   jan kubiÅ¡ (24 june 1913 â 18 june 1942) was a czech soldier, one of a team of czechoslovak british-trained paratroopers sent to assassinate acting reichsprotektor (reich-protector) of bohemia and moravia, ss-obergruppenfÃ¼hrer reinhard heydrich, in 1942 as part of operation anthropoid. == biography == jan kubiÅ¡ was born in 1913 in dolnÃ­ vilÃ©movice, moravia (now czech republic). jan was a boy scout. jan kubiÅ¡, having previously been an active member of orel, started his military career as a czechoslovak army conscript on 1 november 1935 by 31st infantry regiment "arco" in jihlava. after passing petty officer course and promotion to corporal, kubiÅ¡ served some time in znojmo before being transferred to 34th infantry regiment "marksman jan Äapek" in opava, where he served at guard battalion stationed in jakartovice. here, kubiÅ¡ reached promotion to platoon sergeant. during the czechoslovak mobilization of 1938, kubiÅ¡ served as deputy commander of a platoon in czechoslovak border fortifications in the opava area. following the munich agreement and demobilization, kubiÅ¡ was discharged from army on 19 october 1938 and returned to his civilian life, working at a brick factory. at the eve of world war ii, on 16 june 1939, kubiÅ¡ fled czechoslovakia and joined a forming czechoslovak unit in krakÃ³w, poland. soon he was transferred to algiers, where he entered the french foreign legion. he fought in france during the early stage of world war ii and received his croix de guerre there. a month after the german victory in the battle of france, kubiÅ¡ fled t
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