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Sep 6, 2021 · September 6, 2021. Undercover agents dropped by parachute into occupied central Europe. The daylight assassination of one of the most-important Nazi leaders. Brutal reprisals and the largest manhunt in the Second World War. A betrayal leading to a final desperate shoot-out in a church.
- Military History
Aug 11, 2016 · This documentary recreates the efforts of Jan Kubiš, Josef Gabčík, and other members of the Czechoslovakian army-in-exile as they orchestrated and carried out the assassination of Holocaust architect Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazis' third in command.
Nov 28, 2023 · Codenamed Operation Anthropoid, this dangerous mission was carried out by Czechoslovak paratroopers Jan Kubiš and Josef Gabčík. The events leading up to and following this historic operation are both dramatic and significant, shaping the course of World War II.
Apr 21, 2022 · In October 1941, František Moravec, the exiled head of Czech intelligence, went to British Special Operations Executive, Winston Churchill’s famous “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” to propose an assassination. They agreed, and the project was given the codename Operation Anthropoid.
- Kara Goldfarb
Aug 11, 2016 · The Anthropoid movie is compared to the true story of the Reinhard Heydrich assassination. Meet the real Jan Kubiš and Josef Gabčík behind Operation Anthropoid.
Mar 18, 2024 · Shaking hands following the betrayal of Czechoslovakia at Munich on September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (left) and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler (far right) part company after the conference that sealed the fate of the Czech nation.
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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. [2]
