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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 00:01:19 1 Early life 00:03:45 2 Career 00:03:54 2.1 Early career 00:08:41 2.2 Second World War 00:15:24 2.3 Last Viceroy of India and first Governor-General 00:22:00 2.4 Career after India and Pakistan 00:26:42 2.5 Alleged plots against Harold Wilson 00:29:04 3 Personal life 00:29:13 3.1 Marriage 00:30:37 3.2 Daughter as heir 00:31:37 3.3 Leisure interests 00:32:18 3.4 Mentorship of the Prince of Wales 00:35:15 4 Television appearances 00:35:54 5 Death 00:36:03 5.1 Assassination 00:39:30 5.2 Funeral 00:40:34 5.3 Aftermath 00:41:29 6 Legacy 00:42:03 7 Honours and arms 00:42:12 7.1 Honours 00:42:20 7.2 Arms Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British Royal Navy officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (1943–1946). He was the last Viceroy of India (1947) and the first Governor-General of independent India (1947–1948). From 1954 to 1959, Mountbatten was First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier. Thereafter he served as Chief of the Defence Staff until 1965, making him the longest-serving professional head of the British Armed Forces to date. During this period Mountbatten also served as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee for a year. In 1979, Mountbatten, his grandson Nicholas, and two others were assassinated by a bomb set by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, hidden aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland. |