Operation Anthropoid: Reinhard Heydrich Fatally Wounded in Prague, May 27, 1942
World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
Date: May 27, 1942
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