Czechoslovak paratroopers

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Czechoslovak paratroopers were specially trained World War II soldiers of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile who were air-dropped into occupied territory to conduct sabotage, resistance support, and high-risk missions such as the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czechoslovak military unit
special forces unit
allegiance Czechoslovak government-in-exile NERFINISHED
branch Czechoslovak Army in exile NERFINISHED
commandLanguage Czech
Slovak
conflict World War II
country Czechoslovakia
deploymentMethod air-dropped behind enemy lines
endTime 1945
garrison training camps in the United Kingdom
notableFor assassination of Reinhard Heydrich NERFINISHED
notableMember Adolf Opálka NERFINISHED
Jan Kubiš NERFINISHED
Jozef Gabčík NERFINISHED
Karel Čurda NERFINISHED
notableOperation Operation Anthropoid NERFINISHED
Operation Benjamin NERFINISHED
Operation Bivouac NERFINISHED
Operation Calcium NERFINISHED
Operation Carbon NERFINISHED
Operation Clay NERFINISHED
Operation Clay-Eva NERFINISHED
Operation Glucinium NERFINISHED
Operation Intransitive NERFINISHED
Operation Out Distance NERFINISHED
Operation Platinum-Pewter NERFINISHED
Operation Silver A NERFINISHED
Operation Silver B NERFINISHED
Operation Steel NERFINISHED
Operation Tin NERFINISHED
Operation Wolfram NERFINISHED
Operation Zinc NERFINISHED
operatedIn Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia NERFINISHED
Slovak State NERFINISHED
opponent Gestapo NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany
SS NERFINISHED
partOf Czechoslovak resistance movement NERFINISHED
purpose to restore Czechoslovak statehood
to weaken German occupation authorities
role assassination missions
intelligence gathering
sabotage operations in occupied Czechoslovakia
support of domestic resistance
startTime 1941
trainedBy British Special Operations Executive NERFINISHED
trainedIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED

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Anthropoid hasParticipant Czechoslovak paratroopers
Jan Kubiš militaryBranch Czechoslovak paratroopers
this entity surface form: Czechoslovak forces in exile