After the WWII the British Empire suffered a crucial period of time. The national-liberation movement undermined the political rule of England in British India and put forward a lot of great political figures. Among them was lord Mountbatten - a legendary commander in the British Navy, a skillful political negotiator, and the last Viceroy of British India, negotiating Indias independence from Britain, partition of the country, and later met a tragic death when his boat was bombed by the IRA.