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Grams, Grant W. Coming home to the Third Reich: return migration of German nationals from the United States and Canada, 1933-1941. McFarland, 2021. They Came to Blow Up America, a 1943 movie based on Operation Pastorius, featuring George Sanders. Saboteur, a 1942 movie concerning acts of sabotage on the U.S. mainland during World War II.
On 20 December, two U.S. soldiers were killed by a nervous military policeman. [11] Two more U.S. soldiers were killed and several wounded as late as 2 January 1945 when an armor task force from the U.S. 6th Armored Division moving into the Wardin area of Bastogne opened fire on the U.S. 35th Infantry Division in a case of mistaken identity.
According to his sources, US soldiers shot about 80 German soldiers after they had surrendered (roughly one for each American killed in the Malmedy massacre). [11] Harland-Dunaway refers to General George S. Patton's diary in which the latter confirms that the Americans "...also murdered 50 odd German med [sic]. I hope we can conceal this".
The Picture of the Last Man to Die (1945) by Robert Capa. The Picture of the Last Man to Die is a black and white photograph taken by Robert Capa during the battle for Leipzig, depicting an American soldier, Raymond J. Bowman, aged 21 years old, after being killed by a German sniper, on 18 April 1945, shortly before the end of World War II in Europe. [1]
During the Dachau liberation reprisals, [Note 2] German SS troops were killed by outraged U.S. soldiers and concentration camp prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945, during World War II. It is unclear how many SS guards were killed in the incident, but most estimates place the number killed at around 35–50.
The 33 convicted members of the Duquesne spy ring (FBI print) The Duquesne Spy Ring is the largest espionage case in the United States history that ended in convictions. A total of 33 members of a Nazi German espionage network, headed by Frederick "Fritz" Duquesne, were convicted after a lengthy investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Kurt Frederick Ludwig (December 4, 1903 – December 1987) [1] [2] was a German spy and the head of the "Joe K" spy ring in the United States in 1940–1941.. The ring was known as Joe K because it was the signature used in letters sent to Berlin addresses giving information on Allied shipping in New York Harbor.
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.