First Lieutenant Adolf Opálka (4 January 1915 – 18 June 1942) was a Czechoslovak soldier. He was a member of the Czech sabotage group Out Distance, a World War II anti-Nazi resistance group, and a participant in Operation Anthropoid, the successful mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich. Opálka was born into a middle-class family in Rešice and joined the Czechoslovak Army in 1936 where he served in the 43rd Infantry Regiment in Brno.

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  • First Lieutenant Adolf Opálka (4 January 1915 – 18 June 1942) was a Czechoslovak soldier. He was a member of the Czech sabotage group Out Distance, a World War II anti-Nazi resistance group, and a participant in Operation Anthropoid, the successful mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich. Opálka was born into a middle-class family in Rešice and joined the Czechoslovak Army in 1936 where he served in the 43rd Infantry Regiment in Brno. The Munich Agreement and subsequent German occupation of Czechoslovakia led to the disbanding of the Czechoslovak Army, and Opálka's career ended. He escaped to North Africa where he served in the French Foreign Legion, and he later returned to France. He then joined the Out Distance group and participated in Operation Anthropoid. He was found days later by the Nazis, and he committed suicide in the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague after a gunfight in which he was injured.
  • Nadporučík Adolf Opálka byl československý parašutista, velitel skupiny Operace Out distance. Zemřel v kryptě pravoslavného kostela sv. Cyrila a Metoděje na Resslově ulici společně s dalšími 6 parašutisty, kteří se podíleli na přípravě na provedení atentátu na zastupujícího říšského protektora Reinharda Heydricha.
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  • Czechoslovak War Cross,
    Golden Medal of Cs. Army for Freedom,
    First Class Star of Czechoslovak Army Order of White Lion for Victory,
    Order of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (third class),
    King's Commendation
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  • Lt. Adolf Opálka
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  • ''Lieutenant'', 2nd Mountain Regiment, Ružomberok,
    ''Sergent'', Mlle, 85.525, 1er Rgmt Legion Etrangere, Sidi Bel Abbes,
    ''Sergent'', 11éme R.T.S., Oran,
    ''Lieutenant'', 3. Czechoslovak Regiment, Agde
    ''First Lieutenant'', 1st Czechoslovak Brigade, Kineton
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  • First Lieutenant Adolf Opálka (4 January 1915 – 18 June 1942) was a Czechoslovak soldier. He was a member of the Czech sabotage group Out Distance, a World War II anti-Nazi resistance group, and a participant in Operation Anthropoid, the successful mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich. Opálka was born into a middle-class family in Rešice and joined the Czechoslovak Army in 1936 where he served in the 43rd Infantry Regiment in Brno.
  • Nadporučík Adolf Opálka byl československý parašutista, velitel skupiny Operace Out distance. Zemřel v kryptě pravoslavného kostela sv. Cyrila a Metoděje na Resslově ulici společně s dalšími 6 parašutisty, kteří se podíleli na přípravě na provedení atentátu na zastupujícího říšského protektora Reinharda Heydricha.
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