Yup, another idiotic move that had no rhyme or reason.
It was dumb enough to take on the gigantic USSR.
But taking on the world’s largest industrial nation, well beyond the reach of his panzer divisions and air force was simply insane.
There was a reason, but the reason was insane. Hitler actually believed his handlers that there will be a peace treaty between Nazi Germany and British Empire and that he will get the British colonies as the spoils of war.
The complete story of Rudolf Hess is still under wraps.