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Silbervogel, Amerikabomber, Project Pastorious, and rocket U-boats were part of Adolf Hitler's plan to attack the USA. None of the plans succeeded. Although, Silbervogel and rocket U-boats paved the ground for the development of a space shuttle and submarines with ballistic missiles, respectively.

Silbervogel, Amerikabomber, Project Pastorious, and rocket U-boats were part of Adolf Hitler's plan to attack the USA. None of the plans succeeded. Although, Silbervogel and rocket U-boats paved the ground for the development of a space shuttle and submarines with ballistic missiles, respectively.

In the early morning of June 16, 1942, four Germans paddled a rubber raft to Ponte Vedra Beach from U-boat 584.

A beach on Long Island was the site of a little known act of attempted sabotage during World War II. That incident inspired historical fiction author Eve Karlin’s latest novel.

The Grande Dame of Washington: Hotel of Presidents September 29, 2018 The Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC opened on February 18, 1925 with 440 guestrooms. It is known as the “Grande Dame of Washington,” the “Hotel of Presidents,” and as the city’s “Second Best Address” (the White House is the first). The Mayflower Hotel was built by Allen E. Walker who planned to name it The Hotel Walker. He retained Warren & Wetmore, architects who had designed New York’s Commodore, Biltmore, A...

mp_sf_list_0_image: 15792 mp_sf_list_0_title: Fact or Fiction: A U-boat dropped German saboteurs on a Long Island beach where Martha vacationed. mp_sf_list_0_description: FACT:  “Yes, it’s known as Operation Pastorius,” says series co-writer and historian, Linda May Kallestein. “The U-boat surfaced not far from where Martha was staying in Long Island that summer.” In June 1942, two squads of saboteurs—all U.S. residents who returned to Germany to serve the Reich—were dropped by U...

Ive been reading the book, "The Year of Peril: America in 1942," released in May of 2020. Author Tracy Campbell asserts that newspaper articles and the statements by public officials in that year reveal a nation facing how to deal with divisions among the population in order to wage war. The world map looked bleak in 1942. Germany controlled much of Europe and Japan had quickly taken over strategic ports and nations in the days soon after striking at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. Mr. C...