During its conception it was often referred to as "Operation Hummingbird"Â  
This event took its popular name from an event that saw only St. Abban the Hermit and Vortigern escape from a banquet crashed by a bunch of Saxons.Â  The central target of this event was captured, given a pistol, and told to shoot himself, but refused and was shot point-blank by Michel Lippert.Â  During its conception it was often referred to as "Operation Hummingbird"Â  Those loyal to Franz von Papen were targeted, and the main objective was to end the independence of the SA under Ernst RÃ¶hm. For 10 points, name this 1934 mass execution in which the Nazis killed at least 85 political opponents. 
This event took its popular name from an event that saw only St. Abban the Hermit and Vortigern escape from a banquet crashed by a bunch of Saxons.
Night of the Long Knives [or RÃ¶hm-Putsch; or Nacht der langen Messer; accept early: Operation Hummingbird] 