If Operation Pastorius succeed

[Just plain Craig]

The German had Operation Pastorious which was supposed to have agents in America cause havoc. It failed from the very beginning.

What effect would it have had if it was successful?

 

[mowque]

The German had Operation Pastorious which was supposed to have agents in America cause havoc. It failed from the very beginning.

What effect would it have had if it was successful?

How could it go well? It was dropping 8 hardly trained people off with nearly no chance of success.

 

[Trotsky]

A few people killed, some buildings blown up. The Wehrmacht surrenders on 12 May 1945.

 

[Adam]

It would have left America TERRIFIED of Otto Skorzeny and his sea wolves, left its navy in one massive shambles and effectively win the war for the Axis by giving their opponents the biggest idiot ball ever.

Zounds good, ja.

 

[Noravea]

Even if they blow up one building, and it wouldn't have much effect on the war effort, it would scare Americans shitless.

 

[Ariosto]

Even if they blow up one building, and it wouldn't have much effect on the war effort, it would scare Americans shitless.

It might simply through the paranoia that it would produce. Italian and German Americans were already looked upon with great suspicion, though it never reached the levels in regards to the Japanese Americans for obvious reasons. However, with an actual attack on American soil (a destroyed building or more) in a built up multicultural area........

 

[Noravea]

Well, considering there were a LOT of politicians of Italian (LaGuardia), and German (Probably 1/3 of the US Congress can claim some sort of German ancestry). The 2 ethnic groups were too large and integrated into our society to root them out.