siege of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius

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The siege of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius was a dramatic 1942 World War II standoff in Prague where Czech resistance fighters, including the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich, made their last stand against Nazi forces.

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instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath intensified Nazi repression in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
combatant Czechoslovak government-in-exile agents ⓘ
German Ordnungspolizei ⓘ
Waffen-SS ⓘ
commemoratedBy National memorial in the crypt of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
date 18 June 1942 ⓘ
defensivePosition choir loft ⓘ
crypt of the church ⓘ
nave of the church ⓘ
follows Operation Anthropoid ⓘ
hasCause assassination of Reinhard Heydrich ⓘ
hasPart battle in Prague ⓘ
location Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
Prague ⓘ
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
memorializedIn Czech historical literature ⓘ
Czech resistance museums ⓘ
namedAfter Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague ⓘ
notableCommander Adolf Opálka ⓘ
Jan Kubiš ⓘ
Jozef Gabčík ⓘ
numberOfDefenders 7 ⓘ
opposingForce Czech resistance ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
participant Czechoslovak paratroopers ⓘ
German police forces ⓘ
linked to: German police

Gestapo ⓘ
SS ⓘ
partOf Nazi reprisals after Heydrich assassination ⓘ
placeOfLastStand Czech resistance fighters involved in Operation Anthropoid ⓘ
relatedEvent Heydrichiáda ⓘ
Lidice massacre ⓘ
relatedWork film Anthropoid ⓘ
film Operation Daybreak ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
death of Czech paratroopers in the church ⓘ
suppression of the group that assassinated Reinhard Heydrich ⓘ
significance symbol of Czech resistance against Nazi occupation ⓘ
usedTactic assault with small arms and explosives ⓘ
flooding of crypt ⓘ
siege ⓘ
year 1942 ⓘ

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Jan Kubiš → diedDuring → siege of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius ⓘ