Infamous Assassinations - Season 1 Episode 4 The Assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten
7.6730 minutes
Ireland, 1979
The former Viceroy of India and cousin of the Queen, Lord Mountbatten was a World War II naval hero, Allied Commander in South East Asia and one of the architects of D-Day. On 27 August 1979, he was assassinated by a bomb planted on his boat by the IRA (Irish Republican Army) whilst he was on holiday with his family in County Sligo, Ireland.