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Originally Posted by Donger
Heydrich was a neat character. Started out in the navy but got booted for banging someone else's chick. A great fencer and violinist, too.
Oh, and bat-shit crazy and evil for icing on the proverbial cake.
He didn't believe that "his Czechs" would hurt him so he rode around in a convertible the same route each day. A couple of British-trained Czech chaps threw a bomb into his car. And, he died of septic shock when bits of the car seats embedded in his body. (that's all from memory, might have gotten some things wrong).
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Yes. I remember the dishonorable discharge from the Navy. He wasn't overfond of the Navy High Command after that, as I recall.
Teh assassination attempt was interesting, IIRC. The two assassins botched the attempt. Think a gun jammed or something. Then they started to run and Heydrich decided to chase them, and then one turned and shot him or somesuch. It was basically one of the oddest successful assassination attempts ever.