Anthropoid
is really Charles Bridge, Prague, Prague
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
The multiplayer map Anthropoid takes its name from Operation Anthropoid, the 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, and Activision says it is set in the very streets of Prague. Its loading screen looks down the Charles Bridge between its baroque statues towards the Old Town.
The real place
The Charles Bridge was begun in 1357 under Emperor Charles IV and lined with 30 baroque statues around 1700. Heydrich was attacked in May 1942 in the Libeň district, and the paratroopers were later trapped in the crypt of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, now a national memorial.
Visiting
Cross the bridge early in the morning to have it almost to yourself. The memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror, in the crypt of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius on Resslova Street, is a 25 minute walk away.
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