Jozef Gabčík

Jozef Gabčík (1912-1942) was a Slovak soldier involved in the Britishbacked assassination of Nazi Reinhard Heydrich in Prague in 1942.

Jozef Gabčík in The Man With the Iron Heart
While his partner Jan Kubiš stood watch for Reinhard Heydrich's car, Jozef Gabčík was ready to shoot Heydrich with a Stens. Unfortunately, the Stens jammed. Kubiš attempted to blow up Heydrich's car with a grenade, but Heydrich spotted him, and ordered his driver to flee. The car was caught in the explosion, but was sufficiently out of range so that Heydrich survived with only minor injuries.

Gabčík and Kubiš were found shortly after, and died in a battle with German troops.