Lord Mountbatten Ira Assassination
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Lord mountbatten ira assassination. The ira was known for carrying out bombings and thats exactly how the group killed mountbatten. The ira affixed a bomb to mountbattens boat the night before his fishing trip and then detonated. Mountbatten a war hero elder.
The provisional irish republican army claimed responsibility for the august 27 1979 murder of lord louis mountbatten 79 earl of burma great grandson of queen victoria second cousin of queen. By emma dibdin nov 15 2020. Throughout lord mountbattens life and in the years after he died in an ira bombing on august 27 1979 rumors swirled about his extramarital affairs.
The body of lord mountbatten is brought ashore after the ira bombing credit. An fbi dossier on mountbatten released in. Pacemaker press 23 a young prince charles playing with his great uncle lord louis mountbatten credit.
On the same day as lord mountbattens assassination 18 british soldiers were also killed by members of the ira near warrenpoint in northern ireland.