20 July plot (Ordennya)

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Assassination of Christian Strömberg
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1972-025-10, Hitler-Attentat, 20. Juli 1944.jpg
Ordennyan generals surveying the damaged conference room
TypeDecapitation strike
Location
Havenedge, Vastdal, Ordennya
Planned by
ObjectiveAssassinate Christian Strömberg
Install new government
Date20 July 1930 (1930-07-20), 12:42 UTC
Executed byBjarni Wiktorin
OutcomeChristian Strömberg killed in the blast
Ordennyan political and military leaders arrested
National council dissolved, Parliament restored
George Arvidsson sworn in as President of Ordennya
Casualties17 killed

On 20 July 1930, Bjarni Wiktorin and other conspirators assassinated Christian Strömberg, President of Functionalist Ordennya, inside the Ordennyan Military Headquarters in Vastdal, Ordennya.

The aim of the assassination was to wrest political control of Ordennya and its armed forces from the National People's Party, restore democracy to Ordennya, and prevent Ordennya's entry to the Great War on the side of the Entente.

The plot was the culmination of efforts by several groups in the Ordennyan resistance to overthrow the Functionalist Ordennyan government. The success of the assassination and the intended military coup d'état that was to follow led to the restoration of Ordennyan democracy and Ordennya's entry to the Great War on the side of the Grand Alliance.