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Events on Wednesday 27 May 1942 1
1942Assassination of Reinhard HeydrichCzechoslovak parachutists attack the Reich ProtectorJozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, trained in Britain for Operation Anthropoid, ambushed Heydrich's car in Prague on 27 May. Heydrich died of his wounds on 4 June. He was the most senior Nazi official assassinated during the war.