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Bookmark or Share- Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich - WikipediaThe 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.
- Czechs search for dead 'heroes' who killed SS chief HeydrichA new thriller called Anthropoid premieres in the US on 12 August, dramatising the ambush by British-trained Czechoslovak paratroopers Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubis in Prague. Yet even today parts...
- The Assassination Of Reinhard Heydrich, The Butcher Of PragueHe stands next to fellow agent Jan Kubis. Benes either confirmed the mission or ignored the underground’s request (accounts differ). In any case, despite the shaky security of the fragile underground, the Nazis did not learn of Anthropoid.
- Lidice: The Annihilation of a Czech Town | Holocaust EncyclopediaKey Facts. 1. On May 27, 1942, two members of the Czechoslovak resistance mortally wounded Reinhard Heydrich, a top Nazi leader. Heydrich died on June 4, 1942. 2. In retaliation for Heydrich’s death, the Nazis chose to annihilate the Czech town of Lidice. German police and SS officials shot the men and deported the women and children.
- Jan Kubiš - WikipediaJan Kubiš (24 June 1913 – 18 June 1942) was a Czech soldier, one of a team of Czechoslovak British-trained paratroopers sent to eliminate acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, in 1942 as part of Operation Anthropoid.
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