Nazi spies landed on US soil days before a German U-boat sank a Canadian ship off Maine in 1944; 82 years later, divers uncover the long-lost wreck 400 feet below the Atlantic
- A German submarine secretly landed two Nazi spies on American soil in November 1944 before torpedoing a Canadian merchant ship off the coast of Maine just four days later, killing 43 people aboard.
- More than eight decades after the World War II tragedy, divers have finally located the long-lost vessel nearly 400 feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
- The discovery of the SS Cornwallis, reported by Smithsonian Magazine, has brought renewed attention to one of the lesser-known episodes of Nazi espionage along America's eastern coastline.
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- A German submarine secretly landed two Nazi spies on American soil in November 1944 before torpedoing a Canadian merchant ship off the coast of Maine just four days later, killing 43 people aboard.
- More than eight decades after the World War II tragedy, divers have finally located the long-lost vessel nearly 400 feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
- The discovery of the SS Cornwallis, reported by Smithsonian Magazine, has brought renewed attention to one of the lesser-known episodes of Nazi espionage along America's eastern coastline.
Sources: Times of India