In June 1942, eight German saboteurs were delivered to the east coast of the United States on U-boats. The spies were apprehended almost immediately, and six of the eight were swiftly executed. Drawing on research from leading scholars and reams of recently declassified FBI documents, THE HISTORY CHANNEL® exposes the shocking truth behind this ill-fated incursion, and uncovers the reasons why the Germans' mission is said to have been doomed from the very begining.