siege of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius

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The siege of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius was a dramatic 1942 World War II standoff in Prague where Czech resistance fighters, including the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich, made their last stand against Nazi forces.

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instanceOf World War II battle
military engagement
aftermath intensified Nazi repression in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
combatant Czechoslovak government-in-exile agents
German Ordnungspolizei
Waffen-SS
commemoratedBy National memorial in the crypt of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
date 18 June 1942
defensivePosition choir loft
crypt of the church
nave of the church
follows Operation Anthropoid
hasCause assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
hasPart battle in Prague
location Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius
Prague
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
memorializedIn Czech historical literature
Czech resistance museums
namedAfter Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague
notableCommander Adolf Opálka
Jan Kubiš
Jozef Gabčík
numberOfDefenders 7
opposingForce Czech resistance
Nazi Germany
participant Czechoslovak paratroopers
German police forces
linked to: German police

Gestapo
SS
partOf Nazi reprisals after Heydrich assassination
placeOfLastStand Czech resistance fighters involved in Operation Anthropoid
relatedEvent Heydrichiáda
Lidice massacre
relatedWork film Anthropoid
film Operation Daybreak
result German victory
death of Czech paratroopers in the church
suppression of the group that assassinated Reinhard Heydrich
significance symbol of Czech resistance against Nazi occupation
usedTactic assault with small arms and explosives
flooding of crypt
siege
year 1942

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Jan Kubiš diedDuring siege of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius