The guy looks so close to Heydrich I had to furiously Google thinking they had done a deep fake. Nope he just looks so uncannily like Heydrich that he’s played him in like 3-4 other films too Jesus that’s a scary accurate resemblance
Apparently Heydrich was presented with the Crown Jewels in Prague by the terrified remnants of the Czech Government. It's also rumoured that in private he may have put the Crown of Wenceslaus on his head without knowing the legend. Anyone who wrongly wears the crown of Wenceslaus will die within a year.
2:07 - The lingering view of the bloodstained shrapnel hole in the seat references Heydrich's final fate. The blast ruptured his spleen, broke a rib and perforated his lung and diaphragm, but they sewed him up at the hospital and he would have recovered if not for all the dirty horsehair from the seat stuffing being driven into his wounds. He died of massive sepsis a week later. Edit: Another fun fact is that Heydrich's doctor was the incompetent SS Surgeon General Karl Gebhardt, who refused to give him sulfa as an antibiotic because his professional rival Theodor Morell, Hitler's personal civilian physician, had been the one to publicly suggest it. After Heydrich died in his care, he and Himmler (his patron) were forced to hurriedly engineer a grotesque series of rigged experiments at Auschwitz and Ravensbruck designed to prove that sulfa wouldn't have saved Heydrich anyway. These had no medical value and killed dozens of prisoners. He was hanged as a war criminal in June 1948.
1) Gabčík didn't step in the way of the car, he wanted to fire as the car will be driving by around him in the curvature. 2) Heydrich's driver (J. Klein) didn't fire a single round because he had a malfunction, probably because he wasn't familiar with his gun which he was supplied only couple weeks before. 3) Kubiš was massively bleeding from his eyelid because a shrapnel hit him. Got to his bike and rode away while holding his eye. 4) no civilian was shot or seriously injured during the event 5) both attackers fired couple rounds from their pistols (colt 1903 pocket hammerless) but didn't hit a thing, just when Klein was pursuing Gabčík, Gabcik shot him in the leg and was finally able to escape via the street train. 6) the signal by mirror wasn't possible on that day because it was pretty cloudy All that being said it was a good movie and the atmosphere before and during the attack was great.
My heart sunk when I saw this. I already knew the story, but seeing in film just adds a new perspective. All that training, all that planning...and they were almost sunk by a weapon malfunction.
@@striverfor7628 Upon learning of the nature of the mission, resistance leaders begged the Czechoslovak government-in-exile to call off the attack, saying that "[a]n attempt against Heydrich's life... would be of no use to the Allies and its consequences for our people would be immeasurable". It was a publicity/legitimacy stunt by the government-in-exile.
Knowing that Hitler wanted Czech lands for German’s and knowing Hitler believed that Czechs were sub human and that Heydrich was the author of the final solution we can assume that had the war gone in Germany’s favor after the Jews and the Poles the Czechs were next on the extermination list. Eliminating Heydrich was absolutely the right call, if you can kill your murderer while they’re killing you do it.
@@wilekrowan3610 *some resistence leaders begged. Most wanted to go through with it. And when we found out what HItler had in plan with Czechs and Slovaks, it's safe to say that Lidice and Lezaky were just a "taste" of what was to come.
Let's acknowledge the fact that all of these soldiers were briefed that this is a one-way ticket mission and they will die in the process yet they volunteered.
And it was one of them who went to the Germans and tattled on the others, which made it easy for the Germans to find them hiding in the crypts under the church.
They never told anyone their mission. It was guessed, in this case by the women. Nobody approved of it, fearing the reprisals. Payback is always awful and barbaric.
The filmmakers deserve huge props for this scene. This is EXACTLY the way it happened in real life on May 27, 1942. They got practically every little detail on screen correct.
Sorry to say that, but not completely. They made quite a few details more dramatic than they were. But this is surely the closest scene to the reality🇨🇿
not quite. there were fewer witnesses around and I don't think Heydrich shot any bystanders (which they played up for hollywood). No collateral damage, only Heydrich and Stein (the driver) got injured. take those parts away and its more accurate.
Heydrich was evil but was very intelligent. But he was reckless to travel in an open top car with nothing more than himself, a driver and a pistol each for protection
You are aware that the beginning of the Heydrich occupation, one of the first new laws he passed was to confiscate all firearms so the Czechs couldn't use them later on to rebel. However he didn't expect these two assassins to be parachuted in by the enemy armed to the teeth. That's why Heydrich decided to have lax security while driving around.
He liked danger-learned to fly, and got to fly combat missions in the Eastern Front, a man who lived in the Brink of danger!!! I'm sure that, had he not died, he would have been like other SS Officers, who fought frontline in the last days of the War, unlike Himmler, ironically-he fled in a Police Sergeants uniform...
@@boohearne2887 sorry but he looks liek him to the point had he actually rode in the car the attackers woudl think it was him. Im czech so I know what Im about.
@@hootinouts The earlier Sten Guns were unreliable, but the later Sten Guns were far more reliable and quite effective (especially the Sten Mk.V). The one used here was an early one which had a tendency to misfire.
A lot of blame was directed towards the STEN gun used, as it is claimed it malfunctioned. The stock had been removed which is OK for storage or dismantling - but allows the dished metal stamping at the rear of the bolt to distort and come out of engagement. This aspect was not shown here - or mentioned anywhere else for that matter.
There was also the effect of, when the gun was hidden shortly before the big day, it had been partly hidden in shrubs/deep grass to evade police inspections. It was suspected afterwards that microscopic particles of grass slipped into the mechanism.
Magazine quality was pretty bad on these guns as well. Not to mention how there was no clear, beneficial way on holding the weapon. Holding the Sten by the barrel shroud could block your sights, meanwhile holding the gun by the magazine could cause a malfunction.
Hitler was furious when told Heydrich had been assassinated, he’d banged on at his top henchmen to take better security precautions when in occupied countries, but Heydrich and most of the others had completely ignored him. Hitler was as furious at Heydrich for ignoring his advice as he was about the assassination plot itself.
@@M1tjakaramazov He also (foolishly) told his driver to stop so they could jump out and confront the assassins with their pistols. This proved to be a bad idea once the anti-tank grenade came into play... never underestimate your enemy, especially in an ambush. Correct procedure would have been to duck and stomp on the gas.
I would just like to know why couldn't they go home to their countries after the assassination, they died 3 weeks after it if I'm not mistaken, in that time why didn't they organise to bring them back.
@@anotherbigfootwithinternet2147 They were in their home countries. They were in exile, in Britain, where they received training for the mission. They then parachuted back into Czechoslovakia to execute the mission. Parachuting into enemy territory is easier than landing an aircraft somewhere to extract them - no helicopters then.
Every time I pass the church in Prague where they hid, I see the holes around the small window made by the german machine gun.... Gabcik, Kubis and the others, true heroes.
Amazing scene - chaotic, dynamic and realistic. Tons of bullets fired all over the place. Respect for brave Soldiers who killed an antichrist. RIP to all victims in Lidice.
Heydrich always made sure that his next victim in-line was sitting just out side the room from the guy that he was currently torturing so that he could hear the screams. Even other high ranking SS officers were terrified of Heydrich and probably happy to see him go.
As an American, watching this movie was an amazing experience. Heydrich got what he deserved. The Czech people will always have a special place in our hearts in America they will forever be our friends. especially the heroes of the out distance group that successfully completed operation anthropoid.
You mean czech and slovak right? The one that was supposed too shoot but is gun got jammed was Slovak Jozef Gabcik just saying cause its common for people to call Slovaks czech aswell
@@samuelmatys7294 Slovaks were at that time loyal to Hitler so Slovaks that fought for exile government of czechoslovakia are usually refered to as czechs since slovaks were enemies.
@@samuelmatys7294 czechs is basically short for czechoslovaks. Slovaks were seperate. He was either czech or czechoslovak not slovak. Hell he was even jsut born there yet he lived in czech part in Pisek. Slovaks can be glad they were not punished for their treason but taking credit was assasination is a bit of a stretch.
Sup, proud Czech boi here? I want to remind you that Czech was the one who betrayed them. Nationality doesn't matter anymore in situation like this. And I'd also love to remind you of Slovak paratrooper who had to kill mr nazi. Their nationality was Czechoslovakian. Don't mix it with nowadays separated republics. Wars and regimes devided our country and cut off ties between us. But you guys? I mean, really you ripped off Czechoslovakian flag, now callin' it czech flag and they are all czechs? Am I here the only one educated? Like srsly man, what's wrong with yall. Just accept the facts. They were Czechoslovaks. And the worst thing is we both Slovaks and Czechs fight with each other meanwhile the real traitor is Britain and France, with E.Beneš and Czech politics who left the country in crisis and war state... Like if you agree.. (Imma not argue with anybody here so f**k off toxic commentators)
@@leosjonak2379 You should be ashamed of yourself, we had awesome army. You surrendered. Finland has fought against Soviets even tho they are small country. You ripped off Czechoslovak flag, be ashamed of yourself.
@@leosjonak2379 xD you surrendered, I would be ashamed to call myself czech, dozens of thousands people died meanwhile rich czech politicians were hidingin London, what a shame. And you are worshiping them till today. Czechoslovakia had powerful army with a lot of potential. Talk shits about finland and other countries but you're are even worse.
@@BeansAndWeens Quite a lot of them were made in school metal shops by young boys. Simplicity of manufacture was the second most important aspect of the design so they could do exactly that.
@@adamchurvis1 sorry to say but i highly doubt that any weapons were made in school metal shops i'd like to get a source from you, because quite frankly it doesn't seems believable.
@@BeansAndWeens Thank goodness there is someone in the CZcams Comments section taking claims to task and asking for evidence! I have felt like the only person doing this, and I've always been attacked for doubting a claim, which claimants always seem to take personally: "You callin' me a liar?!" "No, but the burden of proof is entirely on you, and I have a reasonable doubt of your claim." You've got me policing myself, and I genuinely appreciate that. The only sources I have are three, none of which are authoritative as they have not been vetted and are from non-curated information sources: 1) Discussions over the years with people closely associated with Military Armaments Corporation at a time (1984) when I was about to tool up for production of a weapon I had designed to be even less expensive while solving the ergonomic problems of the Sten, the Ingram M-10/M-11, the PPSh, and a few minor mentions. 2) wiki.wwiionline.com/view/Sten_Mk_II which I remembered as matching what I had listened to during aforementioned discussions. 3) www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1wi9l1/why_do_some_submachine_guns_mp18_sten_sterling/ which I just now found. So it would seem that two things are incorrect about what I had said. First, that perhaps not as many Stens were made by schoolboys as I had remembered being claimed, and second that these schoolboys made parts rather than whole weapons, the assembly taking place at the Enfield factory. What is your understanding of the various ways Stens were born and raised during WWII?
@@adamchurvis1 to my understanding the sten was made as a stop gap measure, a gun to be made as quick and dirty as a gun could be in order to fill the armory as to provide a weapon to the soldiers on the front. example in this is the most famous sten mk 2, made from the nastiest 47 parts a man could shove out of his factory or shop and, with more than a million made and shipped out, it served its purpose well, not as well as a quality gun like the lee-Enfield or lanchaster smg but it served. in all fairness i'd recommend you to the channel of 'forgotten weapons' tons of weird and wonderful weapons from across the ages, seems it'd fill some gaps its self
There is a theory that the British organised the assassination of Heydrich to protect Hitler. The British regarded Hitler as a chaotic madman who severely hampered the German war effort. They believed there was a real possibility that Heydrich would stage a coup d'etat. Heydrich had shown he was a brilliant administrator in Prague and he had massively increased weapons production from Czech factories. Churchill was allegedly very worried that such an able and dynamic personality would revitalise the performance of Germany.
Anyone traveling witohout a security detail with an opened soft top car in a hostile city and taking the fight with his pistol instead of ploughing through the ambush would have been a worthy heir to Hitler's rationality. If that had played out maybe Hitler's recklessness on the Eastern front would have seamed cautious and measured in comparison to what this idiot might have done. The arrogance and sense of grandeur and invulnerability were at a whole other level with him.
@Corn Pop Seems those army guys were half-assed when it came to deposing him. In fact, the high command was bitter to be commanded by a corporal, albeit one with an Iron cross. However, the truth is that most of the Wehrmacht were with him all the way and were not some corralled cattle that was looking for its way out. Hitler did not make his stint by sheer luck - the Germans had rallied behind him in their majority, once he disposed of a million dissenters. Had Stauffenberg walked up to Hitler and detoanated the case suicide style, it might have worked, especially that he eventually died all the same. As I said, all these attempts were half-assed as if they were too scared to succeed.
Actually unlikely that he would have staged a coup. However, he was considered a strong contender to being Hitlers named successor. You are correct. He was a man to get things done. If he had been at the head of the Reich, likely would have made Europe tremble.
@Corn Pop to be honest this isn't inaccurate either, even the push into the Ardennes was thrown out by German Generals because they wanted the offensive into France to fail, it was only because the person who suggested it was able to get to Hitler.
They were actually more worried about him being assigned to France to wipe out the French Resistance. That would have seriously messed up D-Day it would have also put Heydrich in position to usurp Himmler is head of the SS
Sure did. In hindsight, it would have been very, very interesting to see what would of happened to Heydrich after the war. I don't think he would have killed himself like Himmler, his nominal boss. But, if he lived and went to trial like Goring, he would of no doubt hanged like the rest. But, boy what information he could of told.
The villages of Lidice (lee-da-chay) and Lezaky were destroyed. 13,000 people were arrested, but I do not know how many died. It might have been worse, but that area of Czechoslovakia was very important to the German war machine. A lot of critical industry was located there and the Nazis feared reprisals would cause widespread reduction in productivity.
@@jasondaniel918 You are talking about the FOURTH geneva convention. Theres a FIRST, SECOND, and THRID one in place before 1949. It existed since 1864. The one in place in World War 2 was the THIRD geneva convention, which was made in 1929. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Conventions
The biggest crime here was giving the first assassin a fucking sten. He really should've used something more reliable, but it's easy to be a smart-ass in hindsight...
I sometimes would read about events like this happen, and wonder how such a series of events could possibly come about the way they did. It all seems so farcical, like the gun jamming, the delayed reactions, the trolley being where it was, shooting random people in the crowd. It makes me wonder how anyone ever pulled off an assassination ever.
~0:28: And again at ~0:45 seconds, the frame shows two men, riding one beside the other in the front seats It was my general impression that Heydrich was riding in the rear, on the right side.
FUN FACT: There's a Czech legend that a usurper is cursed to die those wearing the Bohemian crowns. Reinhard Heydrich secretly wore the Royal Crown of Bohemia, resulting Heydrich's assassination!
The people of the Resistance were so brave. They set out on missions like this knowing they’d probably die, but better to die standing than on your knees.
a very underrated movie , not about a big battle , but a small action with large consequences !! And what true bravery looks like . the actor who played heydrich looks just like him
@@itsme_arthur7563 dont know about you but if im supposed to assasinate someone id rather have a gun thats heavier and more complex than a fucking metal tube that was know to jam
These people got this movie perfect. I mean perfect. From the assassination to the investigation on who was involved. Ata Moravec torture was all perfectly accurate. From being beating, to even his mother severed head. The producers even did his tortured scene at the actual place where it took place in 1942. This movie is incredibly accurate
@@JL-jh6zn Nah the original place does not exist no more there is highway overpass it was made at different curve but the old movie from 50s black and white that one was at the exact place I believe.
Hah, ikr. But pistols are not very accurate beyond a certain range, and they have fewer rounds. No guarantee they'd have hit their target, and no way they'd have a second chance. If the Sten hadn't jammed he could have sprayed the car and never needed the grenade, which led to civilian casualties. As it was, they got their target, but not as cleanly as it could've been.
@@mariev6942 I focused on the Terezin Ghetto and concentration camp in the Czech Republic, founded by Reinhard Heydrich, but also included the story of his death.
Cool pretty accurate to what happened I wonder if they ever found out why the Sten failed it looks like the bolt went forward so idk my guess is a distorted magazine lips maybe they accidentally banged the mag on something it on something before putting it in and it failed to pick up a round I heard you need an exact 8 degree angle on the round or maybe gunk in the firing pin well🤷♂️
Technically, the blast wound sustained by Heydrich wasn't fatal. What eventually killed him were the spores in the horsehair stuffing in the car seat. Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík were two heroes saddled with defective weaponry. The sten gun was notorious for jamming up at the worst possible moments.
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The guy looks so close to Heydrich I had to furiously Google thinking they had done a deep fake. Nope he just looks so uncannily like Heydrich that he’s played him in like 3-4 other films too Jesus that’s a scary accurate resemblance
He really does resemble him. If I did, I'd have to get cosmetic surgery to change that. I wouldn't want to look like that evil scumbag.
"So, what do you do for a living?"
"Oh, I portray Reinhard Heydrich anytime someone's making a movie about the Nazis."
I was wondering if they used computer graphics to simulate him. He really does look just like him.
I noticed that, but took it for granted until you brought it up.
I know he didn't die immediately, but that was SO satisfying seeing him suffer for those brief seconds.
Apparently Heydrich was presented with the Crown Jewels in Prague by the terrified remnants of the Czech Government. It's also rumoured that in private he may have put the Crown of Wenceslaus on his head without knowing the legend. Anyone who wrongly wears the crown of Wenceslaus will die within a year.
I love legends, didn't know about this one!
I’m czech and I didn’t know that! Thanks!!!
@MATIAS ALPINO Yes true, those guys were so brave.
@MATIAS ALPINO Only UK held out against them.
Fascinating! I never knew that!
2:07 - The lingering view of the bloodstained shrapnel hole in the seat references Heydrich's final fate. The blast ruptured his spleen, broke a rib and perforated his lung and diaphragm, but they sewed him up at the hospital and he would have recovered if not for all the dirty horsehair from the seat stuffing being driven into his wounds. He died of massive sepsis a week later.
Edit: Another fun fact is that Heydrich's doctor was the incompetent SS Surgeon General Karl Gebhardt, who refused to give him sulfa as an antibiotic because his professional rival Theodor Morell, Hitler's personal civilian physician, had been the one to publicly suggest it. After Heydrich died in his care, he and Himmler (his patron) were forced to hurriedly engineer a grotesque series of rigged experiments at Auschwitz and Ravensbruck designed to prove that sulfa wouldn't have saved Heydrich anyway. These had no medical value and killed dozens of prisoners. He was hanged as a war criminal in June 1948.
couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...
I hope he suffered.
Too bad he didn't die a year earlier, millions of lives might have been saved.
Such a slow, agonising death couldn't have happened to more deserving monster!!!
@@360Nomad Nope, plenty to take his place
1) Gabčík didn't step in the way of the car, he wanted to fire as the car will be driving by around him in the curvature.
2) Heydrich's driver (J. Klein) didn't fire a single round because he had a malfunction, probably because he wasn't familiar with his gun which he was supplied only couple weeks before.
3) Kubiš was massively bleeding from his eyelid because a shrapnel hit him. Got to his bike and rode away while holding his eye.
4) no civilian was shot or seriously injured during the event
5) both attackers fired couple rounds from their pistols (colt 1903 pocket hammerless) but didn't hit a thing, just when Klein was pursuing Gabčík, Gabcik shot him in the leg and was finally able to escape via the street train.
6) the signal by mirror wasn't possible on that day because it was pretty cloudy
All that being said it was a good movie and the atmosphere before and during the attack was great.
How come the assassination on the original film op daybreak different from this version off the film
My heart sunk when I saw this. I already knew the story, but seeing in film just adds a new perspective.
All that training, all that planning...and they were almost sunk by a weapon malfunction.
I wonder, but I don't really know, if they'd have been better failing to kill him, given what the nazis did in response to Heydrich's death
@@striverfor7628 Upon learning of the nature of the mission, resistance leaders begged the Czechoslovak government-in-exile to call off the attack, saying that "[a]n attempt against Heydrich's life... would be of no use to the Allies and its consequences for our people would be immeasurable".
It was a publicity/legitimacy stunt by the government-in-exile.
Knowing that Hitler wanted Czech lands for German’s and knowing Hitler believed that Czechs were sub human and that Heydrich was the author of the final solution we can assume that had the war gone in Germany’s favor after the Jews and the Poles the Czechs were next on the extermination list. Eliminating Heydrich was absolutely the right call, if you can kill your murderer while they’re killing you do it.
@@wilekrowan3610 *some resistence leaders begged. Most wanted to go through with it. And when we found out what HItler had in plan with Czechs and Slovaks, it's safe to say that Lidice and Lezaky were just a "taste" of what was to come.
You see Devil Dogs? 🐕 This is what happens if you don’t clean your weapons !!
Let's acknowledge the fact that all of these soldiers were briefed that this is a one-way ticket mission and they will die in the process yet they volunteered.
And it was one of them who went to the Germans and tattled on the others, which made it easy for the Germans to find them hiding in the crypts under the church.
They never told anyone their mission. It was guessed, in this case by the women. Nobody approved of it, fearing the reprisals. Payback is always awful and barbaric.
The filmmakers deserve huge props for this scene. This is EXACTLY the way it happened in real life on May 27, 1942. They got practically every little detail on screen correct.
Sorry to say that, but not completely. They made quite a few details more dramatic than they were. But this is surely the closest scene to the reality🇨🇿
Heydrich's fate was sealed the minute the bomb went off. He was a dead man walking when he returned fire on his attackers. He just didn't know it yet.
@@williamhiers1280 Not really, he probably would have recovered if the doctors had taken more precautions to avoid sepsis.
I try to do the same thing if I was a filmmaker
not quite. there were fewer witnesses around and I don't think Heydrich shot any bystanders (which they played up for hollywood). No collateral damage, only Heydrich and Stein (the driver) got injured.
take those parts away and its more accurate.
Incredible how similar he looks to the real Reinhard Heydrich
Truly unbelievable, almost spooky !!!
This actor's played Heydrich at least four times.
He's a little too old.
Heydrich was evil but was very intelligent. But he was reckless to travel in an open top car with nothing more than himself, a driver and a pistol each for protection
Pretty badass though all things considered that he stayed and fought when he could have had his driver speed away
@@spaman7716 And if his driver had sped away he would have lived.
You are aware that the beginning of the Heydrich occupation, one of the first new laws he passed was to confiscate all firearms so the Czechs couldn't use them later on to rebel. However he didn't expect these two assassins to be parachuted in by the enemy armed to the teeth. That's why Heydrich decided to have lax security while driving around.
@@PcGamerify One doesnt need a gun. Bombs can be made or even a Molatov cocktail.
He liked danger-learned to fly, and got to fly combat missions in the Eastern Front, a man who lived in the Brink of danger!!!
I'm sure that, had he not died, he would have been like other SS Officers, who fought frontline in the last days of the War, unlike Himmler, ironically-he fled in a Police Sergeants uniform...
The actor actually looks like Reinhard Heydrich. He should of known ' Nobody messes with the Peaky fookin Blinders'!
Sorry, but he doesn't really look like him. He had a unique face with Asian eyes. No actor, so far, has been able to capture the look.
@@boohearne2887 sorry but he looks liek him to the point had he actually rode in the car the attackers woudl think it was him. Im czech so I know what Im about.
He should "have" known.
(Former captain of the grammar police here)
Heydrich was the only Nazi that actually looked Ayran!
Could you translate that into English?
The Sten Gun jamming is very accurate from real life
Those guns were absolute junk. The US "Grease Gun" was even way better than the Sten
@@hootinouts imagine if he had a ppsh41 instead of the sten...
I think he left safety on
@@hootinouts The earlier Sten Guns were unreliable, but the later Sten Guns were far more reliable and quite effective (especially the Sten Mk.V). The one used here was an early one which had a tendency to misfire.
Here is a Sten failing in the same way. czcams.com/video/KDn-jVRdO_8/video.html
A lot of blame was directed towards the STEN gun used, as it is claimed it malfunctioned. The stock had been removed which is OK for storage or dismantling - but allows the dished metal stamping at the rear of the bolt to distort and come out of engagement. This aspect was not shown here - or mentioned anywhere else for that matter.
Either way, It was still a piece of junk.
Early Sten guns had a horrible tendancy to misfire or jam. Later Sten Guns which were built to a much higher standard were more reliable.
There was also the effect of, when the gun was hidden shortly before the big day, it had been partly hidden in shrubs/deep grass to evade police inspections. It was suspected afterwards that microscopic particles of grass slipped into the mechanism.
According to Ian from Forgotten Weapons, it was discovered to be a faulty magazine.
Magazine quality was pretty bad on these guns as well. Not to mention how there was no clear, beneficial way on holding the weapon. Holding the Sten by the barrel shroud could block your sights, meanwhile holding the gun by the magazine could cause a malfunction.
Hitler was furious when told Heydrich had been assassinated, he’d banged on at his top henchmen to take better security precautions when in occupied countries, but Heydrich and most of the others had completely ignored him. Hitler was as furious at Heydrich for ignoring his advice as he was about the assassination plot itself.
The Nazis had a bizarre insistence to drive in open top cars no matter where they were. Cost him dearly.
@@M1tjakaramazov He also (foolishly) told his driver to stop so they could jump out and confront the assassins with their pistols. This proved to be a bad idea once the anti-tank grenade came into play... never underestimate your enemy, especially in an ambush. Correct procedure would have been to duck and stomp on the gas.
@@M1tjakaramazov They had to show off their fashion, which was great.
@@Khyrid They felt like Hugo Boss deserved the advertising.
Hitler new Heydrick was irreplaceable
One of the best WW2 movies ever made. The final 30 minutes of this film are about as intense as cinema can get.
Super well done.
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@@henrykjarosz3350 Another great depiction of events, and a great film!
I would just like to know why couldn't they go home to their countries after the assassination, they died 3 weeks after it if I'm not mistaken, in that time why didn't they organise to bring them back.
@@anotherbigfootwithinternet2147 They were in their home countries. They were in exile, in Britain, where they received training for the mission. They then parachuted back into Czechoslovakia to execute the mission. Parachuting into enemy territory is easier than landing an aircraft somewhere to extract them - no helicopters then.
Every time I pass the church in Prague where they hid, I see the holes around the small window made by the german machine gun.... Gabcik, Kubis and the others, true heroes.
Amazing scene - chaotic, dynamic and realistic. Tons of bullets fired all over the place.
Respect for brave Soldiers who killed an antichrist.
RIP to all victims in Lidice.
Always smart to have a backup plan
And don't use Stens. They jam often, as shown here.
@@williamhiers1280 at least use the Mk. V for better performance
Life is what happens when Plan C fails.
Fuckin sten guns. Would have been better of using the Tokarev. Planted one in his head.
@@itsme_arthur7563 They had Tokarevs lol
this movie is very underrated and i barely saw any marketing of it. no glamorization of war, felt like a documentary.
Almost a "Mission Failed" moment right here
If only the driver speed up when the dude's gun jammed. Would of made it safe and reinhard would of more likely have dozens of guards for that matter.
Heydrich always made sure that his next victim in-line was sitting just out side the room from the guy that he was currently torturing so that he could hear the screams. Even other high ranking SS officers were terrified of Heydrich and probably happy to see him go.
Even his colleagues were scared of him and I’m not talking about Himmler but others. I truly believe he was the devil in human form.
Heydrich was a perfect soldier. He did , what he was told to do.
@@alexs5744 What about Stalin?
@@jslfcs6655 What about him?
@@alexs5744If Heydrich was a "devil" in human form. I'd like to know , what Stalin was? In your opinion?
LIDICE not forgotten!
and Ležáky
Who ever came to Slavic land with a sword, died by the sword
Fantastic film!
@@Pocketcollection not at all as it’s badly dated and hasn’t aged well
This chilling music is beautiful.
One of the most heroic yet disturbing chapters in WW2
As an American, watching this movie was an amazing experience. Heydrich got what he deserved. The Czech people will always have a special place in our hearts in America they will forever be our friends. especially the heroes of the out distance group that successfully completed operation anthropoid.
You mean czech and slovak right? The one that was supposed too shoot but is gun got jammed was Slovak Jozef Gabcik just saying cause its common for people to call Slovaks czech aswell
Heydrich had it coming but hundreds of innocent Czech civilians got slaughtered in retaliation
@@samuelmatys7294 Slovaks were at that time loyal to Hitler so Slovaks that fought for exile government of czechoslovakia are usually refered to as czechs since slovaks were enemies.
@@17MrLeon it was a CZECHOSLOVAK government doesn't mean they were czechs cause the fascists took over
@@samuelmatys7294 czechs is basically short for czechoslovaks. Slovaks were seperate. He was either czech or czechoslovak not slovak. Hell he was even jsut born there yet he lived in czech part in Pisek. Slovaks can be glad they were not punished for their treason but taking credit was assasination is a bit of a stretch.
Last words of these Czech paratroopers : "We are czechs, we never give up! Do you hear? Never!"
Sup, proud Czech boi here? I want to remind you that Czech was the one who betrayed them. Nationality doesn't matter anymore in situation like this. And I'd also love to remind you of Slovak paratrooper who had to kill mr nazi. Their nationality was Czechoslovakian. Don't mix it with nowadays separated republics.
Wars and regimes devided our country and cut off ties between us. But you guys? I mean, really you ripped off Czechoslovakian flag, now callin' it czech flag and they are all czechs? Am I here the only one educated? Like srsly man, what's wrong with yall. Just accept the facts. They were Czechoslovaks. And the worst thing is we both Slovaks and Czechs fight with each other meanwhile the real traitor is Britain and France, with E.Beneš and Czech politics who left the country in crisis and war state... Like if you agree.. (Imma not argue with anybody here so f**k off toxic commentators)
Except to the EU...
@@leosjonak2379 You should be ashamed of yourself, we had awesome army. You surrendered. Finland has fought against Soviets even tho they are small country. You ripped off Czechoslovak flag, be ashamed of yourself.
@@leosjonak2379 xD you surrendered, I would be ashamed to call myself czech, dozens of thousands people died meanwhile rich czech politicians were hidingin London, what a shame. And you are worshiping them till today. Czechoslovakia had powerful army with a lot of potential. Talk shits about finland and other countries but you're are even worse.
Really brave men.
Damn, I'm gonna watch this now. What a great scene 👏
Excellent movie with great acting , one of my favorites .
When your submachine gun was manufactured by schoolboys in their school's metal shop class... literally!
well the sten may just be a metal pipe
but no they're factory made
@@BeansAndWeens Quite a lot of them were made in school metal shops by young boys. Simplicity of manufacture was the second most important aspect of the design so they could do exactly that.
@@adamchurvis1
sorry to say but i highly doubt that any weapons were made in school metal shops
i'd like to get a source from you, because quite frankly it doesn't seems believable.
@@BeansAndWeens Thank goodness there is someone in the CZcams Comments section taking claims to task and asking for evidence! I have felt like the only person doing this, and I've always been attacked for doubting a claim, which claimants always seem to take personally: "You callin' me a liar?!" "No, but the burden of proof is entirely on you, and I have a reasonable doubt of your claim." You've got me policing myself, and I genuinely appreciate that.
The only sources I have are three, none of which are authoritative as they have not been vetted and are from non-curated information sources:
1) Discussions over the years with people closely associated with Military Armaments Corporation at a time (1984) when I was about to tool up for production of a weapon I had designed to be even less expensive while solving the ergonomic problems of the Sten, the Ingram M-10/M-11, the PPSh, and a few minor mentions.
2) wiki.wwiionline.com/view/Sten_Mk_II which I remembered as matching what I had listened to during aforementioned discussions.
3) www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1wi9l1/why_do_some_submachine_guns_mp18_sten_sterling/ which I just now found.
So it would seem that two things are incorrect about what I had said. First, that perhaps not as many Stens were made by schoolboys as I had remembered being claimed, and second that these schoolboys made parts rather than whole weapons, the assembly taking place at the Enfield factory.
What is your understanding of the various ways Stens were born and raised during WWII?
@@adamchurvis1
to my understanding the sten was made as a stop gap measure, a gun to be made as quick and dirty as a gun could be in order to fill the armory as to provide a weapon to the soldiers on the front.
example in this is the most famous sten mk 2, made from the nastiest 47 parts a man could shove out of his factory or shop and, with more than a million made and shipped out, it served its purpose well, not as well as a quality gun like the lee-Enfield or lanchaster smg but it served.
in all fairness i'd recommend you to the channel of 'forgotten weapons' tons of weird and wonderful weapons from across the ages, seems it'd fill some gaps its self
Fantastic film.
10 times better than 'The man with the iron heart' (2017).
There was still some good scene with "The an with the Iron Heart", but you're right.
There is a theory that the British organised the assassination of Heydrich to protect Hitler.
The British regarded Hitler as a chaotic madman who severely hampered the German war effort.
They believed there was a real possibility that Heydrich would stage a coup d'etat. Heydrich had shown he was a brilliant administrator in Prague and he had massively increased weapons production from Czech factories. Churchill was allegedly very worried that such an able and dynamic personality would revitalise the performance of Germany.
Anyone traveling witohout a security detail with an opened soft top car in a hostile city and taking the fight with his pistol instead of ploughing through the ambush would have been a worthy heir to Hitler's rationality. If that had played out maybe Hitler's recklessness on the Eastern front would have seamed cautious and measured in comparison to what this idiot might have done. The arrogance and sense of grandeur and invulnerability were at a whole other level with him.
@Corn Pop Seems those army guys were half-assed when it came to deposing him. In fact, the high command was bitter to be commanded by a corporal, albeit one with an Iron cross. However, the truth is that most of the Wehrmacht were with him all the way and were not some corralled cattle that was looking for its way out. Hitler did not make his stint by sheer luck - the Germans had rallied behind him in their majority, once he disposed of a million dissenters.
Had Stauffenberg walked up to Hitler and detoanated the case suicide style, it might have worked, especially that he eventually died all the same. As I said, all these attempts were half-assed as if they were too scared to succeed.
Actually unlikely that he would have staged a coup. However, he was considered a strong contender to being Hitlers named successor. You are correct. He was a man to get things done. If he had been at the head of the Reich, likely would have made Europe tremble.
@Corn Pop to be honest this isn't inaccurate either, even the push into the Ardennes was thrown out by German Generals because they wanted the offensive into France to fail, it was only because the person who suggested it was able to get to Hitler.
They were actually more worried about him being assigned to France to wipe out the French Resistance. That would have seriously messed up D-Day it would have also put Heydrich in position to usurp Himmler is head of the SS
lot of people died for payback after this
Sure did. In hindsight, it would have been very, very interesting to see what would of happened to Heydrich after the war. I don't think he would have killed himself like Himmler, his nominal boss. But, if he lived and went to trial like Goring, he would of no doubt hanged like the rest. But, boy what information he could of told.
The villages of Lidice (lee-da-chay) and Lezaky were destroyed. 13,000 people were arrested, but I do not know how many died. It might have been worse, but that area of Czechoslovakia was very important to the German war machine. A lot of critical industry was located there and the Nazis feared reprisals would cause widespread reduction in productivity.
@@jasondaniel918 Thats what you get for partisan warfare (which is against the geneva convention by the way)
@@capitaldcolon1795 The Geneva Conventions were not signed until 1949. You should know that.
@@jasondaniel918 You are talking about the FOURTH geneva convention. Theres a FIRST, SECOND, and THRID one in place before 1949.
It existed since 1864. The one in place in World War 2 was the THIRD geneva convention, which was made in 1929.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Conventions
Wow, what great cinematography. I know what movie I'll be watching tonight.
you know it's in Europe when an assassin uses a bicycle as the getaway vehicle
I got chills when it panned over to the hole in the seat. Fuck, that shot was so well done.
This is perhaps the most daring assassinations in history the consequences of this were horrendous.
The biggest crime here was giving the first assassin a fucking sten. He really should've used something more reliable, but it's easy to be a smart-ass in hindsight...
Jozef Gabcik was my grandfather's first cousin
Finally, an ACCURATE account of this! Great job.
I sometimes would read about events like this happen, and wonder how such a series of events could possibly come about the way they did. It all seems so farcical, like the gun jamming, the delayed reactions, the trolley being where it was, shooting random people in the crowd. It makes me wonder how anyone ever pulled off an assassination ever.
Today marks the anniversary.
Every time he racked the bolt, a loaded round should have ejected. That is unless the failure was due to the magazine not being seated properly.
Sten gun is open bolt, besides it was jammed. There is no reason why round would eject
Wonderful and very dramatic movie
~0:28: And again at ~0:45 seconds, the frame shows two men, riding one beside the other in the front seats It was my general impression that Heydrich was riding in the rear, on the right side.
That’s how I’ve read it described, but considering the quality of this film, I can easily forgive the small error.
And there was a shot of the seat, with bullet holes EDIT: Right front passenger seat
Heydrich had nothing but contempt for the Czechs, he called them "Gutless"; so, and given for the weather, he rolled in his car with the top down.
Thats why Sten was called plumbers nightmare
The heros were Jozef Gabčík, Jan Kubiš.
Adolf Opalka: I am joke to you?
FUN FACT: There's a Czech legend that a usurper is cursed to die those wearing the Bohemian crowns. Reinhard Heydrich secretly wore the Royal Crown of Bohemia, resulting Heydrich's assassination!
The people of the Resistance were so brave. They set out on missions like this knowing they’d probably die, but better to die standing than on your knees.
Czech Assassins were trained in Arisaig, Scotland 🏴
Goes to show you how most real pistol matches go, fuckin sten.
Accurate considering Stens were known to jam a lot
CECK PEOPLE REAL COURAGE.. SALUTE TO YOU..
This is such a good scene.
man that had me on the edge of my seat
"This is a Man, this is a god, this is ghost, this is a guru" we can see Thomas Shelby again after last Episode, bit in WW2.
Fun Fact: Heydrich was the only high ranking Nazi to be assassinated successfully
Web czechs also have a film about the assassination is from 1964-it's all about it ,the czech name film atentát
My family had relatives in Lidice, but these men who executed this attack were heroes, patriots.
They were cowardly assassins
@@BaseK59 heroes
This job cannot be praised with words enough.
a very underrated movie , not about a big battle , but a small action with large consequences !! And what true bravery looks like . the actor who played heydrich looks just like him
Finally, a realistic depiction of typical pistol marksmanship under stress in a movie.
He is probably watching the movie in hell. He was an evil man.
That’s why you double check to see if your weapon doesn’t cock up when about to shoot
April 9th too and a couple other Danish resistance movies were good too ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC
I was under the impression that Heydrich was sitting in the rear seat of the car
We went to the site of the assassination in Prague...and to Lidice, wiped out in retribution.
Happy 80th Anniversary Heydrich!
If that Sten wasn't jamming, the asassination will be quick and no dramas
Yep crappy British gun nearly ruined everything. Should've used an American tommy gun instead.
@@bilbobaggins8108 well, Tommy guns were heavy and hard to assamble, so they choose over Sten
@@itsme_arthur7563 dont know about you but if im supposed to assasinate someone id rather have a gun thats heavier and more complex than a fucking metal tube that was know to jam
These people got this movie perfect. I mean perfect. From the assassination to the investigation on who was involved. Ata Moravec torture was all perfectly accurate. From being beating, to even his mother severed head. The producers even did his tortured scene at the actual place where it took place in 1942. This movie is incredibly accurate
OMYGOD what they did it at the actual place? WOW. I am surprised this movie got so little marketing
Yeah, it's a work of art. And very intense.
@@JL-jh6zn Nah the original place does not exist no more there is highway overpass it was made at different curve but the old movie from 50s black and white that one was at the exact place I believe.
Ta bomba 🤯 našla a splnila svoj cieľ 🎯
When the rifle jams at the most inopportune moment.
"No one is going to shed any tears for that sow going to the butcher"--Sepp Dietrich
I did
This was ana amazing scene from a modern movie - this movie is the saving ryan of spy films
what is the name of this film please ?
Anthropoid
God, I’d hate for my escape to be dependent on some old, crappy, boneshaker of a bicycle!
was not like you say in 1942, dude, no mountain bike in that times, dumbo XD
@@carloko08 Who said anything about mountain bikes?
Even Hitler called Reinhardt Heydrich, "The man with the iron heart."
Devil told that to demon😒🤷
RIP
THEY ARE THE TRUE HEROES!
Wow this was great. This is exactly how I read it happened.
I hate it when they recreate these events inaccurately, on purpose
he was better off just using the damn pistol from the start lol
Hah, ikr. But pistols are not very accurate beyond a certain range, and they have fewer rounds. No guarantee they'd have hit their target, and no way they'd have a second chance. If the Sten hadn't jammed he could have sprayed the car and never needed the grenade, which led to civilian casualties. As it was, they got their target, but not as cleanly as it could've been.
Great Heydrich resemblance and a great war film, shines a light on SOE.
yeah yeah yeah, looks like every weekend in Warsaw at that time, or so.
Great movie! I am working now on a documentary on this topic. Already made some trailer from these real places.
in what language?
@@mariev6942 I focused on the Terezin Ghetto and concentration camp in the Czech Republic, founded by Reinhard Heydrich, but also included the story of his death.
@@travelrideandfly8355 thank you!
With the coronavirus still out there!?
super cool! documentaries are dope
Benesh-Agents in action
And that’s why you clean your firearm before an op
Run Tommy.....
If he’d used an MP40 it would have been over in the first trigger pull
Mp40s can jam too
True, I owned one for ten years, it wasn’t common.especially compared to a Sten
Idk how I missed this movie... was there any marketing at all for this?!?
Cool pretty accurate to what happened I wonder if they ever found out why the Sten failed it looks like the bolt went forward so idk my guess is a distorted magazine lips maybe they accidentally banged the mag on something it on something before putting it in and it failed to pick up a round I heard you need an exact 8 degree angle on the round or maybe gunk in the firing pin well🤷♂️
When I saw a side by side comparison between the actor and real deal Heydrich, the resemblance is so uncanny!
Could someone please translate for me, what Heydrich and driver are saying?
Where did they find the actor? Pretty uncanny resemblance.
1:22 hell of a getaway car xd
Technically, the blast wound sustained by Heydrich wasn't fatal. What eventually killed him were the spores in the horsehair stuffing in the car seat. Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík were two heroes saddled with defective weaponry. The sten gun was notorious for jamming up at the worst possible moments.
And I vote *this* as the *worst* possible moment
Should have been titled, "How to completely botch an assassination attempt".
I wonder what was up with the machine-gun malfunction? Not properly maintained or poor training and testing?
Né, jen nespolehlivý krám
Question. Was there so many civilians hit by stray bullet's and shrapnel from the grenade?
Ok, civilians werent gunned down in crossfire. Heydrich followed his attackers for a block or so. The grenade was a briefcase bomb.
No it was not a brief case bomb nor a grenade it was a bomb just as shown in the picture.
and Heydrich didn't follow anyone. He collapsed on a railing next to the tram stop
He hid it IN a briefcase, it wasn't the briefcase itself.