During World War II, Six German Saboteurs Who Clandestinely Infiltrated the United States on an Operation to Attack its Civil Infrastructure were Executed by the Americans for Spying. August 8, 1942.
On this day in history, during World War II, six German saboteurs who clandestinely infiltrated the United States on an operation to attack its civil infrastructure were executed by the Americans for spying. Two other saboteurs who disclosed the plot to the FBI and aided U.S. authorities in their manhunt for their collaborators were imprisoned.
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