I have studied the Heydrich assassination at some length as an historian, and the film does take some liberties with the facts. However this is to be expected as this is drama not a documentary. The battle at the end does contain some errors such as the end of the agents in the main church, one was fatally wounded and the other two took poison, instead of being killed in the gun battle, but this in no way detracts from the overall accuracy of the film.
The battle in the crypt likewise ended with the four agents committing suicide by gunshot, rather than a mixture of enemy action and suicide.
I have been in the crypt many times and have never failed to be impressed by the astounding courage of these men.
'In their darkest hour they lit a beacon that illuminated the world'
The battle in the crypt likewise ended with the four agents committing suicide by gunshot, rather than a mixture of enemy action and suicide.
I have been in the crypt many times and have never failed to be impressed by the astounding courage of these men.
'In their darkest hour they lit a beacon that illuminated the world'