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Martin Bormann - Hess flew Solo to Britain

Time: Saturday May 10, 1941

Place: United Kingdom

Details: Hess was concerned that Germany would face a war on two fronts as plans progressed for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union scheduled to take place later that year. He flew solo to Britain on 10 May 1941 to seek peace negotiations with the British government. He was arrested on arrival and spent the rest of the war as a British prisoner.

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