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-[[Castellans of Yonderre|Knight-Castellan]] '''Benno Maurice de Caryale''' <small>[[Order of Joanus|CC]] [[Imperial Order of the Holy Cross|IHC]] [[Order of the Shield|OE]] [[Order of the Kestrel|OC]]</small> (April 20, 1889 – November 15, 1971) was a [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] [[Marshal of Yonderre|Field Marshal]] and [[Castellans of Yonderre|nobleman]]. During a very succesful career with the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] spanning 48 years, de Caryale became Chief of the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]] in 1933 aged 43 and [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] in 1948. An early proponent of combined arms warfare, de Caryale was instrumental in the mid-to-late 1920s reformation of the [[Urcea|Urcean]] [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]], known as the [[History_of_Urcea_(1902-1955)#Yonderian_revolution|Yonderian revolution]], which placed an emphasis on new ideas of combined arms warfare, ideas which he later introduced to the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] during his tenure as Chief of the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]]. de Caryale's ''[[Treatise on Modern Warfare]]'' (1919) was also very influential abroad, notably with the [[Army of the United Angle States]].<ref>de Caryale, Benno: ''[[Treatise on Modern Warfare]]'', Collinebourg. 1919</ref><ref>Michaels, John: ''Para Bellum - to war with the Ænglish'', pg. 3-4. 2027.</ref>
+[[Marshal of Yonderre]] [[Castellans of Yonderre|Knight-Castellan]] '''Benno Maurice de Caryale''' <small>[[Order of Joanus|CC]] [[Imperial Order of the Holy Cross|IHC]] [[Order of the Shield|OE]] [[Order of the Kestrel|OC]]</small> (April 20, 1889 – November 15, 1971) was a [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] [[Marshal of Yonderre|Field Marshal]] and [[Castellans of Yonderre|nobleman]]. During a very succesful career with the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] spanning 48 years, de Caryale became Chief of the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]] in 1933 aged 43 and [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] in 1948. An early proponent of combined arms warfare, de Caryale was instrumental in the mid-to-late 1920s reformation of the [[Urcea|Urcean]] [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]], known as the [[History_of_Urcea_(1902-1955)#Yonderian_revolution|Yonderian revolution]], which placed an emphasis on new ideas of combined arms warfare, ideas which he later introduced to the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] during his tenure as Chief of the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]]. de Caryale's ''[[Treatise on Modern Warfare]]'' (1919) was also very influential abroad, notably with the [[Army of the United Angle States]].<ref>de Caryale, Benno: ''[[Treatise on Modern Warfare]]'', Collinebourg. 1919</ref><ref>Michaels, John: ''Para Bellum - to war with the Ænglish'', pg. 3-4. 2027.</ref>
 Born to a lesser noble family in [[Collinebourg]], de Caryale joined the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] aged 18 in 1907. de Caryale was promoted fast compared to his peers due to his talents for leadership, this despite the YDF undergoing downsizing in the 1910s, before accepting an invitation to join the [[Urcea|Urcean]] [[Collegium Scientificum#Imperial War College|Imperial War College]] in 1923. While in [[Urcea]], de Caryale led the motorization drive and doctrine development that resulted in the first true combined arms formation of the [[Urcea|Urcean]] [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]], for which he held the title "[[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Deputy Lord Marshal]] for the Renovation of His Most Christian Majesty's Forces" and the powers vested therein from 1926-1930. de Caryale was recalled to [[Yonderre]] in 1930 and placed on the Yonderian [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]] with a promotion to Major General. With [[Nestor d'Argonne]]'s promotion to [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]], de Caryale became Chief of the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]] in 1933. During his tenure as Chief of the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]], de Caryale became mentor to the up-and-coming officer and [[Yonderian volunteers to Burgundie in the Great Wars|Volonderre]] [[Rachet d'Everard]] who de Caryale took under his wing.
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 Benno Maurice de Caryale was born in [[Collinebourg]] on April 20th, 1889, as the second son of lawyer Guillaume de Caryale (1865-1939) and Helena de Caryale (née d'Alisse) (1869-1959). The de Caryale family were [[Castellans of Yonderre|Castellans]], a title of minor nobility in [[Yonderre]]. He attended a popular school in [[Collinebourg]] from 1895-1904 before attending a secondary education {{wpl|Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium}} from 1904-1907. de Caryale was conscripted into the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] in 1907, training at the Gouvier Training Camp in [[Vollardie]] before being posted to the [[9th Vollardic Mountain Division]]. de Caryale was made Sergeant in 1908. Having been singled out for his talents, de Caryale was selected for officer training and had risen to the rank of Lieutenant in 1910. Around the same time, de Caryale was posted to the divisional staff of the [[9th Vollardic Mountain Division]] as personal assistant to regimental commander Colonel Reikhardt Mannhäuser. Mannhäuser, a cavalryman by training, instilled in de Caryale an understanding of the importance of maneuver warfare and an openness to new ideas as opposed to perceived old dogmas.
-de Caryale attended the [[Yonderian Command and Staff College]] in [[Willing]] from 1913-14 and again in 1917-18 when he graduated as Lieutenant Colonel. de Caryale stayed with the [[9th Vollardic Mountain Division]] divisional staff, becoming deputy commander of the 31st Mountain Regiment in 1918. de Caryale began publishing treatises on modern warfare after his second stay in the [[Yonderian Command and Staff College]], notably the ''[[Treatise on Modern Warfare]]'' from 1919 in which he theorized about maneuver warfare in future wars including combined arms operations and defence-in-depth tactics. Thanks to his academy training and the interest in his writings, de Caryale was invited to join the [[Urcea|Urcean]] [[Collegium Scientificum#Imperial War College|Imperial War College]] in 1923, for which he was granted administrative furlough from the [[Yonderian Defence Force]].
+de Caryale attended the [[Yonderian Command and Staff College]] in [[Willing]] from 1913-14 and again in 1917-18 when he graduated as Major. de Caryale stayed with the [[9th Vollardic Mountain Division]] divisional staff, becoming deputy commander of the 31st Mountain Regiment in 1918. de Caryale began publishing treatises on modern warfare after his second stay in the [[Yonderian Command and Staff College]], notably the ''[[Treatise on Modern Warfare]]'' from 1919 in which he theorized about maneuver warfare in future wars including combined arms operations and defence-in-depth tactics. Thanks to his academy training and the interest in his writings, de Caryale was invited to join the [[Urcea|Urcean]] [[Collegium Scientificum#Imperial War College|Imperial War College]] in 1923, for which he was granted administrative furlough from the [[Yonderian Defence Force]].
 ===At the Urcean Imperial War College===
 [[File:Oesch_committee_1931.jpg|thumb|de Caryale third from left with the Dioni Committee]]
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 Around the same time, the 1st Armored Brigade, while still lacking in its actual armoured component, was being whipped into shape by [[Lucás Duinnius Carda|Carda]] and de Caryale. In following many of de Caryale's teachings, the brigade represented a quantum leap in Urcean military tactics; eschewing the tactics of the [[First Great War]] in favour of fast-paced maneuver warfare centred around concentrated combined arms strikes on premeditated enemy points, the brigade would seek to force a breakthrough which could then be exploited by its mobile forces to create encirclements and disrupt the rear areas of enemy forces. This set of tactics, known in Urcean parlance as "lightning war", proved highly effective in brigade-on-brigade exercises carried out in early 1926.
 ===Deputy Lord Marshal===
-[[File:De Caryale exercise.png|thumb|de Caryale with fellow [[Yonderian Defence Force|Yonderian]] officers observing the 1928 [[Talionia]] exercise]]
+[[File:De Caryale exercise.png|thumb|de Caryale (central) with fellow [[Yonderian Defence Force|Yonderian]] officers observing the 1928 [[Lariana]] exercise]]
 Due to his continued development of general military theory and progress made with the 1st Armored Brigade, de Caryale was granted the title "[[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Deputy Lord Marshal]] for the Renovation of His Most Christian Majesty's Forces" on Feburary 7th, 1926. This completely changed de Caryale's authority in [[Urcea]], effectively changing his status from influential theorist to practical reformer overnight. [[Yonderian Defence Force]] leadership was not made aware of this until February 10th, at which time de Caryale was hurriedly and unceremoniously promoted to Colonel, receiving his promotion, new epaulettes and collar tabs by air mail on the 12th.<ref>de Caryale, Benno: ''The Royal and Imperial Army: From Brick to Marble'', [[Gabion University]], pg. 12-13. 1959</ref> As Deputy Lord Marshal, de Caryale soon set about reforming many aspects of the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] he found wanting. de Caryale's first course of action was tackling the issue of stagnation in the leadership of the Royal and Imperial Army; more than 25% of Lieutenants in the army were over the age of 40 and the average age of Majors was 48, many of which were deeply entrenched in the doctrinal thinking of the [[First Great War]]. de Caryale's solution was the retirement or redeployment of many senior officers to make way for younger ones to take their places. Not one to forget old grudges, de Caryale made sure Michael Galiená was redeployed as garrison commander of [[New Harren]], at the time considered a deadend backwater deployment.
-Simultaneously, de Caryale saw to it that that a new emphasis was placed on automotive and armoured research, an emphasis which would eventually lead to the development and introduction of the [[SAV-5]] tank in 1930. With its new doctrinal focus on combined arms and maneuver warfare, modern artillery pieces were also required for the Royal and Imperial Army to provide effective long range fire support for advancing forces. Finally, de Caryale held several large-scale exercises that numbered several corps and finally armies at a time; at [[Northgate]] in [[1926]] with 150,000 participants and [[Afoncord]] (200,000 participants) and [[Callan]] (225,000 participants) in [[1927]]. Major amphibious exercises were also held at [[Halfway]] and [[Talionia]] in [[1928]]. Amidst doubts as to whether or not [[Urcea]] would be able to effectively mobilize reservists in case of war, the Royal and Imperal Army saw considerable expansion during the de Caryale's tenure as Deputy Lord Marshal.
+Simultaneously, de Caryale saw to it that that a new emphasis was placed on automotive and armoured research, an emphasis which would eventually lead to the development and introduction of the [[SAV-5]] tank in 1930. With its new doctrinal focus on combined arms and maneuver warfare, modern artillery pieces were also required for the Royal and Imperial Army to provide effective long range fire support for advancing forces. Finally, de Caryale held several large-scale exercises that numbered several corps and finally armies at a time; at [[Northgate]] in [[1926]] with 150,000 participants and [[Afoncord]] (200,000 participants) and [[Callan]] (225,000 participants) in [[1927]]. Major amphibious exercises were also held at [[Halfway]] and [[Lariana]] in [[1928]]. Amidst doubts as to whether or not [[Urcea]] would be able to effectively mobilize reservists in case of war, the Royal and Imperal Army saw considerable expansion during the de Caryale's tenure as Deputy Lord Marshal.
+Based on the succesful application of the 1st Armored Brigade in the exercises of particularly 1927 and 1928, de Caryale submitted a request for the expansion of the 1st Armored Brigade into a [[1st Armored Division (Urcea)|full division]], a request granted in the Summer of 1929. A further addendum to the request was that of a further three armoured divisions to be stood up "once appropriate armoured fighting vehicles have been procured", as they would be with the introduction of the [[SAV-5]] in 1930. Having introduced and succesfully implemented the concept of combined arms and in particular the basic theories of maneuver warfare within the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]], de Caryale shifted his focus to the equipment of the ground forces. de Caryale unsuccesfully campaigned for the widespread adoption of a self-loading rifle for the infantry and the introduction of a fully automatic rifle suitable for {{wpl|Marching fire|walking fire}}. The former was rejected in favour of the continued use of the [[SR-9C]] bolt action carbine, the latter for the [[SMG-3]] general-purpose machine gun. Finally, in August of 1930, de Caryale was recalled to [[Yonderre]].
-Based on the succesful application of the 1st Armored Brigade in the exercises of particularly 1927 and 1928, de Caryale submitted a request for the expansion of the 1st Armored Brigade into a full division, a request granted in the Summer of 1929. A further addendum to the request was that of a further three armoured divisions to be stood up "once appropriate armoured fighting vehicles have been procured", as they would be with the introduction of the [[SAV-5]] in 1930. Having introduced and succesfully implemented the concept of combined arms and in particular the basic theories of maneuver warfare within the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]], de Caryale shifted his focus to the equipment of the ground forces. de Caryale unsuccesfully campaigned for the widespread adoption of a self-loading rifle for the infantry and the introduction of a fully automatic rifle suitable for {{wpl|Marching fire|walking fire}}. The former was rejected in favour of the continued use of the [[SR-9C]] bolt action carbine, the latter for the [[SMG-3]] general-purpose machine gun. Finally, in August of 1930, de Caryale was recalled to [[Yonderre]].
 ===On the Yonderian General Staff===
 [[File:Lennart-Oesch-1938.jpg|thumb|de Caryale as Chief of the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]] in 1939]]
-de Caryale returned to [[Yonderre]] in September of 1930 where he was met with a promotion to Major General and an assignment with the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]] of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]]. de Caryale was entasked with coming up with ways to apply his experiences from [[Urcea]] and the reforms he introduced to the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] to the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] which in many respects found itself in a rather similar situation to that of the Royal and Imperial Army a decade prior. Having maintained strict neutrality in the [[First Great War]] and undergone considerable cutbacks in the 1910s and early 1920s due to the [[Great Depression]], the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], much like the Royal and Imperial Army, found itself with an aging officer corps and stagnant military thinking. As such, de Caryale set about attempting to implement many of the reforms he had carried out as [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Deputy Lord Marshal]] in [[Urcea]], although a lack of willingness to carry out quite as subtantial reforms within the higher echelons of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] severely limitted the actualy effectiveness of the changes. Limited by his lack of direct power in the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], de Caryale regardless continued pressing for changes to be made, and was made Chief of the Armoured Forces in 1932.
+de Caryale returned to [[Yonderre]] in September of 1930 where he was met with a promotion to Major General and an assignment with the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]] of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]]. de Caryale was entasked with coming up with ways to apply his experiences from [[Urcea]] and the reforms he introduced to the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] to the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] which in many respects found itself in a rather similar situation to that of the Royal and Imperial Army a decade prior. Having maintained strict neutrality in the [[First Great War]] and undergone considerable cutbacks in the 1910s and early 1920s due to the [[Great Depression]], the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], much like the Royal and Imperial Army, found itself with an aging officer corps and stagnant military thinking. As such, de Caryale set about attempting to implement many of the reforms he had carried out as [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Deputy Lord Marshal]] in [[Urcea]], although a lack of willingness to carry out quite as subtantial reforms within the higher echelons of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] severely limitted the actual effectiveness of the changes. Limited by his lack of direct power in the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], de Caryale regardless continued pressing for changes to be made, and was made Chief of the Armoured Forces in 1932.
-With the retirement of [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] [[Henry d'Erlinne]] and subsequent promotion of [[Nestor d'Argonne]] to [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]], de Caryale became Chief of the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]] in 1933 aged 43, the youngest man ever to have held the title at the time. Now effectively the third-most powerful man in the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] behind the [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] and the [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]], de Caryale was able to more effectively force his reforms into being; de Caryale started the long process of reforming Yonderre's cavalry forces, retraining them as motorized and armoured forces when allowed by avaiable materiel. de Caryale also radically changed the [[Organization of a Yonderian Great War Infantry Division|organization of the infantry divisions]], reducing them from four to three regiments and making up for this by increasing the firepower of the individual regiments through an increase in numbers of organic artillery and automatic weapons. This would in theory allow the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] to field more divisions for the same amount of manpower in case of war.
+With the retirement of [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] [[Henry d'Erlinne]] and subsequent promotion of [[Nestor d'Argonne]] to [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]], de Caryale became Chief of the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]] in 1933 aged 43, the youngest man ever to have held the title at the time. Now effectively the third-most powerful man in the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] behind the [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] and the [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]], de Caryale was able to more effectively force his reforms into being; de Caryale started the long process of reforming Yonderre's cavalry forces, retraining them as motorized and armoured forces when allowed by available materiel. de Caryale also radically changed the [[Organization of a Yonderian Great War Infantry Division|organization of the infantry divisions]], reducing them from four to three regiments and making up for this by increasing the firepower of the individual regiments through an increase in numbers of organic artillery and automatic weapons. This would in theory allow the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] to field more divisions for the same amount of manpower in case of war.
 In 1940, de Caryale was introduced to the newly-returned [[Yonderian volunteers to Burgundie in the Great Wars|Volonderre]] [[Rachet d'Everard]]. d'Everard, who was a well-educated officer from the [[Vallonbourg Cavalry School]], had been fighting with the [[Burgoignesc Foreign Legion]] since the very beginning of the [[Second Great War]] in 1934 and thus had first-hand experience of combat, something de Caryale on occasion lamented lacking. de Caryale took the young staff officer under his wing and became a mentor to d'Everard, the two becoming close friends and confidants.
 ===Chief of Defence===
 Benno de Caryale became [[Marshal of Yonderre]] and [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] on January 1st, 1948, his replacement as Chief of the [[General Staff (Yonderre)|General Staff]] being [[Rachet d'Everard]]. Now wielding near-absolute power in the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], de Caryale, together with d'Everard, was able to finally carry out the reforms he had had planned since the 1930s. The 1948 [[New Army (Yonderre)|New Army agreement]] brought into being by de Caryale modernized the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] greatly from an army relying doctrinally on static defence to one of rapid maneuver warfare. To ensure that the new methods of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] would be implemented correctly, several senior officers of the YDF including six General Colonels were retired by de Caryale's orders to allow younger officers to take their places.
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 ==Personal life==
 [[File:Lennart_oesch.jpg|thumb|de Caryale as a young Captain, mid-1910s]]
-Benno de Caryale married Simona Holmberg (1895-1981) in 1914. The couple had four children; Joanus (1916-2009), Amelie (married as d'Avignon) (1918-2012), Rachet (1921-2011) and Eleonora (married as von Horn) (1931-2026). The family lived in [[Collinebourg]] from the beginning of their marriage in 1914 until they moved to [[Urceoplois]] in 1923 so Benno could attend the [[Collegium Scientificum#Imperial War College|Imperial War College]]. They returned to [[Collinebourg]] in 1930 and remained there until he retired in 1956, at which time they moved to Simona's hometown of [[Solndorf]] in [[Vandarcôte]]
+Benno de Caryale married Simona Holmberg (1895-1981) in 1914. The couple had four children; Joanus (1916-2009), Amelie (married as d'Avignon) (1918-2012), Rachet (1921-2011) and Eleonora (married as von Horn) (1931-2026). The family lived in [[Collinebourg]] from the beginning of their marriage in 1914 until they moved to [[Urceopolis]] in 1923 so Benno could attend the [[Collegium Scientificum#Imperial War College|Imperial War College]]. They returned to [[Collinebourg]] in 1930 and remained there until he retired in 1956, at which time they moved to Simona's hometown of [[Solndorf]] in [[Vandarcôte]].
 ==Awards==
 The following is a selected assortment of medals awarded to Benno de Caryale
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 ==See also==
 *[[Rachet d'Everard]]
+*[[Guillaume d'Agostino]]
 *[[General Staff (Yonderre)|Yonderian General Staff]]
 ==Notes==
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