On this day - 27 May

Reinhard Heydrich was a member of the Nazi elite. He oversaw the Czech workforce who were conscripted to provide arms required by the Nazis. He brought in martial law and had numerous arrests and executions completed. It was decided by Czechoslovakian military intelligence agents that he would need to die.

On May 28th 1942, a fatal attack was carried out on Reinhard Heydrich. He was being driven towards a hairpin bend in the road, where it was planned for him to be shot, but the gun jammed. Noticing this, Heydrich stopped the car and and an anti-tank mine was thrown in which exploded near the rear wheels and caused extensive injuries. Heydrich died in hospital on June 4th.