I put together an infographic that shows the countries and maps of the Battlefield 1 game as a graph data structure. Here is my picture: Then I arranged the countries of Battlefield 1 in asce...
Here is the "Forward to Glory" fan-proposed DLC's description (the new participants are Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Montenegro, Kingdom of Greece and Kingdom of Bulgaria):
The DLC is named for a quote by Dragutin Gavrilović, a Serbian officer who led a last stand against German and Austro-Hungarian attackers at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers during the 1915 Seige of Belgrade. The Balkan states are literally central to the reason the First World War began, and yet, the battles in Balkans are often overshadowed by the fighting on the Western Front. The DLC Forward to Glory takes you to a theater of war every bit as brutal as the West. Make a last stand alongside the Serbian army in Belgrade, Fight alongside or against the Bulgarians in the bloody Battle of Doiran, and join the Greek Army as they break neutrality to aid the Allied war effort.
my guess is what inspired the name "Forward to Glory" of the DLC? Dragutin Gavrilović (25 May 1882 – 19 July 1945) was a Serbian and Yugoslav military officer, best known for his heroic defense of Belgrade during the First World War. Legacy and honors: Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton wrote the song "Last Dying Breath" from their album The Last Stand in his honor, referencing quotes by him in the lyrics.
Kingdom of Belgium It is interesting that Belgium has 5 maps in the Battlefield 1918 mod (Battle of Halen, Battle of Liège, Battle of the Nete, Siege of Antwerp, Ramskapelle/Battle of the Yser). And these battles were in the very first few months of the First World War in 1914.
Battle of Halen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halen The Battle of Halen, also known as the Battle of the Silver Helmets because of the many cavalry helmets left behind on the battlefield by the German cuirassiers, took place on 12 August 1914 at the beginning of the First World War, between German forces led by Georg von der Marwitz and Belgian troops led by Léon De Witte. The battle was a Belgian tactical victory but did little to delay the German invasion of Belgium.
Battle of Liège https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge Liège's fortifications were redesigned by Henri Alexis Brialmont in the 1880s and a chain of twelve forts was constructed around the city to provide defence in depth. This presented a major obstacle to the Imperial German Army in 1914, whose Schlieffen Plan relied on being able to quickly pass through the Meuse valley and the Ardennes en route to France. The German invasion of Belgium on 5 August 1914 soon reached Liège, which was defended by 30,000 troops under General Gérard Leman in the Battle of Liège. The forts initially held off General Alexander von Kluck's German First Army of about 100,000 men but were pulverised into submission by a five-day bombardment by heavy artillery, including thirty-two 21 cm mortars and two German 42 cm Big Bertha howitzers. Due to faulty planning of the protection of the underground defence tunnels beneath the main citadel, one direct artillery hit caused a huge explosion, which eventually led to the surrender of the Belgian forces.
Battle of the Nete https://bf1918.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nete Battle of the Nete was part of Siege of northern Belgian city of Antwerp, took place in September-October 1914. Nete is small canal dug out 10-15 kilometres southeast of Antwerp, between two lines of defense forts.
Siege of Antwerp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp During World War I, the city became the fallback point of the Belgian Army after the defeat at Liège. The Siege of Antwerp lasted for 11 days, but the city was taken after heavy fighting by the German Army, and the Belgians were forced to retreat westwards.
Ramskapelle (Battle of the Yser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Yser The Battle of the Yser was a battle of the First World War that took place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35 km (22 mi) stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal, in Belgium. The front line was held by a large Belgian force, which halted the German advance in a costly defensive battle. On 25 October, the German pressure on the Belgians was so great that a decision was taken to inundate the Belgian front line. After an abortive attempt on 21 October, the Belgians managed to open the sluices at Nieuwpoort during the nights of 26–30 October, during high tides, steadily raising the water level until an impassable flooded area was created of about one mi (2 km) wide, stretching as far south as Diksmuide.The Germans attacked again on the Yser front on 30 October, overran the Belgian second line and reached Ramskapelle and Pervijze. Belgian and French counter-attacks recovered Ramskapelle and the final attack, planned for the next day was called off when the Germans realised that the land behind them was flooding. The Germans withdrew in the night of 30/31 October.
Here is the link to the "List of infantry weapons of World War I (Kingdom of Belgium)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_infantry_weapons_of_World_War_I#Kingdom_of_Belgium According to wiki, the First World War Belgian standard issue rifle was the Mauser Model 1889 (1889 Belgian Mauser). And this Belgian Comblain falling-block rifle is very interesting.
The Belgian Minerva Armored Car could have been a new vehicle in the BF1 game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva_Armored_Car The Minerva Armoured Car was a military armoured car expediently developed from Minerva civilian automobiles by Belgium at the start of the First World War. Before the Minerva factory was captured during the German invasion and occupation of Belgium about thirty Minerva armored cars were built. In 1916 the design of the original armoured car was completely revised. The open top was now fully enclosed and the machine gun under an armoured cupola. The Belgian Army used the cars as motorised cavalry units with three-car platoons. The armoured car units were mostly used for reconnaissance, infantry fire support and missions behind enemy lines. After the Western Front became bogged down in trench warfare some of the cars were sent to the Eastern Front with the Belgian Expeditionary Corps in Russia.
The BF1 youtuber "Flakfire" had a theory that DICE referred the new nations and new maps in some skin names, even before the DLC was released.
for example (where Flakfire's prediction was true):
-Achi Baba skin for No. 3 Revolver (BF1 base game weapon) -> later Achi Baba map is in the "Turning Tides" DLC -Caporetto skin for Frommer Stop (BF1 base game weapon) -> later Caporetto map is in the last "Apocalypse" DLC -Isonzo skin for Automatico M1918 (BF1 base game weapon) -> later Caporetto map is in the last "Apocalypse" DLC (the Battle of Caporetto is the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo) -Galícia skin for Gewehr M.95 (BF1 base game weapon) -> later Galicia map is in the "In the Name of the Tsars" DLC -Somme skin for Auto Revolver (BF1 base game weapon) -> later River Somme map is in the last "Apocalypse" DLC -The Selle skin for MP18 (BF1 base game weapon) -> later Giant's Shadow map (the map takes place during the Battle of the Selle) was released on Christmas 2016 -Vaux skin for Model 10-A (BF1 base game weapon) -> later Fort De Vaux map is in the French "They Shall Not Pass" DLC -Verdun skin for M1909 Benét-Mercié (BF1 base game weapon) -> later Verdun Heights map is in the French "They Shall Not Pass" DLC
What skin names are in the BF1 game that can be connected to Belgium (these locations could have been potential Belgian DLC maps)?
-Charleroi skin for Selbstlader 1906 (BF1 base game weapon) -Flanders skin for Artillery Truck (BF1 base game vehicle) -In Flanders Fields skin for M1911 (BF1 base game weapon) -Liège skin for Gewehr 98 (BF1 base game weapon) -Messines skin for Lewis Gun (BF1 base game weapon) -Poperinge skin for Ross MkIII (APOC DLC weapon) -Ramscapelle skin for MP18 (BF1 base game weapon) -St Eloi skin for Ross MkIII (APOC DLC weapon) -The Hound of Mons skin for Selbstlader 1906 (BF1 base game weapon) -Zonnebeke skin for Ross MkIII (APOC DLC weapon) -Ypres skin for M1907 SL (BF1 base game weapon)
This is a 10-part Belgian tv-series on the theme of the First World War, following the events in Belgium from 1914 to 1918 through a Belgian (Flemish) family. I think it has English subtitles.
Siege of Antwerp (1914) On the night of 25/26 August, the city was bombed by a German Zeppelin airship.
Ramskapelle (Battle of the Yser) The Germans attacked again on the Yser front on 30 October, overran the Belgian second line and reached Ramskapelle and Pervijze. Belgian and French counter-attacks recovered Ramskapelle and the final attack, planned for the next day was called off when the Germans realised that the land behind them was flooding. The Germans withdrew in the night of 30/31 October.
S1.E1 ∙ Juli - Augustus 1914 S1.E2 ∙ September - Oktober 1914 S1.E3 ∙ Oktober 1914 S1.E4 ∙ December 1914 - Juni 1915 S1.E5 ∙ Juni - September 1915 S1.E6 ∙ December 1915 - Oktober 1916 S1.E7 ∙ Oktober 1916 - April 1917 S1.E8 ∙ April 1917 - November 1917 S1.E9 ∙ December 1917 - Juni 1918 S1.E10 ∙ Juli - September 1918
Japan also participated in World War I as a member of the Entente Powers/Allies. In Battlefield 1, many skins have "Japan during World War I"-related names, for example:
-Battle of Tsingtao skins The siege of Tsingtao was the attack on the German port of Qingdao (Tsingtao) during World War I by Japan and the United Kingdom. The siege was waged against Imperial Germany between 27 August and 7 November 1914. The siege was the first encounter between Japanese and German forces, the first Anglo-Japanese operation of the war, and the only major land battle in the Asian and Pacific theatre during World War I.
-Mitsuomi skin for Japanese Type 38 Arisaka Kamio Mitsuomi (27 February 1856 – 6 February 1927) was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, who commanded the Allied land forces during the Siege of Qingdao in World War I.
-Die Kaiserin Elizabeth for Gewehr M.95 -Farman skin for Autoloading 8 -Wakamiya skin for Japanese Type 38 Arisaka From 5 September 1914, Wakamiya conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids during the first months of the First World War from Kiaochow Bay off Tsingtao, which is located in China. On 6 September 1914 a Farman aircraft launched by Wakamiya attacked the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth and the German gunboat Jaguar in Qiaozhou Bay; neither ship was hit. Her seaplanes bombarded German-held land targets (communication centers and command centers) in the Qingdao peninsula of Shandong province and ships in Qiaozhou Bay from September to 6 November 1914, during the Siege of Tsingtao.
An interesting fact about Battle of Tsingtao on the BF1 loading screen: German Pilot Gunther Plüschow downed a Japanese Airplane with his Luger Pistol, the first time a pilot ever shot down another plane. He was also the only German POW to escape Britain and make it back to Germany
Battlefield 1 has a Japanese Dog Tag named "Sakura":
In Battlefield 1918, the Siege of Tsingtao (1914) appears on two maps (Fort Bismarck and Tsingtao maps).
Tsingtao map
Fort Bismarck map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tsingtao The Boxer Rebellion, at the beginning of the century, had led Germany to consider the defence of Tsingtao. The port and the town were divided from the rest of the peninsula by steep hills. The main line of defence lay along three hills, Mount Moltke, Mount Bismarck, and Mount Iltis, from the Kaiserstuhl to Litsuner Heights. Guarding the left wing was Fort Moltke, on the hill of the same name, with two 9.4 in. (240 mm) guns. The heaviest firepower was concentrated in the four 11 in. (280 mm) howitzers of Fort Bismarck.
The fifth Japanese DLC could have included the following weapons: -Type 3 heavy machine gun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_3_heavy_machine_gun The Type 3 heavy machine gun, also known as the Taishō 14 machine gun, was a Japanese air-cooled heavy machine gun. The Type 3 heavy machine gun was in a long-line of Japanese Hotchkiss machine gun variants that the Imperial Japanese Army would utilize from 1901 to 1945. The Type 38 heavy machine gun would first see action in Tsingtao, China during World War I.
-Meiji Type 26 revolver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_26_revolver The Type 26 or Model 26 "hammerless" revolver was the first modern revolver adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army. The revolver saw action in conflicts including the Russo-Japanese War, World War I and World War II.
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