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Operation anthropoid : the assassination of Hitler's hangman, Reinhard Heydrich

Grehan, John2025
Books, Manuscripts
Czechoslovakia, a vital European economy, was dismantled by Nazi Germany. The Sudetenland was annexed, and the rest of the nation became the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Hitler replaced Reichsprotektor Konstantin von Neurath with Reinhard Heydrich in September 1941 due to unmet production quotas. Known as the 'Butcher of Prague', Heydrich imposed martial law, leading to widespread arrests and executions. In response, the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, led by Edvard Benes, devised Operation Anthropoid to assassinate Heydrich. Josef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, members of the exiled Czech Army trained by the British Special Operations Executive, parachuted into Czechoslovakia on 29 December 1941. Despite Heydrich's suppression of the Czech resistance, local supporters assisted them. On 27 May 1942, Gabcik and Kubis attacked Heydrich as his car slowed at a bend.
Author:
Grehan, John, authorMace, Martin, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : After the Battle, 2025.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781036137144 (hbk)
Dewey class:
943.086092
LC class:
DD247.H42
Local class:
B HEY
Language:
English
BRN:
4186498
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