Kiriya Mountbatten, 1st Sea Lord
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The Right Honourable Kiriya Mountbatten | |
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| Chief of Defence Staff | |
| In office 13 July 1955 – 15 July 1965 | |
| Monarch | Georgius V Regis Lucis Caelum CXI |
| Preceded by | Sir James Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Sir Richard Dickson |
| First Sea Lord | |
| In office 16 April 1953 – 19 October 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston S. Churchill Frederick Eden Alexander Douglas |
| Preceded by | Sir Gregory Albemarle |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Lambert |
| Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, Asianna Command | |
| In office 19 June 1935 – 16 April 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Klankain Auchinleck II |
| Governor-General of the Southeast Asianna Occupation Region | |
| In office 10 July 1945 – 15 June 1950 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Klankain Auchinleck II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 November 1900 Blenheim Palace, Lucis, United Kingdom |
| Died | 25 April 1980 Mullaghmore, Niflheim |
| Spouse | Pamela Henderson |
| Children | Marina Mountbatten Rinna Mountbatten |
| Parent(s) | Lord Alexander Mountbatten (father) Lady Victoria Mountbatten (mother) |
| Alma mater | Royal University of St. Georgius |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1921 - 1955 |
| Rank | Admiral of the Fleet |
| Commands | Commander-in-Chief of the Lucis Army |
| Battles/wars | Second Europan War War of Lorican Aggression |
| Awards | Knight of the Order of the Garter Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Lucis Empire Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George Distinguished Service Order |
Kiriya Mountbatten, First Sea Lord (30 November 1900 - 25 April 1980) was a Lucian Royal Navy officer and statesman. He is known as the granduncle of Queen Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. During the Second Europan War, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, Asianna Command. He is often known for his disagreements with the Concordian Southeast Asianna Command, in which one of the controversial events was the Concordian command going against Mountbatten's plan to send Allied forces to Joyonghea. Despite numerous attempts to place him out of command, Mountbatten's record remained untarnished.
From 1955 to 1965, Mountbatten was First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father some forty years earlier. Thereafter he served as Chief of the Defence Staff until 1965, making him the longest-serving professional head of the Lucis Armed Forces to date. During this period Mountbatten also served as Chairman of the Europan Military Committee for a year.
In 1980, Mountbatten, his grandson Nicholas, and two others were killed by a bomb set by members of the Provisional Niflheimian Republican Army. In response, the Lucis Army, along with the MI6 arrested and executed its perpetrators.
Early Life
Military Career
Second Europan War
Controversy with the Concordian High Command
During the Second Europan War, Mountbatten often had disagreements with the Concordian High Command, particularly with General Donald MacArthur. Mountbatten was responsible for militarizing Nihhon-koku as the place to manufacture military equipment to be used for the operations in Asianna. Some members of the Concordian command believed that they could manufacture military equipment better. Nonetheless, Mountbatten ordered Concordian factories to manufacture equipment when the Battle of Nihhon-koku took place.
Mountbatten also directed the plans for the Island Hopping Campaign, in which he also allowed the militarization of the Free Quenminese Movement. With the Lucis Parliament and his support, the Free Quenminese Army was established in 1935 with General Hồ Ngọc Quyết appointed as Chief of the Free Quenminese Army by him. This was met with many objections from the Concordian High Command, stating that the Free Quenminese are "cannon-fodders" and did not have the tenacity to fight a modern war. Some called them irregulars who were nothing but militiamen. Initially armed with a few First Europan War equipment and some 1920s weaponry, Mountbatten supplied the FQA with Concordian Arms, which was met with backlash from the Concordian High Command. Mountbatten had also been instrumental in the Allies recognizing the Free Quenminese Government as the legitimate ruling government of Quenmin during the war.
Despite it, the FQA received support from different Commonwealth countries. Zanarkian General Klankain Auchinleck was a supporter of the FQA and was often deployed to fight alongside with them, including the famous Battle of Barclay Atoll, in which the FQA managed to free 55% of the island.
In March 1940, Mountbatten requested a force of Lucian and ZANAC forces to liberate Joyonghea from Quenminese control. However, several members of the Concordian High Command, including Generals Donald MacArthur, Elliot Henderson Wallace, Isaac Lawrence and Peter Samuel Bolivar Barton were opposed, given that Joyonghea can be liberated by another Allied power, just not the force that was assigned to liberate Joyonghea because they believed that the 5th ZIF and the Lucis 11th Army would be needed for Concordia's role in the Island Hopping Campaign towards Bactieu. MacArthur attempted to reverse the decision to move the armies heading to Joyonghea into helping them liberate Malayia, and heading into Bactieu by stating that "Quenmin is the proper objective and key to winning the war, and not Joyonghea."
Despite this, Mountbatten disagreed and still kept his sights on liberating Joyonghea because the Joyonghean Peninsula was vital to the Allied Cause of attacking Quenminese-occupied Lorica. Mountbatten had previously sent the Rubrumian-Jutlandish Task Force Gimle to the Teulabian Region to help the Joyonghean-Trabian resistance against the Quenminese. He hoped that the force would be finished in time for them to support the Allied forces already in Joyonghea by 1943.
Rumours surfaced that MacArthur and a group of Generals plotted to remove Mountbatten out of his command as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, Asianna Command and have himself take over. However, there was not a universal support for this move and that Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill remained confident with Mountbatten's handling of the Asianna Theatre. In the end, Mountbatten's plan to liberate Joyonghea was pushed, spoiling MacArthur's plan for a quick end to the Island Hopping Campaign. By July, Operation Bugger, the Allied Invasion of Quenminese-occupied Joyonghea began. The move eventually made Joyonghea side with the Allies. The controversy also gave a negative view of MacArthur and the aforementioned generals by the Joyongheans.
War of Lorican Aggression
Later Life
Legacy
Mountbatten took pride in enhancing intercultural understanding and in 1984, with his elder daughter as the patron, the Mountbatten Institute was developed to allow young adults the opportunity to enhance their intercultural appreciation and experience by spending time abroad.
Field Marshal Sir Daidoji Kitagawa, a close friend of Mountbatten, named one of his grandsons, Kiriya Kitagawa after him. Kiriya would later go on to be one of the Lucis Army's finest and leading commanders.