Assassination of Cristian Everard

The Assassination of Cristian Everard took place on 8 September 1943, in an attack orchestrated by the Underground Revolution and led by Tomas Abascar. Everard was a most zealous collaborator and head of the puppet Brunanter State government, thus a likely target for the resistance. Following the attack, significant reprisals were carried out and over 20 resistance members killed.

Background
An armed group led by Abascar and involving other Barzuna and Brunanters became operational by 1942 and was involved in the assassination of several collaborationists and nazis, including the local military commander in Grijzestad, Sturmbannführer Erich Förster in August 1942.

Plans for an attack on the leadership of Brunant's collaborators began in 1942 but took momentum in mid-1943 when reports suggested it would not be too hard to get close enough to the Minister-President to kill him.

Planning
Britain's SOE had attempted to parachute in explosives, but faced much difficulties as most of their shipments were intercepted. Abascar was then forced to use machine guns, principally a set of Norwegian-made Sten's smuggled in to them.