Josef Valčík

Josef Valčík
Born(1914-11-02)2 November 1914
Died18 June 1942(1942-06-18) (aged 27)
Allegiance
Service / branch
Years of service
  • 1936–1939
  • 1940–1942
RankPodporučík (Lieutenant)
UnitSpecial Operations Executive
Battles / wars
AwardsCzechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945

Josef Valčík (pronounced [ˈjozɛv ˈval̩tʃiːk]; 2 November 1914 – 18 June 1942) was a Czechoslovak British-trained soldier and member of the Resistance in German-occupied Czechoslovakia who took part in the firefight during the aftermath of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, code named Operation Anthropoid.