Anthropoid

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Anthropoid was the codename for the World War II Allied operation to assassinate high-ranking Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich in occupied Czechoslovakia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military operation
assassination operation
aftermath brutal Nazi reprisals in Czechoslovakia
destruction of Ležáky
destruction of Lidice
belligerent Allies
Nazi Germany
cause Allied decision to strike high-ranking Nazi officials
codenameFor Allied operation to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich
conflict World War II
country Czechoslovakia
countryOfOrigin Czechoslovakia
date 1942
endDate 1942-06-04
genre covert operation
hasLanguage English codename
hasParticipant Czechoslovak paratroopers
German security forces
Jan Kubiš
Jozef Gabčík
location Prague
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
method ambush
grenade attack
submachine gun attack
namedAfter term for higher primates
notableAgent Jan Kubiš
Jozef Gabčík
objective assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
opposedBy Gestapo
SS
organisedBy Czechoslovak government-in-exile
Special Operations Executive
partOf World War II
perpetrator Czechoslovak resistance
Czechoslovak soldiers-in-exile
relatedTo Czechoslovak resistance
surface form: Czechoslovak resistance movement

Operation Silver A
result Reinhard Heydrich mortally wounded
death of Reinhard Heydrich
significance major act of resistance against Nazi occupation
only successful assassination of a senior Nazi leader during World War II
startDate 1941-12-28
supportedBy Special Operations Executive
surface form: British Special Operations Executive

United Kingdom
target ReinhardHeydrich
surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
tookPlaceAt curve in the road at Bulovka Hospital area
tookPlaceIn Prague-Libeň
tookPlaceOn 1942-05-27

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Operation Anthropoid codename Anthropoid