Why does the CIA report on the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich refer to it as “Operation Salmon” rather than “Operation Anthropoid”?

Who was assassinated in Prague?

Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

Czech Agents who had trained in Great Britain parachuted into German-occupied Czech territory to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.

What was the plan of Anthropoid?

Prepared in early October of 1941 by the British Special Operations Executive and approved by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, Operation Anthropoid was a Czechoslovakian-led mission to assassinate the Nazi’s third in command, SS officer Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the head

Is the movie The Man With the Iron Heart based on a true story?

The film is based on Laurent Binet’s novel HHhH about Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. The title is an acronym for Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich (“Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich”), a quip about Heydrich said to have circulated in Nazi Germany.

Why was Prague spared in WWII?

While the Germans destroyed synagogues and Jewish graveyards throughout the Sudetenland, they spared Prague the same fate because they planned to set up a Central Jewish Museum there with the property they had stolen from Jews who were deposited in overcrowded freight cars and sent to concentration camps.

Did the US bomb Prague?

Prague was then bombed three times by the United States Army Air Forces between the fall of 1944 and spring of 1945. During the Prague uprising of 5–9 May 1945, the Luftwaffe made use of bombers against the rebels.

Who set himself on fire in Prague?

Jan Palach

On January 16, 1969, Jan Palach, a 20-year-old student at Charles University in Prague doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire on Wenceslas Square.

Where was Operation Daybreak filmed?

Prague, Czechoslovakia



The film was entirely American produced and financed and was shot on location in Prague, Czechoslovakia, using various places that were part of the real assassination. Scenes outside of Prague were filmed in the town of Karlovy Vary.

Where did Heydrich live in Prague?

From 1939 to 1942 the Lower Chateau was the residence of the Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia. In the chateau complex lived both Konstantin von Neurath and from 1941 his deputy (Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor), the SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, with their families.

What happened on May 27 1942?

May 27, 1942 (Wednesday)



Five cargo ships of Allied convoy PQ 16 were sunk in a single day by the Luftwaffe.

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