10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess secretly flies to Scotland to seek peace

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10th May 2019

10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess secretly flies to Scotland to seek peace

On the 10^th May 1941 Deputy Fuhrer of the German Party, Rudolf Hess, flew from Germany to Scotland on a mission to strike a peace deal with the British government.

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#Crime
#Germany
#Nazi
#Prison
#Scotland
#Second World War

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