Re: Interesting History Behind BF1 Weapon Skin Names?

I collected the skin references from the transcript of the Kaiserschlacht operation (St. Quentin Scar and Amiens maps)
https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Kaiserschlacht/Transcript

INTRODUCTION
Narrator/Announcer: The defeat of Russia in the east allowed Germany to concentrate its forces for one massive assault on the British sectors. The initial "hurricane" bombardment was heard from as far away as London. General Ludendorff (reference to the C96 Pistol's Ludendorff skin) then ordered his stormtroopers to attack the enemy trench lines.

ST. QUENTIN SCAR - GERMAN EMPIRE - INTRODUCTION
German Soldier: (in German) I saw him yesterday, that Artillery Officer they are calling Durchbruchmüller (reference to the Breakthrough Muller skin for MP 18). He's here to orchestrate the symphony of our 10,000 guns, firing three million shells in just five hours. Over the enemy lines all we can see are rolling clouds of flame and ash. It is like the end of the world. I almost pity poor Tommy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Atkins Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army. It was well established during the nineteenth century, but is particularly associated with the First World War.) in their trenches, trying to make sense of it all.

ST. QUENTIN SCAR - GERMAN EMPIRE - BRIEFING - PERONNE SECTOR 1918 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ronne,_Somme)
German Officer: Ludendorff has ordered us to punch a hole in the frontline. We must capture the Blue Line Trenches over here. Once broken through, take the high vantage point by the Venture Farm (Venture Farm is a BF1 objective). And then, by making a sweep through the Village of Travecy (the location of St. Quentin Scar's map is Travecy, Picardy region, France), we can attack the mills and secure the road to the city of Amiens.

ST. QUENTIN SCAR - GERMAN EMPIRE - FIRST BATTALION LOST
German Officer: Our attack failed. But we men of experience are undeterred. We fought at Mulhouse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mulhouse Battle of Mulhouse), Tannenberg (reference to the Madsen MG's Tannenberg skin), Arras (reference to the Lewis Gun's Arras skin). We know that victory is never easy. Let us fight, again.

ST. QUENTIN SCAR - GERMAN EMPIRE - VICTORY
German Officer: Fine work, men! With the iron fist of the great Kaiser (reference to the Gewehr 98's The Kaiser skin) we have smashed their defenses. Now onwards, let us march to Amiens and bring an end to this war!

ST. QUENTIN SCAR - BRITISH EMPIRE - INTRODUCTION
British Soldier 4: They're calling them storm troopers. Jerry's best (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terms_used_for_Germans#Jerry Jerry was a nickname given to Germans mostly during the Second World War by soldiers and civilians of the Allied nations, in particular by the British. The nickname was originally created during World War I.). Got orders to leave their trenches and charge right into us.

British Soldier 5: Come on, concentrate on your bayonet. Imagine it piercing the hearts of the Hun (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terms_used_for_Germans#Hun_.28pejorative.29 Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterisation of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilisation and humanitarian values having unjust reactions.) —every last one of them.

T. QUENTIN SCAR - BRITISH EMPIRE - FIRST BATTALION DEFEATED
British Officer: Yes men, we won. That's the spirit and determination that made Britain great. But they will come again. So keep those rifles at the ready and the spirit of Blighty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blighty "Blighty" is a British English slang term for Great Britain, or often specifically England. During the First World War, "Dear Old Blighty" was a common sentimental reference, suggesting a longing for home by soldiers in the trenches. The term was particularly used by World War I poets such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. During that war, a "Blighty wound" – a wound serious enough to require recuperation away from the trenches, but not serious enough to kill or maim the victim – was hoped for by many, and sometimes self-inflicted) in your hearts.

T. QUENTIN SCAR - BRITISH EMPIRE - THIRD BATTALION DEFEATED (VICTORY)
British Officer: Glorious victory for the British and the Allied cause, for all sensible thinking people across the Empire. Your valiant hearts (Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a 2014 puzzle adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. Set during World War I, the game follows four characters who help a young German soldier find his love in a story about survival, sacrifice and friendship.) have shown us to be true defenders of our noble values.

INTERMISSION
Narrator/Announcer: The initial attacks in the Kaiserschlacht campaign (reference to the MP18's The Kaiserschlacht skin) successfully worked through the British lines, forcing its armies back towards the city of Amiens. This vital railway junction connecting all allied troops across France was Germany's true objective.

AMIENS - GERMAN EMPIRE - BRIEFING - SUBURBS OF AMIENS 1918
German Officer: Win this war, Amiens is vital to our plans. Ludendorff's orders are simple. We must secure Point Labyrinth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiens_Cathedral The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church. 1914–1918 – Stained glass removed for its protection; cathedral facade suffers minor damage during World War I) situated in these ruins. We then advance to this bridge, Pont Neuf (Pont Neuf's Bridge is a BF1 objective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_Neuf The Pont Neuf ("New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France.), capture and secure it. After that, we move into the city, and attack the enemy at Place Longueville (Place Longueville is a BF1 objective). Once this position is controlled, Amiens will be ours.

AMIENS - BRITISH EMPIRE - INTRODUCTION
British Soldier 2: This city, Amiens, it isn't far from the old Somme (reference to the Auto revolver's Somme skin) battle field—a field where every yard is soaked in British blood. The men don't forget that.

AMIENS - BRITISH EMPIRE - THIRD BATTALION DEFEATED (VICTORY)
British Officer: Amiens is ours! You're heroes, every man jack of you, all working together. That's the secret of British greatness. Haig (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war. ) can cease his panicking. This war will soon be won.

I collected the skin references from the transcript of the Oil of Empires operation (Fao Fortress, Suez and Sinai Desert maps)
https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Oil_of_Empires/Transcript

FAO FORTRESS - BRITISH EMPIRE - BRIEFING - AL-FAW PENINSULA (refrence to the Revolver MK VI's Al Faw skin) PERSIAN GULF 1914 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fao_Landing The Fao Landing occurred from November 6, 1914 to November 8, 1914 with British forces attacking the Ottoman stronghold of Fao and its fortress.)
British Officer: Our fleet has entered the gulf and our forces are already on the shores. To secure the beachhead, we must first capture the Ottoman Outpost on the tip of the Al-Faw peninsula, and then fight our way through their defences in the Sunwada Marshes (Sunwada Marshes is a BF1 objective), and finally, secure what we came for—the Fortress of Fao itself. Only when this is accomplished will the oil be secured for our empire.

INTERMISSION
Narrator/Announcer: Some time after the British secured the oil fields in the Persian Gulf, the Ottomans launched an audacious attack on the Suez Canal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_the_Suez_Canal The Raid on the Suez Canal, also known as Actions on the Suez Canal, took place between 26 January and 4 February 1915 when a German-led Ottoman Army force advanced from Southern Palestine to attack the British Empire-protected Suez Canal, marking the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918) of World War I.), the key to maintaining British dominance in the world.

SUEZ - BRITISH EMPIRE - BRIEFING - WESTERN BANK OF THE CANAL 1915
British Officer: The Ottomans are threatening the Suez Canal, the bloodline of our empire. First, we must overrrun the enemy lines on the East Bank (East Bank is a BF1 objective). And from there, swiftly push through the village of Kantara (reference to the Revolver MK VI's Kantara skin and Kantara is a BF1 objective). This will allow us to mount an assault on their artillery positions on Hill 50 (Hill 50 is a BF1 objective). When the guns have been silenced, we will push the Ottomans back into the Sinai Desert.

SUEZ - OTTOMAN EMPIRE - INTRODUCTION
Ottoman Soldier: (in Turkish) Yesterday we made an attack on the Suez canal. A surprise, but this vein of the British Empire has not yet been severed. We must await their attack, for the Imperial beast still sleeps. The fools did not believe we could survive such a march across the desert. Tomorrow, Emir, they will regret their stupidity. Praise the Sultan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_V Mehmed V Reşâd (Ottoman Turkish: محمد خامس, romanized: Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; Turkish: V. Mehmed or Mehmed Reşad; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) was the penultimate sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918. The Ottomans entered World War I in November 1914 during which Mehmed declared jihad against the Allies. While Ottoman forces successfully fended off an Allied invasion at Gallipoli, defeat loomed on the Caucasian and Mesopotamian fronts. Military collapse in the field and a revolt by its Arab subjects spelled impending disaster, though Mehmed died before Ottoman surrender, and he was succeeded by Mehmed VI.).

INTERMISSION
Narrator/Announcer: Once the British has secured the vital Suez Canal, they continued their pursuit of the Turks into the depths of the Sinai Desert. Here, the Ottoman army had brought temporary, but strong defenses.

SINAI DESERT - BRITISH EMPIRE - INTRODUCTION
British Officer: We pursue the Ottomans into the depths of the Sinai desert, a place so vast that I feel insignificant—so timeless that I think of those who have come before us. This will truly be a battle from Roman times. Like them, our objectives are cities with mythical names. Jerusalem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jerusalem), Nazareth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nazareth), Damascus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Damascus). If the ruins around me could speak, they would warn us—warn us of ourselves.

SINAI DESERT - BRITISH EMPIRE - BRIEFING - EAST OF EL-JIFAR 1915 ("Engage in all-out war in Sinai Desert, a scorching hot battlefield located just East of El-Jifar. Official website description")
British Officer: We have sighted the Ottomans, men. They are dug in ahead of us at the Ruins of Sonsuz (Sonsuz is a BF1 objective). We must capture this position and force them back into the Canyon of Jabal (reference to the M1917 Enfield's Jabal Canyon skin and Jabal Canyon is a BF1 objective). There we must rout them, so they retreat to the outpost of Bir el Mazar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinai_and_Palestine_campaign#Bir_el_Mazar Bir el Mazar is a BF1 objective). This is our chance to secure the whole of this region.

I collected the skin references from the transcript of the Red Tide operation (Volga River and Tsaritsyn maps)
https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Tide/Transcript

EXCERPT
Russia, 1919. A civil war (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War) rages between the revolutionary Bolsheviks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks) and the anti-communist White Armies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Army). On the banks of the great Volga River (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga), the town of Tsaritsyn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volgograd Volgograd (Russian: Волгогра́д, formerly Tsaritsyn (Цари́цын) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (Сталингра́д) (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia.) stands as one of Russia's most important industrial centers and the gateway to central Russia. Having laid siege to Tsaritsyn on three previous occasions, the White Army, aided by Britain, finally succeeded in capturing the town (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tsaritsyn). However, the Red Army (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army) still controlled the central regions, housing most of the country's oil and grain. With winter fast approaching, the Bolsheviks thought the White Army would be too weak to hold the town for much longer...

VOLGA RIVER - RED ARMY - INTRODUCTION
Red Army Soldier 1: (in Russian) After leaving the train, our regiment gathered alongside the Volga River. Mother Volga ("The river has a symbolic meaning in Russian culture – Russian literature and folklore often refer to it as Волга-матушка Volga-Matushka (Mother Volga).") — her wide, slow waters mirroring the very soul of Russia itself.

Red Army Soldier 3: (in Russian) Stalin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin The defense of Tsaritsyn, nicknamed the "Red Verdun", was one of the most widely described and commemorated events of the Civil War in Soviet historiography, art and propaganda. This was due to the fact that Joseph Stalin took part in the defense of the city between July and November 1918.) described the fighting that had gone before. Three years of spilled Russian blood. We owe it to our dead comrades to take back this town.

VOLGA RIVER - RED ARMY - BRIEFING - VOLGA RIVER 1919
Red Army Officer: Men, orders from comrade Stalin concerning our attack. Our first objective is to secure and hold the Red Line (Red Line is a BF1 objective) here. From this position, we'll advance to this area, Zevina's Ruins (Zevina's Church is a BF1 objective). Once we have this sector, we'll look to take control of the Don River https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_(river). From here, we can launch an assault on Tsaritsyn itself. Comrades! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comrade) The success of our revolution depends upon this fight!

VOLGA RIVER - WHITE ARMY - INTRODUCTION
White Army Soldier 1: (in Russian) While I wear the uniform of the Imperial Army, others wear their Cossack cloaks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks) and papakha hats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papakha). We are different men, bound only by our hatred of the Bolsheviks.

VOLGA RIVER - WHITE ARMY - DEFEAT
White Army Officer: Soldiers, we have lost this position. In the name of General Wrangel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Wrangel Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Врангель, German: Peter von Wrangel; August 27 [O.S. August 15] 1878 – 25 April 1928), also known by his nickname the Black Baron, was a Russian officer of Baltic German origin in the Imperial Russian Army. During the final phase of the Russian Civil War, he was commanding general of the anti-Bolshevik White Army in Southern Russia. maybe reference to the C-93 Pistol's The General skin ???), who first conquered this town, we must retreat, and protect our prize from those Bolshevik marauders (maybe reference to the C-93 Pistol's Marauder skin ???).

INTERMISSION
Narrator/Announcer: With their forces destabilized, the White Army retreated to the streets of Tsaritsyn that they had so recently fought to capture. General Wrangel knew that holding the town was vital for the counter-revolutionary forces in Southern Russia, they needed such a base to launch an advance on Moscow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow). And without access to the oil and grain in the North Caucasus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Caucasus), it was evident that the coalition of White forces would soon weaken, and ultimately break apart.

TSARITSYN - RED ARMY - BRIEFING - TSARITSYN 1919
Red Army Officer: Comrades! The volunteer forces occupy several strongholds within the city. Our priority is take Demchenko Street. Once secured, we should able to advance into and hold the ruins of Savrasova Street (Savrasova St. is a BF1 objective). It is from here that we will launch our attack on Teplova Square and the Cathedral (Cathedral of Light is a BF1 objective. The in-game cathedral is modeled more after the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral???). With these positions under our control, we'll then move into and secure the Merchant District (Merchant District is a BF1 objective). Success here means the city will be ours once again. Our great leaders depend upon you!

TSARITSYN - RED ARMY - FIRST BATTALION LOST
Red Army Officer: We have lost this fight. Remember our mission, a mission for peace, bread, and land (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Decree The Bolshevik Initial Decrees (the 'Decrees') were announced as soon as the Bolsheviks declared their success in the October Revolution (October 26, 1917). The Decrees seemed to conform to the popular Bolshevik slogan "Peace, Land and Bread", taken up by the masses during the July Days (July 1917), an uprising of workers and military forces). We must battle once again!

TSARITSYN - RED ARMY - VICTORY
Red Army Officer: We have won the battle comrades. The criminals and imperialist old guard, who tried to strangle our ideals, are no more. Thank Lenin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin) for his wisdom!

I collected the skin references from the transcript of the Storm of Steel singleplayer campaign (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_of_Steel Storm of Steel (German: In Stahlgewittern, lit. 'In Steel Thunderstorms'; original English title: In Storms of Steel) is the memoir of German officer Ernst Jünger's experiences on the Western Front during the First World War from December 1914 to August 1918.).
https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Storm_of_Steel/Transcript

British Tank Crew #2: Our boys in the church are overrun! We need to push through! PBI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_slang_terms Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army, but many soldiers preferred the terms PBI (poor bloody infantry) "P.B.I." was a pseudonym of a contributor to the First World War trench magazine The Wipers Times.) are counting on us!

British Tank Crew #1: Use that Emma Gee (https://www.centenaryww1orange.com.au/uncategorized/trench-lingo/ Signalese was the language used by Army signallers; a coded alphabet which became a part of Army vernacular: A Ack, B Beer, D Don, M Emma, P Pip, S Esses, T Toc, V Vic. Hence: Toc Emma= TM= trench mortar, Emma Gee= MG= machine gun, Ack Emma= AM= morning)! Sweep the ground!

Tank Crew Member #1 notices the Royal Flying Corps (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service (reference to the Farquhar-Hill's The RNAS skin) on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.) fighter planes in the sky.

British Tank Crew #1: That's our flyboys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyboys_(film) Flyboys is a 2006 war drama film starring James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker, David Ellison, Abdul Salis, Philip Winchester, and Tyler Labine. Set during World War I, the film follows the enlistment, training, and combat experiences of a group of young Americans who volunteered to become fighter pilots in the Lafayette Escadrille, the 124th air squadron formed by the French in 1916.) up there!

British Tank Crew #2: We've got them on the run! Push on! Forward! For King and Country (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_King_and_Country_Want_You Several different recruiting songs with the name "Your King and Country Want/Need You" were popularised in Britain at the beginning of the First World War.)! We'll chase Fritz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terms_used_for_Germans British soldiers employed a variety of epithets for the Germans. Fritz, a German pet form of Friedrich, was popular in both World War I and World War II.) all the way back to Berlin!

I collected the skin references from the transcript of the Shock Operations gamemode (Giant's Shadow and Prise de Tahure maps)
https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Shock_Operations/Transcript

GIANT'S SHADOW - GERMAN EMPIRE - BRIEFING - BUTTE-DE-TAHURE 1918. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_villages_destroyed_in_World_War_I List of French villages destroyed in World War I: -Tahure, ... Les villages détruits (the destroyed villages) are in northern France, mostly in the French département of Meuse. During the First World War, specifically at the time of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, many villages in northern France were destroyed by the fighting. After the war, it was decided that the land previously occupied by the destroyed villages would not be incorporated into other communes, as a testament to these villages which had "died for France", as they were declared, and to preserve their memory.)

BATTLE OF THE SELLE (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Selle The Battle of the Selle (17–25 October 1918) was a battle between Allied forces and the German Army, fought during the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I. reference to the MP18's The Selle skin).
German Officer: Men, we have cut this far into our enemy's belly, we must continue to plunge the knife deeper. First, we must wrest Caudry Village (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudry Caudry was shelled and burnt during the August 1914 Battle of Le Cateau, where it was on the left flank of the line of the retreating British Expeditionary Force. It remained under German occupation until recaptured in late 1918. Caudry Village is a BF1 objective) from the British, from there we shall advance upon and ford Selle River. Once across, it will be a battle for the airship Crash Site (Airship Crash Site is a BF1 objective) to secure advantage in the area. Finally, and swiftly, we will conquest Le Cateau Station (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Le_Cateau The Second Battle of Le Cateau took place in much the same area from 5 to 11 October 1918. The Entente captured the St. Quentin–Cambrai railway, 12,000 prisoners and 250 guns for 536 casualties. Le Cateau Station is a BF1 objective). Ready yourselves!

PRISE DE TAHURE - GERMAN EMPIRE - BRIEFING - PRISE DE TAHURE 1917. LOST TO WAR.
German Officer: Today we face the French on their own ground. Let us show them how wrong they are to feel safe. First, we shall overwhelm them at Navarin Trench (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Hills On 14 September, the French raided west of Navarin Farm and next day attacked in the area of Mt Haut. On 28 September, German raids were repulsed west of Navarin Farm, north-west of Tahure and at the Four-de-Paris in the Argonne. Navarin Trench is a BF1 objective). They will be forced to retreat into town, making Tahure Square (Tahure Square is a BF1 objective) our next battleground. Their last line of defense will be in the Fontaine District (Fontaine District is a BF1 objective). We will show them that nowhere is safe from Germany's might.

I collected the skin references from the transcript of the Shock Operations gamemode (Łupków Pass, Zeebrugge and River Somme maps)
https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Shock_Operations/Transcript

ŁUPKÓW PASS - AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE - BRIEFING - ŁUPKÓW PASS 1914 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81upk%C3%B3w_Pass). CARPATHIAN CROSSING. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_Front "The rugged peaks and passes of the Carpathians formed a natural barrier between Galicia, now in Russian hands, and the great plain of Hungary and the Danube valley. At the time, there were five main passes through the mountains, at Wyszkov, Verecke, Uzsok, Lupkov, and Dukla.")
Austro-Hungarian Officer: The Russians have taken our defensive stronghold. We must do anything to take it back. First, we shall root them from the Galician Trail (Galician Trail is a BF1 objective and reference to the Gewehr M.95's Galicia skin). Then we shall force them back through Pawel's Ravine (Pawel's Ravine is a BF1 objective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawe%C5%82_Czenpi%C5%84ski maybe Paweł Czenpiński? In 1782 he went on a scientific expedition with John Dominic Peter Jaskiewicz (1749–1809) to make zoological, botanical and geological observations of the Carpathian Mountains.). Afterwards, they will easily give the Narev Depot (Narev Depot is a BF1 objective. BF1 fandom trivia: In the Polish version of Battlefield 1, "Narev Village" and "Narev Depot" are instead labelled as "Osławica Village" and "Osławica Depot".) up to us. Finally, and with decision, we will exterminate them from Rostov's Hold (Rostov's Hold is a BF1 objective and reference to the Howell Automatic's Rostov skin. BF1 fandom trivia: "Rostov's Hold" is a reference to the Rostov aristocrat family that appears in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace.). The day is cold. The snow threatens our wellness. Let us finish this quickly.

ZEEBRUGGE - ROYAL MARINES - BRIEFING - ZEEBRUGGE 1918. ZEEBRUGGE RAID (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeebrugge_Raid The Zeebrugge Raid (Dutch: Aanval op de haven van Zeebrugge; French: Raid sur Zeebruges) on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. The British intended to sink obsolete ships in the canal entrance, to prevent German vessels from leaving port. The port was used by the Imperial German Navy as a base for U-boats and light shipping, which were a threat to Allied control of the English Channel and southern North Sea.)
British Officer: What you do in battle today determines the war. For today...we * the German navy. We will start by taking back the HMS Vindictive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vindictive_(1897) HMS Vindictive was a British Arrogant-class cruiser built at Chatham Dockyard. The vessel participated in the Zeebrugge Raid. HMS Vindictive is a BF1 objective). We will then continue onward through the Submarine Shelter (Submarine Shelter is a BF1 objective), not stopping until the Germans are purged from both there and Shed Number One. Finally we will take back the Lubeck Battery (Lubeck Battery is a BF1 objective), marooning the Germans on the coast as we block off the rest of their naval fleet.

RIVER SOMME - BRITISH EMPIRE - BRIEFING - SOMME RIVER (reference to the Auto revolver's Somme skin) 1916. SOMME OFFENSIVE. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_day_on_the_Somme The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July), the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the 141 days of the Battle of the Somme (1 July–18 November) in the First World War.)
British Officer: The German army has taken our ally's land. Today, we will be the sword that severs their hold. First, we will root them from Wellington Trench (https://ww1photographs.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/wellington-trench/ Let’s have a view for today for Wellington Trench, located in the Newfoundland Memorial Park of Beaumont Hamel (Somme, France). This trench didn’t exist in July 1916 (it is about mid-way into where the no-mans land was), but was dug later in autumn. It was from here that the Highlanders successfully launched their attack in November of the same year.), pushing them across the river to the Munich Line (https://ww1revisited.com/2015/04/20/above-the-battlefield-new-munich-trench-cemetery/ New Munich Trench was a position prepared by British troops at the end of the Battle of the Somme: on 15th November 1916 units of the 51st (Highland) Division captured Munich Trench and 2/2nd Highland Field Company Royal Engineers and 1/8th Royal Scots dug New Munich Trench.), where they will find no purchase. Finally, we will advance upon Hawthorn Station (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorn_Ridge_Redoubt Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt was a German field fortification, west of the village of Beaumont Hamel on the Somme. At 7:20 a.m. on 1 July 1916, the British fired a huge mine beneath the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt. Sprung ten minutes before zero hour, the mine was one of 19 mines detonated on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.) and once and for all, reclaim this land for our French allies.

I watched a BF1 video from Flakfire (Battlefield youtuber) yesterday.
It contained a map of France showing the World War I settlements near Verdun.
I just realized that Malancourt and Montfaucon are neighbors of each other.

Flakfire's map show the following:
-Bois de Montfaucon skin for BAR M1918
-Malancourt skin for BAR M1918
-Saint-Mihiel skin for P08 Pistol
-Verdun skin for M1909 Benét-Mercié

I also looked on Google maps:
-Bois de Montfaucon skin for BAR M1918
-Malancourt skin for BAR M1918
-Verdun skin for M1909 Benét-Mercié
-Battle of Cote 304 skins
-Le Mort-Homme skin for Sjögren inertial shotgun
-Douaumont skin for Sjögren inertial shotgun
-The Ossuary skin for RSC SMG
-Fort De Vaux BF1 map
-Samogneux is the location of Verdun Heights BF1 map

Another map of Flakfire's showing the World War I settlements near Amiens:
-Arras skin or Lewis Gun
-Pozieres skin for Madsen MG
-Bapaume skin for MG15 N.A
-Le Cateau skin for M1909 Benet Mercie
-Somme skin for Auto Revolver
-Bellicourt Tunnel skin for Revolver MK VI
-Amiens is a BF1 map
-St. Quentin Scar is a BF1 map

I also looked on Google maps:

I read the following today on the "BFEE - Battlefield Easter Egg Community" page:
https://wiki.bfee.co/index.php?title=Battlefield_1
A random wooden crate on any multiplayer or singleplayer map is filled with teddy bears which will jump out of the crate when it is destroyed.

Then I read the wiki article about Teddy Bear.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_bear
History
The name teddy bear comes from former United States President Theodore Roosevelt, who was often referred to as "Teddy" (a nickname which he loathed). The name originated from an incident on a bear hunting trip in Mississippi in November 1902, to which Roosevelt was invited by Mississippi Governor Andrew H. Longino. There were several other hunters competing, and most of them had already killed an animal. A suite of Roosevelt's attendants, led by Holt Collier, cornered, clubbed, and tied an American black bear to a willow tree after a long exhausting chase with hounds. They called Roosevelt to the site and suggested that he shoot it. He refused to shoot the bear himself, deeming this unsportsmanlike, but instructed that the bear be killed to put it out of its misery, and it became the topic of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in The Washington Post on November 16, 1902. While the initial cartoon of an adult black bear lassoed by a handler and a disgusted Roosevelt had symbolic overtones, later issues of that and other Berryman cartoons made the bear smaller and cuter.

Three skins of Russian 1895 gun were named after Theodore Roosevelt:
-The Teddy (Road to Battlefield V reward) for Russian 1895
-The Medicine skin for Russian 1895
-Rough Rider skin for Russian 1895

small attachments to the Odin skin for Selbstlader M1916 (Road to Battlefield V reward)

The following "easter egg" can be read on the Game Detectives BF1 wiki page (how to unlock the Peacekeeper)
https://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=Battlefield_1
Skull Icons
A skull icon was discovered in all 6 maps from the In The Name of the Tsar expansion - the SIX OPERATIVES IN THE SNOWY REGIONS. Below are the locations of each of the skulls.
-Łupków Pass
No text, but standing in the southeast corner of the ruins causes a small orb in the opposite corner to flash out the following message in Morse code: TEST FAILED ANGELS LOOSE PROCTORS DEAD TRI ODIN NOLX ETYRE ODIN DWA. The Russian words at the end are numbers, translating to 310412.

Fao Landing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fao_Landing
The Fao Landing occurred from November 6, 1914 to November 8, 1914 with British forces attacking the Ottoman stronghold of Fao and its fortress. The landing was met with little resistance from the Turkish defenders who fled after intense shelling. It was the first military operation of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I which was carried out to protect the British Empire's oil supplies in the Persian Gulf. The initial landing force was a contingent of Royal Marines from HMS Ocean and British Indian troops of the 16th (Poona) Brigade under Walter Sinclair Delamain. The British sloop HMS Odin shelled the Turkish positions near the old fortress of Fao, silencing the enemy batteries and clearing the way for the landing force. In popular culture:
The Fao Landing and the subsequent battle for the fortress are featured in the video game Battlefield 1.

Christmas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
The pre-Christian Germanic peoples—including the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse—celebrated a winter festival called Yule, held in the late December to early January period, yielding modern English yule, today used as a synonym for Christmas. In Germanic language-speaking areas, numerous elements of modern Christmas folk custom and iconography may have originated from Yule, including the Yule log, Yule boar, and the Yule goat. Often leading a ghostly procession through the sky (the Wild Hunt, reference to the Die Wilde Jagd skin Gewehr 98), the long-bearded god Odin is referred to as "the Yule one" and "Yule father" in Old Norse texts, while other gods are referred to as "Yule beings".

Gott mit uns skin for P08 Pistol

Joyeux Noël (2005)
https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Joyeux_No%C3%ABl
Joyeux Noël (French for Merry Christmas) is a 2005 anti-war film directed by Christian Carion. France, December 1914. In a comparatively confined space of just a few hundred square meters, Franco-British and German units lie ready to fight in the freezing cold. They all have only one wish, that finally there should be an end to the killing. On Christmas Eve, however, when music resounds from the other trench, the troops on both sides decide to put aside their weapons for a short period and celebrate together. This fictionalized account is based on the true story of the Christmas truce of 1914.

and the Gott mit uns skin for P08 Pistol?

The following weapons were used in the film Joyeux Noël:
-Luger P08
Two Luger P08s can briefly be seen as Oberleutnant (1st Lt.) Horstmayer (Daniel Brühl) unloads various arms.

Cenotaph skin for M1917 Enfield

I re-watched the movie 28 Days Later yesterday (I watched the movie in the cinema in 2002).
At the beginning of the film, which was shot in London, there is a World War I memorial.
I searched for the filming location and found the ww1 monument, which is a cenotaph.
my screenshot:

Guards Memorial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_Memorial
The Guards Memorial, also known as the Guards Division War Memorial is an outdoor war memorial located on the west side of Horse Guards Road, opposite Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom. It commemorates the war dead from the Guards Division and related units during the First World War, and of the Household Division in the Second World War and other conflicts since 1918. The cenotaph memorial was designed by H. Chalton Bradshaw. It includes a broad squat white Portland stone obelisk 38 feet (12 m) high standing on a white stone base with three steps. On a raised platform to the east side of the memorial, facing Horse Guards Parade, are five large bronze sculptures by Gilbert Ledward, one representing each of the Foot Guards Regiments, standing easy with their rifles above stone carvings showing the badge of each regiment, each slightly larger than life size, about 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m) in high. The statues and panels were cast by the William Morris Art Bronze Foundry using bronze taken from German guns melted down after the First World War. Above the five statues, the cenotaph also bears an inscription written by Rudyard Kipling, whose only son John was killed in action while serving the Irish Guards at the Battle of Loos in September 1915.

The Fuller skin for SMLE MKIII

British major-general J.F.C Fuller invented the concept of "artificial moonlight" during WW1, using search lights to enhance conditions for night attacks by illuminating the bottom of clouds.

Yellow Circus skin for Fighter plane?

The Red Baron was the leader of "The Flying Circus" - fighter squadrons that painted their planes in bright colors and often set up at makeshift airfields with transportable tents.

The Chancellor skin for Selbstlader M1916?

Konrad Adenauer, who would be German Chancellor after World War Two, invented the soy sausage during World War One as a cheaper alternative to meat during food shortages.

Breakthrough Muller skin for MP18

Germany brought in a special artillery conductor known as 'Breakthrough Muller' to conduct the 10000 artillery guns used at the start of Operation Michael.

Point Blank skin for Bodeo 1889?

Argonne forest map (Official EA website description, 2016)
https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Argonne_Forest

The shadowy depths of the Argonne forest is the scene for some of the most brutal close quarter combat in Battlefield 1. The world inside this forest features devious defensive setups combined with a labyrinth of bunkers and machine gun nests. Camouflaged field guns firing at point blank range, Stormtroopers clearing out bunkers with gas, and the best use of sharpened spades will determine who owns the depths of this forest. Heroes are forged surviving the intensity of this infantry focused map.

Savior skin for Kolibri?

Philippe Pétain was hailed as the heroic defender of Verdun and the savior of France in World War One. In World War Two he was condemned as the traitor who sold France to the *.

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Blutigen April skin (Road to Battlefield V reward) for Selbstlader M1916?

During the "Bloody April" of 1917, the lifetime of British and French pilots could be measured in hours.

The name "Bloody April" refers to a period during 1917 where England lost a third of its fighter force, which was about 3 times that of the German Army Air Service

Deadlock skins for M1907 SL?

Once Italy joined the war, the Italian and Austro-Hungarian navies faced each other across the Adriatic Sea in a deadlock.

Deadlock skin for M1907 Selfloading (AGAIN)?

https://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-1s-upcoming-expansions-will-take-players-to-belgium-russia-and-hell/

Apocalypse (official description)
Go over the top in the most infamous battles of WW1. Conquer bitterly contested ground with brutal tools and unique weapons born out of desperation and deadlock. Never before have the nightmarish horrors of the Great War been closer as you descend into hell. Prepare to enter the Apocalypse.

Vimy Ridge skin for Huot Automatic Rifle
and
The Pimple skin for Huot Automatic Rifle

why?

Vimy Ridge Day was celebrated in Canada the day before yesterday (on 9 April).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimy_Ridge_Day

Vimy Ridge Day is a day to commemorate the deaths and casualties of members of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place during the First World War. The holiday has been observed annually on 9 April since 2003. In 2003, the Government of Canada declared 9 April to be "Vimy Ridge Day", to honour and remember the Battle of Vimy Ridge which took place during the First World War at Vimy Ridge, France, in 1917.
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By this point only the northern half of Hill 145 and "the Pimple", a fortified highpoint outside of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, remained under German control. Fresh troops finally forced the remaining German troops from the northern half of Hill 145 at around 3:15 p.m and by nightfall of 10 April, the only objective not yet achieved was the capture of "the Pimple". Supported by a significant amount of artillery and the 24th British Division of I Corps to the north, the 10th Canadian Brigade attacked the hastily entrenched German troops and captured "the Pimple" on 12 April, bringing an end to the battle. By nightfall on 12 April 1917 the Canadian Corps was in firm control of the ridge.

At the outbreak of World War One Canada had 8 million people. Some 3600 died of them at Vimy Ridge. At Passchendaele another 4000 would perish in the mud.

Isonzo skin for Automatico M1918

I finally found something that isn't even mentioned on the Battlefield 1 fandom website.
Caporetto
https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Caporetto
Caporetto is a map featured in the Battlefield 1: Apocalypse expansion. The Battle of Caporetto, also known as the Twelfth Battle of Isonzo, was fought between the 24th October and 19th November 1917. Austro-Hungarian and German Empire forces routed the Italian with concentrated gas attacks before successfully breaking through their lines using stormtrooper infiltration tactics.

It is interesting that the C flag's ID of the Caporetto map (Conquest Assault game mode) was originally ISONZO_PASS in the Community Test Environment.

And the B flag's ID of the Caporetto map was originally LIVEK_OUTPOST in the Community Test Environment (CTE).

A flag's CTE ID: id_cap_aurora_lookout (the name of the flag is currently "Aurora Lookout")
B flag's CTE ID: id_cap_livek_outpost (the name of the flag is currently "Castello Di Solkan")
C flag's CTE ID: id_cap_isonzo_pass (the name of the flag is currently "Blood Creek")
D flag's CTE ID: id_cap_trama_redoubt (the name of the flag is currently "Trama Redoubt")
E flag's CTE ID: id_cap_capello_grove (the name of the flag is currently "Capello Grove")

B flag's CTE ID: id_cap_livek_outpost

C flag's CTE ID: id_cap_isonzo_pass

Livek also have a WWI connection (Battle of Caporetto) according to the wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livek
Livek is a village in the Municipality of Kobarid in the Littoral region of Slovenia. In 1866, when the Veneto and Friuli regions were acquired by Italy, Livek remained in the Austrian Empire, becoming a border village. Livek became known during World War I, when it became an important strategic location during the Battle of Caporetto towards the end of 1917. A unit of the German Army commanded by Erwin Rommel, who later became a German Field Marshal in World War II, seized the village and used it as a base from where they took the strategically crucial Mount Matajur. Rommel's small unit managed to defeat the Italian defense that numbered 150 officers, 9,000 men, and 81 pieces of artillery. He received Prussia's highest medal, the Pour le Mérite, for this act and described it and his route to Matajur via Livek in his 1937 book Infanterie greift an (Infantry Attacks).

I found another interesting thing, a connection
betweeen the House of Valois skins / House of Bourbon skins (the first French DLC "They Shall Not Pass")

and

Fleur-de-lis Dog Tag (Requirements: Awarded for completing Road to Battlefield V Mission Stage 1 Week 3. Other informations: Awarded during the French Stage of the Road to Battlefield V).

Here is the "Fleur-de-lis" Dog Tag:

Flag of France
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_France
Before the tricolour was adopted the royal government used many flags, the best known being a blue shield and gold fleurs-de-lis (the Royal Arms of France) on a white background, or state flag. History - Kingdom of France: Later during the Middle Ages, these colours came to be associated with the reigning house of France. In 1328, the coat-of-arms of the House of Valois was blue with gold fleurs-de-lis bordered in red. From this time on, the kings of France were represented in vignettes and manuscripts wearing a red gown under a blue coat decorated with gold fleurs-de-lis.

Arras skin for Lewis Gun

Arras and Cambrai are also marked on the "Kaiserschlacht" Operation map.
Cambrai is referenced in a singleplayer codex entry:
Towards Cambrai is a Codex Entry featured in Battlefield 1. It is unlocked upon completing the singleplayer mission Through Mud and Blood.