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.
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.
Empire of Japan It is interesting that a 1963 Japanese war film based about the Siege of Tsingtao. I don't know if the movie is available with subtitles other than Japanese. A character in the film is based on the of the real Gunther Plüschow.
Siege of Fort Bismarck (青島要塞爆撃命令, Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei) is a 1963 Japanese war film directed by Kengo Furusawa and special effects work by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film is set in World War I, which is rare for a Japanese movie. Based on a real Siege of Tsingtao, it depicts a team of aviators (who are pilots for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service) are on a dangerous mission to destroy all German defense fortresses before the Allies could land their forces to occupied the port city. In overseas country like the United States and Europe, it was released under the title, "Siege of Fort Bismarck". In order to shoot the film, in addition to the elaborate two aircraft miniatures like the Farman MF.11 and the Etrich Taube with a wingspan of 1 meter or more, a full-scale model for shooting the main story with a propeller rotating was produced. In both cases, the filming was done in addition to the set, and on Mt. Fuji, it was hung from a helicopter. The full-scale model of the Farman MF.11 was assembled by a craftsman specializing in gliders by borrowing the actual machine in the disassembled state saved by the Japan Aeronautic Association and creating a restoration drawing. The Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya was also photographed using a cargo ship.
The Kingdom of Montenegro was also a belligerent in the First World War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I Fighting commenced when Austria invaded Serbia on 28 July 1914, purportedly in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Emperor Franz Joseph I; this brought Serbia's ally Montenegro into the war on 8 August and it attacked the Austrian naval base at Cattaro, modern Kotor.
In Battlefield 1 i think there is only one skin name related to the Kingdom of Montenegro: King Nicholas skin for Gasser M1870 Nicholas I of Montenegro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Montenegro Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš (7 October 1841 – 1 March 1921) was the last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918, reigning as prince from 1860 to 1910 and as the country's first and only king from 1910 to 1918.
In BF1918, Montenegro is present on two maps of the Balkan front:
The Kingdom of Serbia would also have had a chance in the fifth expansion of Battlefield 1.
for example, codex entry related to Serbia: Austria-Hungary (Codex Entry) In 1908, Austria-Hungary had annexed Bosnia, making Serbia the next in line. And if Serbia fell, Russia would lose all influence in the Balkan region.
a fact related to Serbia on the loading screen: Too young to be sentenced to death, the man who assassinated Franz Ferdinand was ineligible for the death penalty. Gavrilo Princip sat out most of the war while imprisoned. He died of tubercolosis in 1918. Gavrilo Princip - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavrilo_Princip
another fact about Serbia on the loading screen: A Serbian artilleryman downed an enemy plane with a cannon in 1915, the first ground-to-air kill. Radoje Ljutovac - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radoje_Ljutovac
another fact related to Serbia on the loading screen: Momčilo Gavrić was, at eight years of age, the youngest soldier of the war. He joined a Serbian artillery division after his family was killed in 1914. Momčilo Gavrić - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom%C4%8Dilo_Gavri%C4%87
another fact about Serbia on the loading screen: The Serbian Army retreated through the Albanian Alps after the Central Powers's invasion of Serbia in 1915. They reassembled on Corfu and were back in action in 1916. Great Retreat (Serbia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Retreat_(Serbia)
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