File:Czech Memorial Fountain, Jephson Gardens.jpg

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English: Czech Memorial Fountain, Jephson Gardens, Royal Leamington Spa, UK. Erected 1968, to honour those who served in the Czech Free Army, based in the town, especially seven men who parachuted into Czechoslovakia for Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Nazi general Reinhard Heydrich. Fountain is in shape of parachute. Plaque nearby reads: 'In tribute to all Czechoslovak soldiers, airmen and patriots who fell in World war 11. From Royal leamington Spa in 1941, volunteers from Free Czechoslovak forces stationed in the town were parachuted into their homeland to rid it of the tyrant Protector, SS General Heydrich. Two of them - Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik accomplished their mission in May 1942. They and their companions laid down their lives for freedom'.
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