Hitler's Crazy Plan to Sabotage the United States

At the height of the Second World War, Nazi Germany was willing to do anything to maintain its grip on the conflict. With the full power and industrial strength of the United States now poised to meet the Wehrmacht on the battlefield, Hitler sought secretive means to gain an advantage over this formidable opponent. One such method, was espionage. Operation Pastorius was a very ambitious German sabotage plot designed to sneak several agents into the United States with one goal - destruction and mayhem.
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[@ChristopherHueskes-kj6dt]

What kind of spy goes into the FBI office and asks if he is under suspicion?! That’s a pretty good way to get caught.

[@GhostBear3067]

Spy: "Am I under any suspicion?" FBI: "You are now."

[@vertexvortex5]

@@GhostBear3067😂😂

[@Tophatgamming6502]

Had to be sure

[@annapolak8707]

From what I've understood they've only had 2 months of training. Are you surprised? Because I'm not.

[@michael203]

​@annapolak8707 bro, I have zero months of spy training and still wouldn't do that

[@oliversherman2414]

"Hitler was reportedly furious" Nobody's surprised lol

[@RampantFury925]

You might say he was "führerious".

[@oliversherman2414]

@@RampantFury925 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@johnmalkowski9485]

​😂

[@papaversomniferum2365]

It was an operation "Paukenshlag" wich means "to hit the drums" or simply "to hit with a blunt object, like a bat", not "pastorious" lol

[@rickwilliams967]

That was kinda his thing.

[@toddpruett7134]

Imagine saving countless lives by ratting on one of the most evil dictators in the world and blowing apart a whole plan to just get sent to prison anyway

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

Democrats hate traitors and love commies apparently.

[@blueciffer1653]

@@PROVOCATEURSK are these so called commies in the room with us now?

[@lillyie]

this was wartime and the time americans really hated germans as this was just after ww1, thats why they didnt treat them as heroes

[@donovandownes5064]

@@lillyie still, it's how you ensure that no spies who are considering defecting would even consider it

[@OfficialA.D.]

You should talk about "the dai hong dan incident". Where in 2007, a north Korean cargo ship got hijacked by Somalian pirates. And a US warship came to the rescue after hearing their distress call. Fortunately, the NK sailors took the ship back after killing 2 of the baddies, and capturing 5 more. 3 of the sailors needed medical treatment, where US Navy medical personnel helped them. When the news spread around NK, they made a VERY RARE statement, PRAISING the US navy for answering the distress call for the their sailors. Worth talking about it. I'mma keep posting this comment until I get Simple History's attention! 😅😅 BREAKING NEWS: Simple History got back to me on Instagram DM, and they said they’ll do it!!!

[@stargazer-elite]

YES

[@ZombieSlayerBO2]

I have so much respect for the US Navy, even if it’s an outdated branch

[@templeodoom4634]

FUND IT 👏

[@templeodoom4634]

@@ZombieSlayerBO2eh I’m thankful for them anyway, the ocean terrifies me

[@HWDragonborn]

Decisive US-North Korean Victory

[@dimitarkirilov1691]

Bro is really brave for not censoring Hitler in the video's name

[@pabcu2507]

It’s total B.S that his name gets censored a lot nowadays, yes he’s one of the most evil man in history but he’s also incredibly important in history as he caused a massive war and it caused a huge change in the world

[@A_Burning_Toast]

Fr

[@commando414]

@@pabcu2507 That's why history must always be remembered for the stuff that happened around the world. Censoring history is never a wise thing to do.

[@SuperMrCRAZYMAN]

that's one thing about history these day's it's either sugar coated or not mention much at all@@pabcu2507

[@Zeckeonee]

Frfr

[@warpigs9069]

This is why ethics matters. Nobody will spy for your country if you're actively oppressing them and their families.

[@TheREPPIX]

Doesn't help that the second party was full of overconfident morons

[@gjfwang]

Not true given the number of soviet, russian and chinese spies that have been caught after doing their damage. There's just levels here, i mean picking a concentration camp prisoner for a spy? But the head of German intelligence, Canaris, was secretly against Hitler. So he did a lot of self-sabotage behind Hitler's back and some of the weird decisions may have been from his orders. Its hard to say how much because he also had to pretend to Hitler he was loyal and competent to not get replaced by Himmler.

[@sneci2458]

blah blah blah

[@Qubecumber]

​@@sneci2458Menace to society

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@sneci2458 You must be an intellectual

[@kalamari3288]

Hitler: *Has a plan to take over America* America waging war in two different spots halfway across the world simultaneously: "What's up?"

[@furanduron4926]

Yeah. Hitler was delusional thinking he could win. Same as Putin today.

[@ChristopherHueskes-kj6dt]

What I found amusing is that he had a plan to conquer America when he couldn’t even defeat Britain or the Soviet Union which were much closer, yet he planned to attack and conquer a powerful opponent that is over 3,000 miles across the ocean.

[@Justqperson]

@@ChristopherHueskes-kj6dt He was a madman after all…

[@whyisyoulying2]

​@@Justqperson And not the greatest military strategist, as his invasion of the Soviet Union very much proved

[@Justqperson]

@@whyisyoulying2 Yeah, that too.

[@oxcart4172]

The man who led the German secret service is interesting. He did everything he could to help... the allies!

[@daveconrad6562]

They had to of expected that

[@ChristopherHueskes-kj6dt]

Yeah, he did. Unfortunately, Hitler seemed to have found out about that, and had him killed.

[@Theogenerang]

Franco said Canaris was a good friend to Spain. he persuaded them to stay out of the war.

[@papaversomniferum2365]

It was an operation "Paukenshlag" wich means "to hit the drums" or simply "to hit with a blunt object, like a bat", not "pastorious" lol

[@rickwilliams967]

You sound bitter

[@blazingangel1_]

today is my birthday, and this is one of my favorite history channels. thanks for the unintentional gift, guys.

[@kaylenwardlow3961]

Happy Birthday.

[@udel-jury388]

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag aus Deutschland

[@Fan_of_the_hobby]

Happy birthday

[@IuseArchbtw-di6cd]

Happy Birthday to you

[@derkommissar4986]

Valentines day too wow happy birthday

[@covertops19Z]

I remember reading about a similar attempt in Canada early in the war. What caused them to be suspect?? They reeked* with the smell of the inside of a german U-boat. Diesel oil smells and the other normal smells associated with the interior of WWII submarines.

[@user-kr7yh8vw9m]

Another video, another interesting piece of content, well done Simple History.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

History should be learned, not censored!

[@nogaysallowed95]

Tell that to the democrats and liberals

[@Chief-et6xk]

​@@nogaysallowed95Mr Distantis would like to tell you the benefits of forced labor

[@marcocarbajal7490]

Just got to work and there's a new video a MINUTE AGO?!?! WInning

[@Nachoandsalsa1]

Watch it during a meeting and educate the idiots

[@weebdestroyer7649]

Wow, I can't believe a 36 year old earnest burger was capable of such.

[@getupstairstobed]

You should have seen what his brother achieved, Ham

[@Bananappleboy]

Hey, don't disrespect his distant mexican cousin, Taco.

[@Xeptar]

@@Bananappleboy His brother, Earnesto Taco?

[@Jiff321]

Imagine a bunch of people from other countries who hate America just being let in unchecked? That would be crazy

[@tylerthompson1842]

“And it would’ve worked if it wasn’t for you meddling kids”

[@moisesramos6664]

I was thinking this same thing 😂

[@crimson5256]

Fascinating. Didn't even know about this!

[@johnmalkowski9485]

Imagine the rage of local soldiers after finding out they landed in *America* 💀

[@Get_The_BBQ_Sauce]

“Führer! The Soviets are approaching Berlin! What do we do?” “There’s nothing we can do.”

[@aleksandarvil5718]

No Steiner's counterattack ?!??

[@coladoo5153]

Dans mon esprit tout divague 🎶

[@worlore1651]

What happens when you make a spy ring of people who watched spy movies and think they can do it with no training

[@erickfromthegrave]

if it wasn't for the brave sacrifice of Dmitry Petrenko the Nazis would have unleashed Nova-6

[@Chief-et6xk]

The first step secure the keys

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

As long as he lives, the heart of this army can never be broken!

[@jeremiahyeo5863]

“ ….who had spent a long period in Mary-cawh…”(1:09)

[@OhioButtShakerGyattMachine9000]

Man in the high castle

[@Ccdddttt]

I tried so hard to like that show.

[@saewonyi]

​@Ccdddttt Same, didn't even finish the first season. Such an awesome concept but the execution was so disappointing

[@warpigs9069]

It was very interesting the first few episodes. ​@@saewonyi

[@royale7620]

Highly unrealistic as the Nazis had no plans to expand beyond Russia, just stupid Western SFI stories

[@nordicnostalgia8106]

Man in the high cassette

[@S69films]

Finally you guys are talking about it it's been years

[@papaversomniferum2365]

It was an operation "Paukenshlag" wich means "to hit the drums" or simply "to hit with a blunt object, like a bat", not "pastorious" lol

[@adamk9160]

I love you guys videos

[@itrieditathome9760]

"Hitler was reportedly furious." The fuhrer was fuhrerious. 😂 I'll see myself out

[@unknownuser6757]

I thought it was funny

[@mondoseguendo6113]

@@unknownuser6757so did I, but I guess the joke’s on us sadly. We’ve been had 😢

[@pancudowny]

3:34 - Awfully late-model appearing car in the foreground.🤨

[@jokodihaynes419]

The thing about betrayal it never comes from your enemies

[@DoctorRobertNeville]

The Japanese High Command was asked why they didn't try to invade the US. The response was they would have found a gun behind every blade of grass.

[@02Tony]

That is a myth, do you honestly think Japan can send a large enough army far away to the USA while fighting China and other allies in the Pacific and keep them supplied?

[@ChristopherHueskes-kj6dt]

Yeah, it was an impossible task that they never really considered doing. Unlike Germany however, they actually did manage to bombard and shell parts of the American coast however.

[@sawmill035]

​@@ChristopherHueskes-kj6dtThey sure were successful in that endeavor. However, I think the two really big booms had them regretting their choice a little bit.

[@Thor_Odinson]

Considering that Japan started the war to secure resources(ie. oil) a move the invade the US would have been all cost and no reward....was NEVER part of their planning. Their initial success was beyond their wildest dreams and "victory disease" set in and cost them dearly later.

[@Thor_Odinson]

@@ChristopherHueskes-kj6dt And lets not forget the fire-bomb balloons that did land in the Pacific NW....one actually killed a few people but was kept very hush-hush

[@danzmitrovich6250]

They where trying to hit the horseshoe curve as well and they did not want to go through it

[@ledgaming6489]

It always fascinates me how it truly was a world war with even a place like Long Island had Germans going to it. Yes battles were fought all over the world, it’s the espionage stuff that took place in locations you just wouldn’t think of that really get me

[@paulwee1924dus]

I've seen it in the "Das Boot series" Season 2.

[@darklordmalthric3633]

What happened to the rise of Hitler video? I can’t find it anywhere?

[@stargazer-elite]

My guess KZbin forced him to take it down because they love to rewrite history or at least get rid of it

[@darklordmalthric3633]

@@stargazer-elite and by doing so, we are doomed to repeat that very history

[@rileykoman7654]

If it’s Hitler rise of evil it on Prime video

[@darklordmalthric3633]

@@rileykoman7654 it’s also on KZbin for free

[@codyadams3870]

Very interesting

[@SantaFe19484]

This would make a great movie.

[@alanroberson9749]

Excellent!!!!

[@grantwagner684]

There’s stories about german u-boat soldiers swimming to shore in the town my great uncle grew up in. He said that the town people would see them from the u-boats swim ashore and find the nearest bar to have a drink. Not sure if it’s true but was a great story nonetheless

[@mitchellbrwn1257]

They should make a movie about this

[@mrorange8576]

3:28 SUSSSED?? AMOGUS?!!!

[@twinsen1949]

Bro they basically gave up willingly and without having carried out any damages. Why did they receive capital punishment?????

[@daveconrad6562]

Good question

[@useritiswhatitis4655]

Because its the land of the dumb home of the slaves. They believed America's propaganda and got liberated from life. 😭

[@mekaerwin7187]

Not condoning the choice, but it could be to send a strong message to any other would be spies.

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@mekaerwin7187That sounds like a point Kim Jong Un would make. Not a normal human.

[@Thor_Odinson]

Thats what spies got back in the day

[@TheofficialSirenheadr]

How long will this video last?

[@sb1795]

Who is the speaker in this video?

[@SlyCooper1920]

Simple History's got some stones with featuring Hitler

[@LegendStormcrow]

This plan was more difficult than the solar death ray plan.

[@telgorf6497]

3:27 bro really said sussed

[@rastrom5589]

So pretty much what we learnt here is never snitch or leave yourself over its just worse

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Basically the Joker Game except by Germany and not Japan.

[@hamstorooni]

speedrun america

[@Apache32D]

Crazy I’ve been to that beach

[@KaweeKawooTM]

INTRUDER ALERT, GERMAN SPY, IN THE BASE "A German spy is in the base?!?"

[@jaedenb3795]

Blud thinks he the main character to defeat the villain 💀💀💀

[@pabcu2507]

Full might Germany vs America and Britain (no eastern front, also this is a what if so don’t take it seriously)

[@PT5-Shorts]

It would be very hard fought, but the Allies would win the attrition with their much faster man and industrial power

[@themightyironoak]

The Allies would instantly be pushed off Europe during any attempt at D Day with the full might of millions in the Wermacht

[@EntityS8]

​@@themightyironoak yeah,but they would instead succeed in Sicily and Italy,and the US's logistical and aerial superiority would dwelve any sort of German assault or support. And if it got to the point that the US couldn't push any more,by 1945,Moscow and Berlin would've been nuked

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@EntityS8 I'd not be too sure about Sicily. The whole reason it turned out there as well as it did is quite frankly due to the sheer size of the general Front line + Defense Lines as well as successful deception operations. But generally speaking it'd be more questionable how things would've turned out if the third reich actually accepted the alliance with the soviet union Stalin constantly requested until the end of the war or if the allies didn't join into the war and the soviet union was to fend for themselves.

[@bombercbc9431]

As no eastern front means the ussr didn't get invaded nor have interaction with anyone? Then the allies would definitely win due to the big gap in industrial power

[@InBreadDragon]

Plot twist It was actually successful. We just don't know it yet...

[@gavinwhite8506]

You know what they say: be careful with who you trust

[@pabcu2507]

I guess freedom is still too much for him 🇺🇸

[@DriverEra.]

bro is brave for using the swastica and not the swastica

[@reactionare]

? What

[@nrsrymj]

The kriegsmarine did not have the troop transports to get the German Heer across the Atlantic and no island like Great Britain on which to amass forces.

[@TitanAEX4]

There's eerie parallels between this trial and some of the things going on right now.

[@daveconrad6562]

How do you mean ?

[@justin2308]

Yeah, could you elaborate?

[@americanman8251]

My dad told me stories about a German spies who would “They would constantly walk the beach’s of Long Island to find the sub that would take them back to Germany Constantly walking the beaches muttering das boat das boat

[@antoniobabb1938]

Do you know what’s funny the United States is being sabotaged for me inside ironically

[@user-kq7xp5og1z]

"it can't happen here"

[@theromanorder]

please do a video on these (this is a copy and paste list for a few channels) history of south Russia (just above caucuses) how Mongolia helped Russia in ww2 and cold war, life as a Christian/jew in rome life as a jew/, Muslim in Byzantine Empire life as a non Muslim in arab empires greek life under rome, Mongolia life under china, and later in ww2/cold war and mabey a little on modern how have spys been caught/countermesures countrys have taken to secure identitys the scholae palatine units and tactics/evaluation of loadouts of troops (from different jobs (and other branches) like the 82 snd 101 airborne units or infantry tank units, (or when tanks were assigned a infantry unit like i think earlier war Russia then all tanks were formed into there own units wich meant the infantry no longer knew the true strength of there own tanks but alowed tank units to fight more efficiently) the evaluation of tank doctrine of countries evaluation of tanks/armored vehicles of different countries evaluation of aircraft types of different countries, different between navil and army/air force fighters logistics units of the axes and allied powers in ww2 ww1 estern front tactics Russian Civil war tactics and strategies navil ship cross sections (all the rooms and how it all works) evaluation of types of ships or evaluation of navil warfare (or just dedectsded videos on ww1 and ww2 navil doctrine as theres stuff out there on other times of history) air craft carrier strike group formations exsamples (from different countries) ancient persan ships, ancient veneti ships (gauls that fought ceaser) ships used by genoa and the vernesain republic the vernesain republic government all sailing ships, (i know theres many on yt but some contradict each other and i think theres more left out) ancient macenean greek and trojan troops 2b9 vasilyok morter better for squads to be 2 teams of 5 or 3 teams of 3, and probably the easiest, better to keep troops well feed or starved like an animal how dose age effect comsnders eg napoleon got older so took less risks, ancient urban warfare ww2 tactics in Asia, tactics in the Chinese age of warlords, (and Chinese civil war) Tibet, and west china in the age of Warlords/civil war later tactics in the ruso jap war cold war navil tactics, Korean war tactics, strange tactics or unque battles from the American war of independence and America civil how were 17th centry sailing ships build comands given on sailing ships (like ease the sheets and get ready to chine, or slack n beases, basically things you hear movie capitns say) why did the nazis never return (or a video on best occupations) why did the Japanese empire fall, dont just say "America" like things like how there army and navy argued alot alot more on the Polynesians and māori, but please learn pronounceations if you do this

[@jamesofficial6829]

I can't believe the Nazis thought that this plan would work. One would think that the high sensitivity of the mission that they would have picked more capable people among their own ranks.

[@katerbiller04]

Shouldn't his triangle be green?

[@usmcdevildog3497]

Tossing in the idea of a video on MACV-SOG the US black ops unit

[@garrettglass8854]

What rhymes with Fast and furious?

[@Josh-pn3wz]

He must've gotten ahold of California at least

[@jonathanmichaelsmith9012]

Sydney Harbour Bridge?

[@duttondailymemes4968]

That seriously looks Sydney harbor bridge in the thumbnail which isn't in America

[@damianchitorog]

Remember when Germany made a plan to atack Germany in the 18 hundreads

[@jellypetertheeel6360]

Wut

[@cannonball666]

It was the Burgermeister Meisterburger's plan to attack Sombertown.

[@smalltime0]

Its called wargaming. President Roosevelt fired the Admiral who complained about stationing the fleet at Pearl Harbour because in every war game a Japanese attack on the Phillipines included a surprise attack on Pearl.

[@onemanswrld405]

I like to think America's attitude toward Nazis can be summed up by Brad Pitt's character in Inglourious Basterds😂

[@dannyturcios6125]

seems like whats happening now

[@kingmichealthefirstofroman2278]

Operation kraken sniper elite 5

[@andrewcharlessison3350]

Their error is using polish prisoners as secret espionages

[@anthonygonzales1027]

Now we got chinese spys lmao

[@Finlandball39]

Can you please do alternate history? It would be a unique departure and very interesting about the Austrian painter’s plans.

[@Chief-et6xk]

Alt history hub does those types of videos

[@JohnnyE71]

What would be the point? Just make it up in your head lol.

[@Finlandball39]

@@JohnnyE71 You’re right. But it would be cool to see someone who does animated history do something a bit different; a nice change of pace.

[@Chief-et6xk]

@@Finlandball39 alt history hub makes content

[@JohnnyE71]

@@Finlandball39 i get u bro

[@angryeliteultragree6329]

Not unlike operation kraken from sniper elite 5.

[@Armada-1935]

More proof Square Stache was a dodo, literally thought sneaking spies into the US was easy

[@kingpolo1920]

Florida man would have defeat the Germans

[@user-dp7uk6tl8u]

Do you see the problem with that if you go to Florida you got alligators Florida man riding on there and destroying the summary with another alligator

[@crmesson22k]

Dude, litterly went to the fbi to ask if they suspected he was a spie lol

[@rompevuevitos222]

He was checking his wanted stars.

[@cspahn3221]

How adorable of them.

[@THESOVIET-ball1991]

History in ev'ry century... 🇺🇸

[@macanderson4322]

Wow

[@television1088]

Who's going to inform to the FBI if this is how you treat them? Jail time for being a hero??

[@G.L.999]

These guys would've had a better chance in their plans had they came before Pearl Harbor!

[@six9withurdad]

Ahhh yes typical america."you cant do that its a war crime but we can its ok" thank god Truman had common sense and pardoned them

[@AB-mw8oz]

You don't think Germany executed spies? the Russians, Japanese, Brits? Spies are not protected by the Geneva Convention

[@rompevuevitos222]

​@@AB-mw8oz "They did atrocities so it is fine if we do it" Also, what does the geneva convention have to do with this? They where not willing combatants (at least those that gave up), they could not be treated as soldiers by law. There was literally no reason to execute them.

[@AB-mw8oz]

@@rompevuevitos222 Espionage is not protected, you are at the mercy of whoever captures you. He was claiming it was a war crime to execute the spies when there is nothing in international law that says you can't so long as they stand trial first. Rule 107 of the IHL explicitly states "Combatants who are captured while engaged in espionage do not have the right to prisoner-of-war status. They also give a very clear definition of what constitutes a spy "An individual can only be considered a spy if, acting clandestinely, or on false pretences, he obtains, or seeks to obtain information in the zone of operations of a belligerent, with the intention of communicating it to the hostile party"

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@AB-mw8oz And where does it say that they may be executed? If they are not a prisoner of war that means they should not be allowed to live? I tought we lived in a society with human beings, not beasts that execute prisoners mad-max style.

[@GMKGoji01]

The sad truth is, it actually worked. On January 20, 2017.

[@Hamster7944]

America, land of the FREE will NEVER BE any dictators land

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

Hitler loved the US. Henry Ford even got a medal from him. Hitler watched Hollywood movies all day.

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

He didn’t love the US that’s a lie

[@guylander6844]

You read like the end of every sentence is the end of the video.

[@user-rh2rt4ck3m]

How to make your country speak English and eat cheeseburgers in five minutes

[@Architect98]

Proud of my country 🇺🇸 🙌🏼

[@NurseAmamiya]

Bro really hates America to the next level

[@chriss4553]

Look what happens when the United States actually protects their border. We in asia laugh at them

[@123Jonesylol98]

His spy’s sucked wth

[@luisangel444]

Wtf just take the money & MOVE far into the countryside

[@masterazazehll3961]

Wtf is that chirping in the background?

[@ImprovingDaily0]

omg who would want to do such a thing to such a great country wtf??