President Eduard Beneš awarded a Czechoslovak Military Cross 1939 to Josef Gabcík and Jan Kubiš in October 1940 for their participation in fighting in France. They had one and a half years of life left. The manhunt for the parachutists ended on 18 June 1942, when they courageously fought their final battle in the crypt of the Church of St. Cyril and Methodius, Resslova Street, Prague. The betrayal of one of their comrades from training Karel Curda – the greatest disappointment of the Czechoslovak parachute programme – contributed to their discovery and deaths.
