Assassination

This is the poster that I made with my group that consisted of Natalie, Claire, Cameron and Tem.

Lord Louis Mountbatten was a member of the British Royal Family, Lord Louis Mountbatten, followed in his father’s footsteps when he joined the navy in 1913. Mountbatten was actually a captain at the start of World War II as he commanded destroyers and in 1955, he became the first sea lord. But Mountbatten was mainly known for the key role he took when planning for the Allied invasion of continental Europe.


Julius Caesar was an extremely skillful leader of Rome. He was very ambitious and was becoming too power hungry and wasn't going to stop at any lengths to get what he wanted. With all the power that Caesar had, he was a threat and could potentially cause further damage.

Well, looking at the two assassinations, it is obvious that there was a motive. In these cases, Julius Caesar and Lord Louis Mountbatten both had a lot of power and were both rather important and could potentially become a threat. Caesar was stopping at nothing to get what he wanted and that was power. He was ruthless therefore causing the people who assassinated him feel threatened and that led to them finding a motive to kill him. They were that Caesar would use his powers for evil instead of good therefore causing a lot of corruption and so they were motivated to kill him. Lord Louis Mountbatten was quite important and was part of the Allied Invasion of Continental Europe. He was also part of the royal family and was the commander of the british navy and led destroyers so he was quite a powerful man therefore being an extremely powerful target for the IRA. To them He was a threat because he had quite a lot of power and could’ve ruined their plans of becoming an independent country. Looking at these cases, it seems like people are assassinated because they are powerful and influential and are becoming a threat. Is assassination justifiable? Well in some situations yes. There are quite a few ways to approach some situations but sometimes assassination seems necessary and is justifiable. I think that Caesar's death can be looked at in may different ways on wether it was justifiable or not but I think that it was. Caesar was becoming a little too powerful for his own good and was also easily manipulated and flattered and was also gullible. Also those flaws caused him to be a rather weak leader. Some believed that Caesar posed as a threat to Rome and the Romans and the only way to make sure that Rome was going to be safe was if they took down Caesar, because he was basically a dictator and had all the people's affections and was extremely influential. Caesar had gotten a point where no matter how much people would try to persuade him to give up some of his power, it probably wouldn't have worked therefore the safety of Rome and the Romans could only be ensured by his assassination. However, I believe that the assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten was not justifiable. He wasn't the only man with such power. There were quite a few other men who had the same amount of power, perhaps some even more. His death also didn't really help the IRA with much, it wasn't an important event for them to be more successful. And it really wasn't successful because to this day, North Ireland is still not an independent country of its own, clearly showing that the assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten was not justifiable.