Atentát is a 1964 2nd World War film based on a true story of assassination of top Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prague (see Operation Anthropoid). For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... Reinhard Heydrich as SS-Gruppenführer Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (March 7, 1904 – June 4, 1942) was an SS-Obergruppenführer, chief of the Reich Main Security Office, and Reich governor of Bohemia and Moravia. ... Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... Reinhard Heydrich as SS-Gruppenführer During World War II, Operation Anthropoid was the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi “Protector of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia” and the chief of Nazi´s final solution. ...

Plot

In June 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most feared top Nazis (possible Hitler´s successor and architect of Holocaust), is appointed ReichsProtekter of Bohemia and Moravia. As a result of his brutality and oppression is called 'The Butcher of Prague' or 'The Blond Beast'. A squad of agents are selected, trained and then parachuted into Czechoslovakia. The team operated in Prague and planned the attack for half year. The mission is successfully executed in Prague On May 27th by means of an ambush, but almost fails at a crucial moment when one of their Sten guns jams and they are obliged to use a grenade instead. Heydrich eventually succumbs to his wounds but during this time the group are betrayed by one of their member and they are cornered in a church crypt in Prague. In the gun-battle that followes, all but two of the agents are killed. The remainder commit suicide. The Nazis take savage reprisals, including the murder of all male inhabitants and destruction of the village of Lidice.

See also

• Operation Anthropoid
• Reinhard Heydrich

Reinhard Heydrich as SS-Gruppenführer During World War II, Operation Anthropoid was the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi “Protector of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia” and the chief of Nazi´s final solution. ... Reinhard Heydrich as SS-Gruppenführer Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (March 7, 1904 – June 4, 1942) was an SS-Obergruppenführer, chief of the Reich Main Security Office, and Reich governor of Bohemia and Moravia. ...

External link

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