hopes on the development of so-called weapons “miracle “.

Centrum badawcze w Peenemünde na Bałtyku na wyspie Uznam, it was one of the most important objects, that these ideas a reality.

In the same building, which produced the first V-2 rockets at 1942 years have created a stronger missile named “American Rocket” in the last months of the war.

At least in theory, destructive ingenuity of engineers, naukowców i techników Niemieckich nie miała granic. It was they who created the idea of ​​equipping submarines with floating platforms to launch a modified version of the V-2 missiles towards the USA.

These ships were the first submarines which are capable of firing ballistic missiles against targets on land from the sea.

After all, none of the plans to attack the United States with the use of advanced weapons has failed, and no long-range missiles have appeared over the US skyline..

Unfortunately, it is no secret, that the development of Nazi military technology was only possible through the forced labor of prisoners, which thousands died in the research facilities and secret underground factories.