Hitler's deputy, Rudolph Hess, flies to Britain with a peace proposal

Category
Peace
Place
Europe
Date
1941
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"Found by local people with a broken ankle, he was taken prisoner by the army and confined for the rest of the war in an English country house. . . . Whether Hess came on the orders of Hitler is not known." [1001 Days]

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Category
World War II
1939
1945
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