Posted on May 10, 2021
Will We Ever Know Why Nazi Leader Rudolf Hess Flew to Scotland in the Middle of World War II?
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On May 10, 1941, Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess escaped to Britain to open secret negotiations with the Allies by parachuting into Scotland. I had friends who guarded this lunatic at Spandau Prison. A short excerpt:
"On the night of May 10, 1941, a Scottish farmer named David McLean found a German Messerschmitt airplane ablaze in his field and a parachutist who identified himself as Captain Alfred Horn. McLean's mum was soon serving him a cup of tea by the cottage fireside, but their surprise guest was no ordinary Luftwaffe pilot. Incredibly, he was Rudolf Hess, a longtime Hitler loyalist, to say the least. Hess joined the Nazi party in 1920, stood with his friend Adolf Hitler at the Beer Hall Putsch, and served in Landsberg prison -- where he took dictation for much of Mein Kampf. As deputy Fuhrer, Hess was positioned behind only Hermann Goering in the succession hierarchy of the Nazi regime that had Europe firmly under the heel of its jackboot."
"On the night of May 10, 1941, a Scottish farmer named David McLean found a German Messerschmitt airplane ablaze in his field and a parachutist who identified himself as Captain Alfred Horn. McLean's mum was soon serving him a cup of tea by the cottage fireside, but their surprise guest was no ordinary Luftwaffe pilot. Incredibly, he was Rudolf Hess, a longtime Hitler loyalist, to say the least. Hess joined the Nazi party in 1920, stood with his friend Adolf Hitler at the Beer Hall Putsch, and served in Landsberg prison -- where he took dictation for much of Mein Kampf. As deputy Fuhrer, Hess was positioned behind only Hermann Goering in the succession hierarchy of the Nazi regime that had Europe firmly under the heel of its jackboot."
Will We Ever Know Why Nazi Leader Rudolf Hess Flew to Scotland in the Middle of World War II?
Posted from smithsonianmag.com
WWII World War Two
Fascism
World History
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One of those mysteries we may never solve. I'm for the coward theory.
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Has anyone ever considered the possibility of Rudolf Hess's mission as being condoned by Hitler with the back drop of if it failed, He would be denied as a representative of the German Government on a peace mission. History is written by those that wield the power.
We all know what has been written, we know the possibility of the a treaty being considered.
It's not always what is said, but what is not said or done.
Hitler's own book mentioned the fact that Germany was destined to go east, to fight on two fronts was a mistake that even Hitler said was a problem. So, with that in mind I believe the trip to Scotland was a feasible plan if it had come through. Of course that was not the outcome.
We all know what has been written, we know the possibility of the a treaty being considered.
It's not always what is said, but what is not said or done.
Hitler's own book mentioned the fact that Germany was destined to go east, to fight on two fronts was a mistake that even Hitler said was a problem. So, with that in mind I believe the trip to Scotland was a feasible plan if it had come through. Of course that was not the outcome.
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