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The Nazi Spy Ship
The Nazi Spy Ship
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58 minutes
Released:
Oct 9, 2022
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When it came steaming into Boston Harbor 81 years ago this week, the fishing trawler Buskø was escorted by a Coast Guard cutter, with armed guards watching over her crew. The next day’s headlines declared that the US had captured a Nazi spy ship manned by Gestapo agents who were setting up secret bases in Greenland, but the truth turned out to be more complicated. The Busko was sailing under the Norwegian flag and manned by a Norwegian crew, yet their peaceful voyage to deliver supplies to isolated Norwegian hunters in the arctic was used to cover up Nazi intelligence gathering, so what would the fate of the ship be? And while war was raging in Europe, the United States was technically at peace, so on what charges were the Norwegian crew held at the East Boston immigration station?
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Full show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/259/
Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory/
Released:
Oct 9, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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