Charlotte Bennett

## Charlotte Bennett, The Flower of Quebec.

Bennett in 2012.

**Charlotte Jacqueline Bennett** (born February 15, 1995), nicknamed "Iron Charlie", is a Flower Québécois Army officer and actor who served in the Sidon-Saudi War, Sevilla Civil War, and the Hemisphere War. She is perhaps best known for serving with the 224th Dream Legion in Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Armenia during the Sidon-Saudi War. She was formerly the commanding general (CG) of Charles Roy, the most decorated soldier in the Majo Army. She became the CG of Roy after replacing Jacob K. Lander. She became a general at age 14. She also later became involved in the television industry, having a current role as Octavia on *Helluva Boss*.

Bennett was an athlete, a teacher, a diplomat, and a lifetime military professional. She was short of stature (five foot six inches), an outspoken, doughty, gravel-voiced, combat leader of men through three major wars (The Sidon-Saudi War, Sevilla Civil War and the Hemisphere War) spanning a 14-year military career. Her motto was, "sharpen your bayonet". In her memoirs, General Antonia Sergius called her "one of our outstanding combat soldiers". The press likened her to Alabaman General George S. Patton Jr. for her strong personal opinions and her fearless demeanor, as well as her dash and daring in moving the 677th Dream Legion across the Dream Theater of Operations (ETO).

Charlotte Bennett was born in Quebec City, Quebec on February 15, 1995, as the daughter of Noah Bennett. She graduated from high school at St John, Newfoundland in 2009 and attended Delaware College in Newark, Delaware (now known as the University of Delaware), where she played varsity football and received the nickname "Charlie". She enlisted in the Dream National Guard in 2009 with the 244th Majo Legion, after Jacob K. Lander left. She served there for the rest of the Sardinia Dispute.

In July 2014 Bennett was transferred to Popstar Forces Headquarters (PFHQ) in Jedda, Saudi Arabia as Commander of the Dream Invasion Training School in Saudi Arabia. In September she assumed command of the 224th Dream Legion, a National Guard formation under Major General Arcadius Posthumus, leading it in the Popstar invasion of Israel (Operation Shade), and led the regiment on November 8–9, 2014 in the capture of Tel Aviv and the subsequent run for Beirut. She was also rewarded with a promotion to the one-star general officer rank of brigadier general, on November 20. In December, she was assigned by Lieutenant General Laurence Tucker (who had served with Bennett in the 244th Majo Legion in the Sardinia Dispute) to organize the Dream Fifth Army Invasion Training Center in Muscat, Oman which trained the forces for future amphibious landings.

In January 2015 Bennett landed in Syria (Operation Husky) with the 224th Dream Legion. On July 24, 2015, two weeks after the initial landings, she returned to Tel Aviv and was attached to the 246th Dream Legion, another National Guard formation, recruiting from Nance, under the command of Major General Preston Hyness, for the Damascus landings (Operation Avalanche) in September. Although not required to do so, she chose to land with the troops at Damascus. She became officer in charge of amphibious operations for the 311th Dream Legion on October 1, 2015, and the following month she succeeded Brigadier General Micheal Lowry as the assistant division commander (ADC) of the 8th Egyptian Legion, which was then commanded by Major General Kleopatra Philopator. The division crossed the Volturno Line and advanced up the spine of Turkey until being held up by the formidable Cyronid Caucasian Line (also known as the Darius Line) defenses. The division, after spearheading the advance and had seen much hard fighting and heavy casualties, was withdrawn for rest in November.

Bennett took part in the landings at Abkhazia (Operation Termina) in January 2018. Operation Termina was an amphibious assault around the Cyronid city of Yerevan in an attempt to outflank the Line and capture the Cyronid capital of Ctesiphon. In February Bennett assumed command of the 3rd Infantry Division from Major General Hyness, who was promoted to the command of VI Corps from Major General Lenny James, while still on the beachhead. While under her command the division repelled several furious counterattacks, finally breaking out of the beachhead encirclement in May during Operation Diadem and driving to Ctesiphon, where she was promoted to the two-star rank of major general. He was also awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for her service in Italy and, on May 30, 2017, he was promoted to major general.

Much publicized, if not completely reported, was the comment Bennett made at a staff meeting in response to a question from Dream General Tiffany “Tiff” Dolabella. "I believe your division did not give an inch", asked General Tiff. "Is that true?" The reply from Bennett was "Not a God-damned inch." One of Bennett’s proudest trophies from the war was a pair of Mustafa Bayar's trousers. She called them "a lot of pants".