Nazi spies once plotted to blow up Hoover Dam, a catastrophe that would have altered the course of WWII Their purpose was to cut off electricity to Southern California’s airplane factories Intel from the US Embassy in Mexico and swift action from the federal government intervened In November 1939, the US was warned about a Nazi plot to bomb Hoover Dam. Such a catastrophe would certainly have hastened our country’s entry into the war by two years. These four intake towers feed Lake Mead water into the Hoover Dam’s 17 turbines. In 1939, back when the lake was 78%-80% full instead of just 32%, a boat could have approached any one of them high enough to insert explosive devices inside. (Image: usgs.gov) The warning came from the US embassy in Mexico, which had learned that two German spies living in Las Vegas planned to rent a boat under the guise of a Lake Mead fishing trip. One of them, a… Read More
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