Terrorism and heroism: the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
World Policy Journal › Vol. 24 Nbr. 2, June 2007
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Terrorism and heroism: the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
Sixty-five years ago, on May 27, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi viceroy of the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, was assassinated in broad daylight in a Prague suburb by Josef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, two Czechoslovak paratroopers dressed as civilians. Although the assassination had been carefully prepared months in advance, many things went wrong.
Heydrich was not killed on the spot, because Gabcik's gun jammed. His companion then tossed a specially made bomb at the open Mercedes cabriolet, which passed at a very slow speed in front of him. But the bomb landed against the right rear wheel instead of exploding inside the car. The explosion killed neither Heydrich nor his driver who were able to jump out of the car with drawn pistols, but neither fired a shot due to jamming or mishandlin...See the full content of this document
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