Randy Blythe
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And then my lawyer finally brought me some English books. But no, I did not do much. I worked out and read and wrote. But anyway, World War II, the Nazis obviously invaded and took over. And the... Only, I think, high-ranking Nazi official to be assassinated happened in Prague. And his name was Reinhard Heydrich. I think that was his name. He was known as the Butcher of Prague.
And there was a group of Czech and Slovakian dudes who had gone to England. They had already been out fighting by the time the Nazis took over. So they were in England when the Nazis took over. They trained up in Scotland as guerrillas and paratroopers, special forces. They parachuted back into Nazi-occupied Czech, went into Prague,
And there was a group of Czech and Slovakian dudes who had gone to England. They had already been out fighting by the time the Nazis took over. So they were in England when the Nazis took over. They trained up in Scotland as guerrillas and paratroopers, special forces. They parachuted back into Nazi-occupied Czech, went into Prague,
And there was a group of Czech and Slovakian dudes who had gone to England. They had already been out fighting by the time the Nazis took over. So they were in England when the Nazis took over. They trained up in Scotland as guerrillas and paratroopers, special forces. They parachuted back into Nazi-occupied Czech, went into Prague,
And then two of them made an assassination tip on Reinhard Heydrich as he was driving his car, the Butcher of Prague. And one of them's machine gun jammed. The other one threw a grenade. And it went off beneath Heydrich's car. And they thought they hadn't gotten him, but they did because the upholstery had horse hair in it. The shrapnel pushed horse hair into Heydrich's blood and poisoned him.
And then two of them made an assassination tip on Reinhard Heydrich as he was driving his car, the Butcher of Prague. And one of them's machine gun jammed. The other one threw a grenade. And it went off beneath Heydrich's car. And they thought they hadn't gotten him, but they did because the upholstery had horse hair in it. The shrapnel pushed horse hair into Heydrich's blood and poisoned him.
And then two of them made an assassination tip on Reinhard Heydrich as he was driving his car, the Butcher of Prague. And one of them's machine gun jammed. The other one threw a grenade. And it went off beneath Heydrich's car. And they thought they hadn't gotten him, but they did because the upholstery had horse hair in it. The shrapnel pushed horse hair into Heydrich's blood and poisoned him.
He got sepsis.
He got sepsis.
He got sepsis.
and he died he didn't die right away no he died so this group of paratroopers go into hiding and eventually they wind up hiding in this basement of a church in the crypt where they buried people and they get ratted out i can't remember i think one of them turned and ratted them out And so for full 24 hours, something like seven dudes held off 1,400 Nazi stormtroopers or 900.
and he died he didn't die right away no he died so this group of paratroopers go into hiding and eventually they wind up hiding in this basement of a church in the crypt where they buried people and they get ratted out i can't remember i think one of them turned and ratted them out And so for full 24 hours, something like seven dudes held off 1,400 Nazi stormtroopers or 900.
and he died he didn't die right away no he died so this group of paratroopers go into hiding and eventually they wind up hiding in this basement of a church in the crypt where they buried people and they get ratted out i can't remember i think one of them turned and ratted them out And so for full 24 hours, something like seven dudes held off 1,400 Nazi stormtroopers or 900.
They had to flood them out. Eventually, the Nazis came to the church. They held them off the guns, eventually retreated to the crypt. They were trying to flood them out. They were throwing grenades down there and stuff. Finally, at the end, they ran out of bullets. They tried to dig out through a tunnel into the sewers. They couldn't do that.
They had to flood them out. Eventually, the Nazis came to the church. They held them off the guns, eventually retreated to the crypt. They were trying to flood them out. They were throwing grenades down there and stuff. Finally, at the end, they ran out of bullets. They tried to dig out through a tunnel into the sewers. They couldn't do that.
They had to flood them out. Eventually, the Nazis came to the church. They held them off the guns, eventually retreated to the crypt. They were trying to flood them out. They were throwing grenades down there and stuff. Finally, at the end, they ran out of bullets. They tried to dig out through a tunnel into the sewers. They couldn't do that.
And finally, they only had a few bullets left, so they shot themselves. This was known as Operation Anthropoid. There's a movie called Anthropoid you can watch. And you can go into the basement of that church and you can see where they were trying to dig out. And you can see the bullet holes inside of it.
And finally, they only had a few bullets left, so they shot themselves. This was known as Operation Anthropoid. There's a movie called Anthropoid you can watch. And you can go into the basement of that church and you can see where they were trying to dig out. And you can see the bullet holes inside of it.
And finally, they only had a few bullets left, so they shot themselves. This was known as Operation Anthropoid. There's a movie called Anthropoid you can watch. And you can go into the basement of that church and you can see where they were trying to dig out. And you can see the bullet holes inside of it.
But these were hard men.