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The Killing of Reinhard Heydrich: The SS Butcher of Prague

by Callum A. MacDonald · 1989

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It has been said that if responsibility for the Nazi camps can be laid at the feet of any one man, that man is Reinhard Heydrich. Retribution for his violent death included several thousand executions & two villages being razed to the ground. Based on previously untouched archive material & interviews with surviving members of SOE & Czech military intelligence, this is an account of the motives for killing Heydrich, the course of the plan to execute him & how his killers were tracked down.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
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military historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of this
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World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of thisCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 239 pages

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