Eternal Garden

The prototype is the First World War, so readers may have questions: the military uniforms of Violet and the Major in the original work are gray, the Major himself wears flowered epaulettes, and their helmets are also full of German style, which should obviously be They are Germans, but why do I insist on twisting them into French?     In this regard, I think that although Violet and Major Gilbert seem to be German in terms of clothing, not to mention the color of Violet's hair and eyes are more like a Germanic, but from the logic of the plot , Violet and Gilbert map to France more reasonably.     The first is the name of the protagonist group.
Major Gilbert's surname is: Bougainville . This surname obviously comes from the French navigator Bougainville in the eighteenth century, and the Bougainville Island in the Pacific is named after him. In addition, there is indeed such a Gilbert in the history of the French Army, but he is most famous for proposing the strategic idea of "French Fury" when he was a captain, that is, launching an attack regardless of all costs.
This idea influenced France Quite profoundly, the "Seventeenth Plan" formulated based on this idea caused France to suffer a heavy setback at the beginning of World War I. The surname of post office owner Claudia Hawkins is very British, but the name Claudia has an obvious Latin style, and common French surnames do have the same root as "Claude". Violet's name comes from English or French, because the German word "violet" has nothing to do with violet (French is violeta).     In the side story, the female aristocrat whom Violet met: Elizabeth York, who is completely British from the name, and she married into the family of "Count Nivelle".
Nivelle is indeed famous in history. The commander-in-chief of the French army in 1917 was General Robert Nivele (some books or materials also translated him as Nivele). The reason why this general became the commander-in-chief of the French army is that Because it has a deep connection with the United Kingdom and facilitates coordination of relations, it can be explained that the younger members of Admiral Neville's family married British people.     If the names of the protagonists are related to the fact that the author is not familiar with common names in Germany, then the war situation further shows that Violet's country is closer to France.