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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. Heydrich was wounded in the attack and died of his injuries on 4 June.
Apr 21, 2022 · Operation Anthropoid was the only successful assassination of a Nazi leader during World War II when the Czech resistance killed Reinhard Heydrich in 1942. After everything went wrong, the assassins pulled out their secret weapon: an anti-tank grenade.
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 · During Operation Anthropoid, Nazi Reinhard Hydrich, who was responsible for the murder of many civilians, was assassinated in Prague in 1942.
Sep 9, 2016 · Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
Two years after Heydrich’s death, Operation Foxley, a similar assassination attempt was planned against Hitler but not implemented. Operation Anthropoid was the only successful government-organized assassination of a top-ranking Nazi.
Sep 6, 2021 · A betrayal leading to a final desperate shoot-out in a church. 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.
