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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) was a British admiral.

Short Biography:

In World War II he became chief of combined operations in 1942 and commander in chief in South-Est Asia in 1943. As last viceroy of India in 1947 he oversaw the transition to independence, becoming the first governor general of India until 1948.

He was chief of the UK Defence Staff (1959-1965). Mountbatten was killed by an Irish Republican Army bornb aboard his yacht at Mullaghmore, Cou read more...

Tags: statesman, officer, admiral

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