Under the cover of a moonless, starless night, a barely visible 220-foot silhouette silently emerged from its sanctuary inside the massive concrete submarine pens at L’Orient, France. It belonged to U-202, a type VIIC German U-boat, the principal culprit associated with the Kreigsmarine wolfpacks that preyed on Allied shipping convoys in World War II. But on May 27, 1942, this 750 tons of malevolence and destruction headed out into the shadowy depths of the North Atlantic Ocean with a singularly different mission: to land four Nazi spies on the East Coast of the United States with the intention of using acts of sabotage and terror to diminish America’s industrial capabilities.
Their intended targets included major hydroelectric plants, essential railroad tracks and bridges, Jewish-owned department stores, and in particular, an ominous-looking factory with a jagged, saw-toothed roof known as the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. Its home base was located on the banks of the Delaware River, a stone’s throw north of Philadelphia in a town called Bensalem.
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