Anthropoid & Other Resistance The Underground War Against Hitler, 1939-1945

Jozef Gabčík, a Slovak, fired on the car, but his gun jammed. His companion, Jan Kubiš, a Czech, threw a grenade. It exploded under the car, injuring Heydrich. The paratroopers made their escape. Heydrich was rushed to hospital, but a week later he died of his wounds.

~World War II heroes 

Halik Kochanski, Resistance: The Underground War Against Hitler, 1939-1945.  So far I have had time only to browse it, but it appears to be both excellent and definitive.

Eighty years ago, on the morning of May 27, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich was driving through Prague in an open-top Mercedes.

A deputy of Heinrich Himmler and a principal architect of the Holocaust, considered by some a possible successor to Adolf Hitler, Heydrich was also the acting Reichsprotektor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, as the Nazi-controlled Czech lands were then known.

As Heydrich’s Mercedes passed through the district of Libeň, two British-trained paratroopers stepped out into the road. 

Marking Operation Anthropoid’s place in Czech history, 80 years on - Via PF

Arrests in Hong Kong as world marks Tiananmen Square anniversary Authorities try to stamp out any public commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of massacre

WWIII: Australian plane in ‘very dangerous’ incident with Chinese fighter jet

Casualty Of War: Russian Artists, Scientists, Creatives, Are Leaving

How low has Putin driven Russian culture? Here are two indications. Thousands of scientists and other intellectuals along with hundreds of ballet dancers and other artists are leaving or trying to leave Russia, ashamed of Putin’s wars and immobilized by his repression. - Hedgehog Review

Catching up with notable journalism after the long weekend

Starting with a stunning yet not surprising New York Times report about how efforts to cast doubt on and influence election results are well underway.

PDF to Excel conversion: Your ultimate guide to the best tools - Computerworld: “Need to extract data from PDF files into a spreadsheet so you can analyze it? Find out how seven PDF to Excel conversion tools fared in head-to-head tests with increasingly complex data sources.”