Operaciгіn - Anthropoid

Bleeding and stunned, Heydrich tried to give chase before collapsing. The assassins fled into the labyrinth of Prague.

The silence of the Bohemian night was shattered only by the whistling wind as Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš tumbled from the belly of a British Halifax bomber. It was December 1941. Below them lay the occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, a land suffocating under the iron grip of the man known as the Butcher of Prague: Reinhard Heydrich. OperaciГіn Anthropoid

Betrayed by a fellow paratrooper lured by a massive reward, Gabčík, Kubiš, and five other resistance members were cornered in the Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral. For hours, they fought off hundreds of SS troops in a fierce siege. When their ammunition ran low and the Germans began flooding the crypt with water, the brave men chose their own end rather than capture. Bleeding and stunned, Heydrich tried to give chase

The Nazi retaliation was swift and monstrous. Martial law was declared. The villages of Lidice and Ležáky were wiped off the map, their residents murdered or sent to concentration camps. It was December 1941

The following story details the events of Operation Anthropoid, the mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich during WWII.

For months, the two paratroopers lived in the shadows of Prague. Aided by the courageous Czech resistance, they moved between safe houses, constantly dodging the Gestapo. They watched, waited, and learned the habits of their target. They discovered a vulnerability: every day, Heydrich traveled from his villa to Prague Castle in an open-topped Mercedes, usually without an armed escort. He felt untouchable.