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The assassination attempt, code-named Operation Anthropoid, was carried out by resistance operatives Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš on 27 May 1942. [2] Heydrich was wounded in the attack [ 3 ] and died of his injuries on 4 June.
Mar 18, 2024 · During Operation Anthropoid, Nazi Reinhard Hydrich, who was responsible for the murder of many civilians, was assassinated in Prague in 1942.
Sep 6, 2021 · The plot to kill Reinhard Heydrich, the merciless SS Obergruppenführer in charge of Bohemia and Moravia (today’s Czech Republic), has all the ingredients of a thriller.
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Jun 27, 2019 · In Operation PERCENTAGE, Lance-Corporal František Pavelka was sent to re-establish communications with the decimated resistance workers. Dropped far to the west, he missed his contacts but made his way to Prague. Three weeks later on October 25, 1941, Pavelka was betrayed and arrested.
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Feb 15, 2020 · Seven members of Operation Anthropoid were hiding out at the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius. Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčik were joined by Adolf Opálka, Josef Bublík, Jan Hrubý, Jaroslav Švarc and Josef Valčik.