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Operation Pastorius was a failed German intelligence plan for sabotage inside the United States during World War II.The operation was staged in June 1942 and was to be directed against strategic American economic targets.
United States: Fritz Joubert Duquesne Brazil: Robert Fay United States: 24 October 1915: Walter von Gerich Norway: Horst von der Goltz United States: Kurt Jahnke United States Mexico: Carl Hans Lody United Kingdom: 2 October 1914: Mata Hari France: 13 February 1917: Karl Moor Switzerland: 13 February 1917: Walter Nicolai Germany: Associated ...
Born in Stettin, Germany, Haupt was the son of Hans Max and Erna (Froehling) Haupt. Hans Haupt was a World War I Imperial German Army veteran who came to Chicago in 1923 to find work. His wife and son followed in 1925. Herbert Haupt became a United States citizen in 1930, at the age of 10, when his parents were naturalized. He attended Lane ...
Frederick Mayer was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, into a Jewish family.He was the son of Berthilda (Dreyfuss) and Heinrich Mayer. [2] His father had served in the Imperial German Army during World War I, and was decorated with the Iron Cross Second Class for gallantry during the Battle of Verdun.
George John Dasch (7 February 1903 – 1 November 1991) was a German agent who landed on American soil during World War II.He helped to destroy Nazi Germany's espionage program in the United States by defecting to the American cause, but was tried and convicted of espionage.
Morris Berg was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball, who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. [53] Julia Child: Child worked for the OSS on the development of shark repellents. This was to ensure that sharks would not explode ordnance targeting German U-boats. [54] William J. Donovan
Operation Elster ("Magpie" in English) was a German espionage mission intended to gather intelligence on U.S. military and technology facilities during World War II. The mission commenced in September 1944 with two Nazi agents sailing from Kiel, Germany on the U-1230 and coming ashore in Maine on November 29, 1944. [ 1 ]
In 1938, eighteen individuals in the United States were indicted on charges of spying for Nazi Germany.The case resulted in four criminal convictions. The case was named after Guenther Gustave Maria Rumrich, a United States Army sergeant turned deserter who pleaded guilty to espionage and agreed to testify on behalf of the US government.