In June 1942, Nazi Germany launched Operation Pastorius, a secret sabotage mission involving two teams of trained operatives sent to infiltrate the American mainland and disrupt critical infrastructure. The New York team's mission immediately unraveled when a Coast Guard seaman encountered them on a foggy beach, prompting the team leader, George Dasch, to abandon the plot. Dasch subsequently betrayed the conspiracy by contacting the FBI and handing over mission funds and evidence to expose the entire network. Although Dasch and his accomplice Burger expected to be treated as heroes, the FBI took full credit for the arrests while President Franklin Roosevelt subjected all eight captured saboteurs to a secret military tribunal. Ultimately, the tribunal sentenced six of the conspirators to death by execution, while Dasch and Burger received reduced prison sentences before eventually being deported back to Germany.
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