Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich - Wikipedia
WEBThe operation was the only verified government-sponsored assassination of a senior Nazi leader during the war. Heydrich's death led to a wave of reprisals by SS troops, including the destruction of villages and mass killings of …
Reinhard Heydrich - Wikipedia
WEBHeydrich was mortally wounded in Prague on 27 May 1942 as a result of Operation Anthropoid. He was ambushed by a team of Czech and Slovak soldiers who had been sent by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile to kill him; the team was trained by the British Special Operations Executive. Heydrich died from his injuries on 4 June.
Reinhard Heydrich | Life & Assassination | Britannica
WEB4 days ago · Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German official who was Heinrich Himmler’s chief lieutenant in the Schutzstaffel, the paramilitary corps commonly known as the SS. He played a key role in organizing the Holocaust during the opening years of World War II. On May 27, 1942, he was mortally wounded with a car bomb.
Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WEBCzech Agents who had trained in Great Britain parachuted into German-occupied Czech territory to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. Heydrich was the chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) in Berlin—the SS and police agency most directly concerned with implementing the Holocaust during World War II.
The Assassination Of Reinhard Heydrich, The Butcher Of Prague
WEBReinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague, was assassinated by Czech agents trained in Britain in the spring of 1942. This article appears in: March 2003. By Wil Deac. The morning sun caressed the hills of the Czech capital of Prague, coaxing …
The Murder Of Reinhard Heydrich - Warfare History Network
WEBAs is well-known by most students of World War II, SS Lt. Gen. Reinhard Heydrich—the Acting Nazi German Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia—was attacked in an assassination attempt by a small group of Czech partisans …
Grave of top Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich opened in Berlin - BBC
WEBDec 16, 2019 · Berlin police are trying to find out who opened the unmarked grave of SS officer Reinhard Heydrich, a top Nazi killed by Czechoslovak agents in 1942.
Czechs search for dead 'heroes' who killed SS chief Heydrich
WEBAug 3, 2016 · The assassination of Nazi police chief Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovak resistance fighters in 1942 was one of the outstanding feats of daring in World War Two. A new thriller called...
Operation Anthropoid And The Plot To Kill The Holocaust's …
WEBApr 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 …
Czech pride in Jan Kubis, killer of Reinhard Heydrich - BBC
WEBMay 26, 2012 · The Czech Republic remembers the assassination of senior Nazi Reinhard Heydrich 70 years ago and the reprisals which followed, writes the BBC's Rob Cameron, in Prague.