On this day in 1942, Warrant Officers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš ambushed
Reinhard Heydrich and attempted to assassinate him. He was wounded and would later die in hospital.

The reprisals were brutal and swift, and eventually led to the complete
destruction of the village of Lidice and Ležáky.

https://russellphillips.uk/books/heydrich-lidice/

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