[PAR] [TLE] Operation Daybreak [SEP] Operation Daybreak (also known as The Price of Freedom in the US) is a 1975 Second World War film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.  Starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw, it was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague.  It is adapted from the book "Seven Men at Daybreak" by Alan Burgess. [PAR] [TLE] Operation Anthropoid [SEP] Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the assassination of Schutzstaffel (SS)-"Obergruppenführer" and "General der Polizei" Reinhard Heydrich, head of the "Reichssicherheitshauptamt" (Reich Main Security Office, RSHA), the combined security services of Nazi Germany, and acting "Reichsprotektor" of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.  The operation was carried out in Prague on 27 May 1942 after having been prepared by the British Special Operations Executive with the approval of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile.  Wounded in the attack, Heydrich died of his injuries on 4 June 1942.  His death led to a wave of merciless reprisals by German SS troops, including the destruction of villages and the killing of civilians.  Anthropoid was the only successful assassination of a senior Nazi leader during World War II.
[PAR] [TLE] Operation Daybreak [ SEP ] Operation Daybreak ( also known as The Price of Freedom in the US ) is a 1975 Second World War film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid , the assassination of SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Prague . Starring Anthony Andrews , Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw , it was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague . It is adapted from the book " Seven Men at Daybreak " by Alan Burgess . [PAR] [TLE] Operation Anthropoid [ SEP ] Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the assassination of Schutzstaffel ( SS)-"Obergruppenführer " and " General der Polizei " Reinhard Heydrich , head of the " Reichssicherheitshauptamt " ( Reich Main Security Office , RSHA ) , the combined security services of Nazi Germany , and acting " Reichsprotektor " of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia . The operation was carried out in Prague on 27 May 1942 after having been prepared by the British Special Operations Executive with the approval of the Czechoslovak government - in - exile . Wounded in the attack , Heydrich died of his injuries on 4 June 1942 . His death led to a wave of merciless reprisals by German SS troops , including the destruction of villages and the killing of civilians . Anthropoid was the only successful assassination of a senior Nazi leader during World War II .
What true story did a World War II film that Anthony Andrews star in that was the only successful assassination of a senior Nazi leader during World War II?
What true story did a World War II film that Anthony Andrews star in that was the only successful assassination of a senior Nazi leader during World War II ?
Operation Anthropoid
Operation Anthropoid