About this episode

The episode discusses the failed Nazi operation to sabotage America during World War II, highlighting the incompetence of the infiltrators.

In 1942, eight men are sent from Nazi Germany to infiltrate America. Their mission: to sabotage critical infrastructure. Their problem: they're idiots. Operation Pastorius soon devolves into one of the most baffling failures of World War II. For a list of sources, see the show notes at timharford.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• World War II
• Nazi infiltration
• historical failures
• military operations
• sabotage
• American history

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