Britannian Lieutenant General in command of the Eighth Army in Africa. He is one the "Three Generals" of Africa (Others being Patton and Rommel). While Patton favors offensive strategy and Rommel mobility, Montgomery is a more defensive tactician. It is said that he never engages the enemy without outnumbering them 15 to 1, meaning he never actually attacked at all.
Later he was promoted up to general, and was transferred to Western Front Command. There, he launched a massive airborne assault across Rhine river into Karlsland in winter of 1944. Despite the amount of resources put into the operation, it was unsuccessful. Sometime after, he was transferred back to Mediterranean Front Command (which includes Africa) and was in charge of defense of Romagna during 1945, working with General Kesselring from Karlsland. He planned attack on Malta as well as Operation Mars.
Montgomery holds a reputation for being a no nonsense general who upholds regulation and protocol, and gives off the initial impression of being stubborn and even ambivalent to anyone or anything besides his defensive strategies and strict adherence to protocol. However, this outward appearance belies a man who does actually care for the trials of people and the soldiers and witches under his command, even if it's not always overt or readily apparent.
One such example that displays the nuances of Montgomery's content of character is during the meeting of the Three Generals in the African theater, their initial quarreling between each other, and the unfolding events of the hunt for the "Neuroi Straggler". During the actual mission in the field were the various witches under each respective general took up a layered defensive line; during engagement with the Straggler Neuroi, Rommel ordered Charlotte Luder and her Tiger I forward from the rear defensive line and up to the Britannian defensive line, which cause confusion and frustration for the various witches. Montgomery, at seeing Rommel issuing orders that violated the terms of the operation so flagrantly in the extreme, castigated his Karlsland counterpart with great anger uncharacteristic from his more taciturn image; even stating that at such actions; he refused to trust his witches under the command of Rommel, believing him to be "merciless".
Another instance was when he was addressed by the Prime minister in 1939 during the early years of the 2nd Neuroi War. At this time; Montgomery tried to press appeals to Prime Minister Churchill to reconsider defending and coming to the aid of Cairo, appealing to the fact Cairo was Egypt's capitol and the likely events of a refugee crisis that would result from the Egyptian Capital falling to the Neuroi. While his appeals were rebuffed in favor of the defense of the Suez and he did eventually concede to the Prime ministers orders; it was done with somber, regretful resignation. And while he had to commit the majority of Britannian military resources and efforts to defending the Suez; he did contact Laurence and by extension the Long Range Desert Group off the record to try and aid Cairo and the Egyptian people in whatever way they could. Later on during the events of the Neuroi's assault on Al Ashiev market; while officially Montgomery had to order the witches to stand down and let the Egyptian Army handle the defense, in accordance of official military protocol for the defense of the Suez; when the witches creatively sidestepped such order under the assertion of "Going Shopping", and even Montgomery initially expressing astonishment at the witches defying such orders; he was in truth, confidentially grateful, happy and relieved that the witches were able to come to the aid of the Egyptian people, even in spite of official orders.
Although he mainly appears in Africa Doujinshi, he makes a short appearance in Season 2 of the anime as well. This caused his name to be changed to "Bernhard" Montgomery in DVD booklet.
Appereances[]
Doujinshi
- Witches of the Sphinx 1
- Witches of the Sphinx 2
- Witches of the Sphinx 3
- Katou Keiko North Africa Military Photos 1943
- Witches of the Sphinx 5
Light novels
- Der Stern von Afrika, mentioned by Hanna-Justina Marseille
- Phoenix in the Dunes
Anime
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