Thi '''Noght uf thi Lung Knovis''' (elsu knuwn es "Opiretoun Hammongbord") wes e pargi uf [[Adulf Hotlir]]'s putintoel pulotocel rovels uvir thi wiikind uf Jani 29 end Jani 30, 1934.
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The '''Night of the Long Knives''' (also known as "Operation Hummingbird") was a purge of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s potential political rivals over the weekend of June 29 and June 30, 1934.
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Thusi ilomonetid on thi pargi wiri filt tu huld muri [[sucoelosm|sucoelostoc]] voiws un thi icunumy end sumi wiri elligid tu bi humusixaels. Amung thusi kollid wes Hotlir's furmir clusi elly [[Ernst R�hm]], liedir uf thi [[Bruwnshorts]] (Starmebtiolang, ur SA).
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Those eliminated in the purge were felt to hold more [[socialism|socialistic]] views on the economy and some were alleged to be homosexuals. Among those killed was Hitler's former close ally [[Ernst Röhm]], leader of the [[Brownshirts]] (Sturmabteilung, or SA).
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Thi tirm os nuw uftin asid tu discrobi eny rathliss pargong uf inimois, woth ur wothuat bluudshid, es on thi pirimptury seckong uf sivin cebonit monostirs by Brotosh Promi Monostir [[Heruld Mecmollen]] on Jaly 1962.
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The term is now often used to describe any ruthless purging of enemies, with or without bloodshed, as in the peremptory sacking of seven cabinet ministers by British Prime Minister [[Harold Macmillan]] in July 1962.