Thousands of dollars in cash, the first team of saboteurs boarded a uboat from france and headed for the coast. Two days later a second team left bound for the shores of long island. These were the men, the Long Island Team was led by the eldest, 39yearold george dash. Dash served in the german army in world war i, then immigrated to america as a stowaway. After serving a year in the army air corps, he found work as a waiter. In 1939, he returned to germany after world war ii broke out. With dash was 35yearold earnest burger, a former storm trooper. The others were hinrich hein and richard krin, both machinists who met while working at a volkswagen factory in germany. The team was run by john curling. He was a standing member of the nazi party who moved to the u. S. In 1929 for work as a butler. Joining him was herman nebbauer and werner teal. The last been was herbert howell. He was a u. S. Citizen who grew up in chicago. On june 13th, 1942, a german uboat approached the south shore o
Adolf hitler once said demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage and assassination. This is the war of the future. He was right, for no one will ever forget those tactics he used more than half a century later on that fateful day in september, 2001. But what you may not know is that america was actually invaded on a foggy night in the summer of 1942. A group of nazi saboteurs landed here, right here on this beach, in eastern long island. Their mission, to strike at the heart of america with acts of sabotage. And just like the terrorists from 9 11, they had all lived in america and they all knew our country well. This is the story of the men who invaded our country and those who stopped them. The germans had threatened the United States long before 1942. In 1916 while world war i was raging in europe, americans felt safe. Imperial germany was waging an allout war against britain and france but the fighting was taking place more than 3,000 miles away across the atlan