[malarski]

Hess fell into Allied hands in 1941 after parachuting into Scotland in an apparent personal bid to broker peace with Britain.

Will we ever know, what was the true purpose of his mission and if it was Hitler's approved?

[Doctor Doom]

Will we ever know, what was the true purpose of his mission and if it was Hitler's approved?

GIven the German tolerance for intellectual curiosity (see Snuffington above), I seriously doubt it.

[tjg]

I think he was simply crazy. So delusional that he thought he could go to England and put an end to the war.

Hitler who had political insite rivaling Bill Clinton's must have know there was no political profit in sending Hess over there.