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Hace 2 días · Admiral of the Fleet Albert Victor Nicholas Louis Francis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [1] [2] [n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family.
Hace 1 día · The transformation of Lepe Beach into a critical embarkation point began well before the fateful day of June 6, 1944. Under the direction of Lord Mountbatten, construction crews worked tirelessly to build the necessary infrastructure to support the loading of Landing Craft Tank (LCT) and Landing Ship Tanks (LST).
Hace 6 días · When King George V relinquished all German titles on 17th July 1917, the Battenberg family changed their surname to Mountbatten. As he had lost his princely titles, Leopold was later granted the rank and precedence of a younger son of a marquess; gaining him the title of ‘Lord’.
Hace 3 días · Beginning in December 1946, British officials began looking for a viceregal successor to Wavell, and soon fixed on Admiral Lord Mountbatten of Burma, a war leader popular among Conservatives as the great-grandson of Queen Victoria and among Labour for his political views.
Hace 5 días · Michael Hayes, a former IRA commander, has openly boasted about being the mastermind who planned the 1979 assassination of Lord Mountbatten.
Hace 2 días · In March 1947 Louis Mountbatten arrived in India as its last viceroy of the British Empire. He had instructions to oversee the decolonization of the country—ideally, the devolution of power to an Indian government that would include the whole subcontinent —and wide freedom of action to end the British raj on whatever terms he ...
Hace 2 días · Event Details. Delhi, 1947: Lord Mountbatten (Hugh Bonneville) has been assigned to the position of the last Viceroy, overseeing the last days of British colonial rule in the transition to Indian independence.
