Operation Anthropoid

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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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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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Czechoslovak government-in-exile organized Operation Anthropoid
ReinhardHeydrich wasTargetOf Operation Anthropoid
subject surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
Operation Anthropoid objective Operation Anthropoid self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
Czechoslovak resistance notableOperation Operation Anthropoid
Lidice massacre cause Operation Anthropoid
Anthropoid (2016 film) basedOn Operation Anthropoid
Anthropoid (2016 film) depicts Operation Anthropoid
Operation Daybreak (1975 film) mainSubject Operation Anthropoid
subject surface form: Operation Daybreak
Atentát (1964 film) basedOn Operation Anthropoid
subject surface form: Atentát
Atentát (1964 film) portrays Operation Anthropoid
subject surface form: Atentát
SOE notableOperation Operation Anthropoid
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare notableOperation Operation Anthropoid
this entity surface form: Operation Anthropoid (support role)
Jozef Gabčík notableWork Operation Anthropoid
Jozef Gabčík participantIn Operation Anthropoid
Ležáky massacre cause Operation Anthropoid
Jan Kubiš notableWork Operation Anthropoid
Jan Kubiš participantIn Operation Anthropoid