Operation Anthropoid

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World War II operation assassination operation military operation

Operation Anthropoid was a World War II Czechoslovak-led mission to assassinate high-ranking Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich in occupied Prague.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
assassination of Reinhard Heydrich 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II operation ⓘ
assassination operation ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
aftermath destruction of Ležáky ⓘ
Lidice massacre ⓘ
surface form: destruction of Lidice

intensified repression in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
causeOf Ležáky massacre ⓘ
Lidice massacre ⓘ
codename Anthropoid ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Czechoslovakia ⓘ
date 1942-05-27 ⓘ
endDate 1942-06-04 ⓘ
hasMediaAdaptation Anthropoid (2016 film) ⓘ
Atentát (1964 film) ⓘ
Operation Daybreak (1975 film) ⓘ
location Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
surface form: Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia

Prague ⓘ
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
method ambush of Reinhard Heydrich’s car ⓘ
notableCommander Jan Kubiš ⓘ
Jozef Gabčík ⓘ
objective Operation Anthropoid self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
opponent Gestapo ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
SS ⓘ
participant Czechoslovak government-in-exile ⓘ
Jan Kubiš ⓘ
Jozef Gabčík ⓘ
Special Operations Executive ⓘ
partOf Czechoslovak resistance ⓘ
European resistance movements ⓘ
surface form: European resistance to Nazi Germany
perpetrator Jan Kubiš ⓘ
Jozef Gabčík ⓘ
placeOfAttack Prague ⓘ
surface form: Kobylisy, Prague

Prague ⓘ
surface form: Libeň, Prague
planner Czechoslovak government-in-exile ⓘ
František Moravec ⓘ
result German reprisals in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
assassination of Reinhard Heydrich ⓘ
death of Reinhard Heydrich ⓘ
significantEvent Battle at Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Prague ⓘ
startDate 1941-12-28 ⓘ
supportedBy Special Operations Executive ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
target ReinhardHeydrich ⓘ
surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
weaponUsed Sten submachine gun ⓘ
anti-tank grenade ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Czechoslovak resistance → notableOperation → Operation Anthropoid ⓘ
Operation Anthropoid → objective → Operation Anthropoid self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
Czechoslovak government-in-exile → organized → Operation Anthropoid ⓘ
ReinhardHeydrich → wasTargetOf → Operation Anthropoid ⓘ
subject surface form: Reinhard Heydrich