What was up with the whole fly to britain and crash the plane

He didn't fly so good

>>2797166
They'll expect one of us in the wreckage, brother

>>2797166
>literally turning himself into the enemy

>>2797166
Yeah this whole event confuses me too. Did he really think that he could negotiate peace? Did Hitler know about his plan to do this? If he didn't, what was Hitler's reaction to Hess's flight to Scotland?

>>2797287
Hitler didn't know and when he found out he told the people Hess had gone crazy and defected.

>>2797287
He might have genuinely been mentally ill.

>>2797166
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>>2797298
The real question here is: Was this the most retarded diplomatic move in history?

>>2797317
No, the translation confusion that led to the Italy-Ethiopian war was even dumber.

>>2797317
No. The fire rises

Hess was deputy leader and found himself in a prominent role before the war. However after the war he found himself ostracised and forgotten.

He wanted to win back the glory and the affection of Hitler. He knew Hitler didn't really want a war with Britain so his one an mission was an attempt to broker peace between the two nations.

The first thing he asked once he was captured was to meet one of the royalty who was somewhat sympathetic to the Nazi's. He thought that he'd be allowed to lead the talks from England and that he would be taken seriously.

Hess was so megalomaniacal that he excepted to be treated like some immune diplomat to be respected. Unsurprisingly his crazy plan completely backfired on him.

Maybe he was mentally ill, but rather I think he was just looking for glory. There are plenty of equally absurd stories from the war, this just happens to one of the most absurd of them all.

Many nazis mistakenly believed british democracy was a sham, furthermore there is nothing wrong with attempting peace. You are all retards completely without context intent on further mystifying nazis, Hess did not know british aristocrats unimportance anymore than the English knew his importance

He was fleeing a sinking ship. With the idiotic invasion of the USSR imminent it was clear that Nazi Germany was doomed.

>>2797437
>there is nothing wrong with attempting peace.
But it's pretty retarded when you flee your own country to negotiate peace against the wishes of your own government.

>>2797317
No, the REAL question is: Did he really deserve a life sentence?

>>2797449
If they had started talking, so would Germany. No one had any illusions of a Sea Lion with Barbarossa gearing up.

Sadly, he underestimated Ablion's Perfidy.

>>2797420
>he wanted to negotiate peace BUT HE WAS A MEGALOMANIACAL NAZI NEVAR 5GET

His abuse by the British was despicable. He risked his life and nearly died for nothing, only to be beaten and imprisoned permanently.

>>2797317
Zimmerman Telegram

King Edward wanted to lead a coup to ally with Hitler and Hess was there to facilitate it, MI6 killed Hess in 1987 because he was going to spill the beans in this.

who was the one that all the other nazis hated during the trials because he had gone completely insane? hess or goering?

>>2797166
Poor man thought things are manageable in a that childish trustful way as is should have been.