[128], On 27 April 1977, shortly before his 77th birthday, Mountbatten became the first member of the Royal Family to appear on the TV guest show This Is Your Life. Thankfully the war is over. The Rt. [21], As commander of Combined Operations, Mountbatten and his staff planned the highly successful Bruneval raid, which gained important information and captured part of a German Würzburg radar installation and one of the machine's technicians on 27 February 1942. [133], On 27 August 1979, Mountbatten went lobster-potting and tuna fishing in his 30-foot (9.1 m) wooden boat, Shadow V, which had been moored in the harbour at Mullaghmore. [7] He paid a visit of ten days to the Western Front, in July 1918. [94], In 1969, Mountbatten tried unsuccessfully to persuade his cousin, the Spanish pretender Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, to ease the eventual accession of his son, Juan Carlos, to the Spanish throne by signing a declaration of abdication while in exile. Das Attentat führte damals zu großen politischen Unruhen im ganzen Land. In childhood he visited the Imperial Court of Russia at St Petersburg and became intimate with the Russian Imperial Family, harbouring romantic feelings towards his maternal first cousin Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, whose photograph he kept at his bedside for the rest of his life.[6]. Yet he also encouraged the Prince to enjoy the bachelor life while he could, and then to marry a young and inexperienced girl so as to ensure a stable married life. This was the first time in Royal Naval history that a father and son had both attained such high rank. [1], He was baptised in the large drawing room of Frogmore House on 17 July 1900 by the Dean of Windsor, Philip Eliot. [16], Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, erected Mountbatten Avenue in his memory. Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (født 25. juni 1900 på Windsor Castle, død 27. august 1979 ud for Sligo) var en engelsk admiral og folkehelt. [41] Nevertheless, as a direct result of the failings of the Dieppe raid, the British made several innovations, most notably Hobart's Funnies – specialised armoured vehicles which, in the course of the Normandy Landings, undoubtedly saved many lives on those three beachheads upon which Commonwealth soldiers were landing (Gold Beach, Juno Beach and Sword Beach). The boat was destroyed by the force of the blast and Mountbatten's legs were almost blown off. [15] He was posted to the battleship HMS Revenge in the Mediterranean Fleet in January 1923. [3], Mountbatten admitted: "Edwina and I spent all our married lives getting into other people's beds. Leopold Mountbatten (1889–1922), Mitglied der britischen Königsfamilie und des Hauses Battenberg, einer Nebenlinie des hessischen Herrscherhauses. In his view, any longer would mean civil war. [60].mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}, Among the Indian leaders, Mahatma Gandhi emphatically insisted on maintaining a united India and for a while successfully rallied people to this goal. After these two successes came the Dieppe Raid of 19 August 1942. Veröffentlicht am 10.07.2010. [2] He wore the original 1841 royal christening gown at the ceremony. "[89], Mountbatten was appointed colonel of the Life Guards and Gold Stick in Waiting on 29 January 1965[90] and Life Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marines the same year. George Colley, the Tánaiste (Deputy head of government) of the Republic of Ireland, said: No effort will be spared to bring those responsible to justice. Mountbatten supported the United World Colleges and encouraged heads of state, politicians and personalities throughout the world to share his interest. "Rewriting History? Instead, he worked hard to prepare the Royal Navy for war with characteristic professionalism and thoroughness.