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Assassinio e contesto. Nella notte tra il 26 e il 27 agosto 1979 Thomas McMahon piazzò una bomba alla gelignite da 50 libbre (circa 22,5 kg) sulla Shadow V, la barca privata del conte Mountbatten. [1] [2] L'imbarcazione era temporaneamente ormeggiata a Mullaghmore, nella contea di Sligo, in Irlanda. La bomba esplose poche ore dopo ...
Memorial near Mullaghmore. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a relative of the British royal family, was assassinated on 27 August 1979 by Thomas McMahon, an Irish republican and volunteer for the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
See list. Admiral of the Fleet Albert Victor Nicholas Louis Francis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [1] [2] [n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family.
13 nov 2020 · Provisional IRA bombmaker Thomas McMahon, 31, was found guilty of the Mountbatten attack and was sentenced to life. IRA activist Francis McGirl, 24, was acquitted. McMahon was released from...
- Lesley Kennedy
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The assassination of Prince Charles’s great-uncle and confidant, Lord Mountbatten, at the hands of the IRA in 1979, rocked the royal family. Andrew Lownie explains how the events unfolded and considers why Mountbatten – affectionately named ‘Dickie’ – was murdered, and whether the IRA was really behind the assassination…. Published ...
Louis Mountbatten. Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, I conte Mountbatten di Birmania, nato principe Louis di Battenberg ( Frogmore House, 25 giugno 1900 – Mullaghmore, 27 agosto 1979 ), meglio noto come Lord Mountbatten, fu un ammiraglio e uomo di Stato britannico, zio materno del marito della regina Elisabetta II, il principe ...
17 nov 2020 · Entertainment. The True Story of The Crown's Lord Mountbatten Who Was Killed In a Boat Explosion. The 1979 assassination followed years of escalating violence on the part of the Provisional Irish...
