Lord Mountbatten - The Kingmaker Documentary

Lord Mountbatten, last Viceroy of India, in a documentary on Partition in 1947, wartime commander in South East Asia, royal mentor and IRA victim in 1979.Louis Mountbatten, a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, was born in 1900. He commanded the destroyer HMS Kelly in the Second World War and in 1943 became Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia. As the last Viceroy of India from 1947 he oversaw independence and the partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan, a process marked by mass violence and displacement, and then served as independent India's first governor-general. He went on to be First Sea Lord and Chief of the Defence Staff, and was an uncle of Prince Philip and a mentor to Prince Charles; in 1979 the IRA bombed his boat in County Sligo, Ireland, and killed him.Watch nextPrince Philip - A Life of Duty and Scandal: • Prince Philip - A Life of Duty and Scandal... Gandhi - India's Great Soul: • Gandhi - India's Great Soul Documentary Related playlistsThe Windsors: • The Windsors Leaders of the British Empire: • Leaders of the British Empire Military Leaders: • Military Leaders Subscribe: / @peopleprofiles Our second channel, Dynastic Profiles: / @dynasticprofiles Support us on Patreon: / thepeopleprofiles Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/peoplepr...Every People Profiles documentary is written, narrated and edited by human beings, and all our scripts are checked for AI and plagiarism.All footage, images and music used in People Profiles videos are sourced from free media websites or are purchased with commercial rights from online media archives.People Profiles serial number: PP295#LordMountbatten #BritishEmpire #PeopleProfiles