The Man with the Iron Heart — Czech Republic
On 27 May 1942, Czech paratroopers Gabčík and Kubiš ambush Reinhard Heydrich's open Mercedes in Prague — the only SOE-backed assassination of a senior Nazi leader.
Operation Anthropoid was trained in Britain and deployed by parachute in December 1941. Heydrich, Protector of Bohemia and Moravia and organiser of the Wannsee Conference, died of his wounds on 4 June 1942. Nazi reprisals included the destruction of Lidice (340 inhabitants killed) and Ležáky. The paratroopers died in the crypt of the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius.