When Rudolph Hess parachuted into London on May 10, 1941 to try and negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany, was he arrested and held Prisoner or was he released and sent back to Germany?
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He parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to meet with the Duke of Hamilton, who he had met prior to the war and who he thought was sympathetic to the Germans and would be able to broker a peace treaty between Germany and Britain.
Instead he was arrested and spent the rest of the war in prison.
He did not parachute into London. He flew an aircraft to Scotland,intending to land at Dungavel House to meet with the Duke of Hamilton. His aircraft was picked up on radar as he crossed the coast of North East England and was chased by the RAF, causing him to sun out of fuel. That necessitated him bailing out.
He was not returned to Germany, but kept imprisoned in the UK in various places, finally in Maindiff Court Hospital near Cardiff for three years until the end of the war. It was only then that he was returned to Germany as a defendant in the Nuremberg trials. He was given a life sentence by the tribunal and spent the rest of his life in Spandau Prison, Berlin.
I thought he parachuted into a remote part of Scotland and was then taken to London. It might pay you to check that. Flying any German plane anywhere near London or any British city would have ben very risky for a German in 1941 - many anti-aircraft guns in place!
I believe he crashed into Scotland not parachuted. Held as a prisoner until Nuremberg trial
He parachuted into Scotland, taken prisoner and held until the Munich trials. Then condemned and imprisoned for life.
He did NOT "parachute into London" - he landed his aircraft in Scotland. And was kept prisoner.
he landed in Scotland to Propose Peace with Great Britain
he was convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg and was the last Prisoner in Spandau Berlin and died in 1987
He was arrested and kept prisoner for the duration of the war.
i think 1943?