In the history of the Czech lands, which two Czechoslovak paratroopers trained in Britain executed the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich in Prague on 27 May 1942?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš
- Step 1: Operation Anthropoid culminated on 27 May 1942 when Gabčík and Kubiš attacked Heydrich's convertible in Kobylisy, resulting in Heydrich's death from sepsis on 4 June. Answer: Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš. Why not the others: Adolf Opálka and Josef Valčík, Stanislav Rejthar and František Moravec and Karel Čurda and Viliam Gerik do not fit this historical event or period.
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