Video: 'Operation Pastorius - Hitler's Dream to See New York in Flames'
(Saturday, August 8, 1942, executions started at about noon EDT; the result of Operation Pastorius, part of the American Theater of World War II) — Six of the eight Nazi saboteurs who were captured after landing on U.S. soil two months ago were executed in the electric chair today at the District of Columbia Jail, while the two others were sentenced to serve hard labor for life and for thirty years, respectively. Continue reading Six Nazi saboteurs who recently landed on U.S. shores are executed in Washington, D.C. 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 8 1942)