Resistance
Assassination of Heydrich and the reprisals (Lidice)
27 May 1942 – 24 Jun 1942 · Prague and Lidice
Czechoslovak soldiers trained in Britain attacked Reinhard Heydrich in Prague on 27 May 1942; he died of his wounds on 4 June. In reprisal the Germans destroyed the villages of Lidice (10 June) and Ležáky (24 June), executing the men and deporting women and children, and carried out mass executions across the Protectorate.
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- [1]Operation Anthropoid
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- [2]Lidice massacre
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