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. The destruction of enemy shipping by German U-boats was a spectacular feature of both World Wars I and II. The American passenger freighter Robert E. Lee was sunk by a German submarine in 1942 in the Gulf of Mexico. In the summer of 1918, five large German submarines (U-boats) crossed the Atlantic and operated against the lightly protected shipping off the North American coast. Unclear. It was sunk of Nags Head, NC on April 14, 1942 in action with the USS Roper with the loss of all hands. This is the U-85, the first U-boat sunk by the U.S. in WWII. One other U-boat surrendered off the U… From the start of the First World War in 1914, Germany pursued a highly effective U-boat campaign against merchant shipping. Germany was the first country to employ submarines in war as substitutes for surface commerce raiders. At the outset of World War I, German Several of the U-boats would get as far south as the North Carolina coast, where they sank three ships just a few miles from the Outer Banks. It remained there until 1954, when it was towed through the Great Lakes to Chicago. At first, U-boats obeyed 'prize rules', which meant that they surfaced before attacking merchant ships and allowed the crew and passengers to get away. At the outset of World War I, German It is possible that had the Panzer advance continued, the British army would have been captured, not rescued, in which case Britain would have had to sue for peace. I was told by a Canadian who was a child living in a fishing village at the time of the second world war. There was still no blackout, so ships running against the coastline made easy targets. There it became a permanent walk-through exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The destruction of enemy shipping by German U-boats was a spectacular feature of both World Wars I and II.

1. U-boat, (“undersea boat”), a German submarine. Today the U-505 is the only German U-boat on exhibit in North America. It took two weeks for the U-boats to get within sight of land, and when they did, their captains were surprised to see the lights of the coastal cities shining brightly. Another reason the enemy sub did not close was probably that the Japanese had overheard the tanker’s distress call to the U.S. Navy. Within hours of the U-boat attack near Avon, debris and oil began washing up on the beaches. We are talking well within 3 miles in many cases. Germany was the first country to employ submarines in war as substitutes for surface commerce raiders. I am surprised that they were able to get so close to America. (NC Maritime Museums) Dunkirk. In the summer of 1918, five large German submarines (U-boats) crossed the Atlantic and operated against the lightly protected shipping off the North American coast. It was sunk of Nags Head, NC on April 14, 1942 in action with the USS Roper with the loss of all hands. This scene seemed to be repeated constantly. U-boats, like the one commanded by Capt. The operation was named by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, chief of the German Abwehr, for Francis Daniel Pastorius, the leader of the first organized settlement of Germans in America. In June 1942, U-boats secretly dropped the two four-man crews on the coast of Amagansett, New York, and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. A couple of good answers,already, But, as close as they could to sink the ships that were skylined against the lighted up cities on the Eastern seaboard. Within hours of the U-boat attack near Avon, debris and oil began washing up on the beaches. Was this a mistake.