Re: countries and maps of Battlefield 1
Kingdom of Romania
Romania allied with the Entente Powers during World War I.
there is a reference to Romania in the Fedorov Avtomat's Codex Entry:
The Russian Army adopted the Fedorov Avtomat in 1916, and it was first used in combat on the Romanian front, for example by a special unit of the 189th Izmail infantry regiment which were armed with 45 of the 6.5mm Fedorov Avtomats, and 8 of the earlier 7.62mm self-loading rifles.
3 skins are associated with Romania in Battlefield 1 (Marasti, Oituz and Hohenzollern skins)
-Marasti skin for Fedorov Avtomat
The Battle of Mărăști (Romanian: Bătălia de la Mărăști) was one of the main battles to take place on Romanian soil in World War I. It was fought between 22 July and 1 August 1917, and was an offensive operation of the Romanian and Russian armies intended to encircle and destroy the German 9th Army. According to General Alexandru Averescu, the commander of the Romanian Second Army at this major engagement, the Battle of Mărăști was the "first true victory in the history of the modern Romanian Army".
-Oituz skin for Fedorov Avtomat
The Battle of Oituz may refer to any of the following battles between Austro-Hungarian and German forces against Romanian ones during World War I:
First Battle of Oituz, 12–27 October 1916
Second Battle of Oituz, 10–16 November 1916
Third Battle of Oituz, 8–22 August 1917
-Hohenzollern skin for lMG 08/18
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_Romania
Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad; 24 August 1865 – 20 July 1927), nicknamed Întregitorul ("the Unifier"), was King of Romania from 1914 until his death in 1927. His family was part of the Catholic branch of the Prussian royal family Hohenzollern. Ferdinand became King of Romania on 10 October 1914, under the name Ferdinand I, following the death of his uncle, King Carol I. He ruled Romania during World War I, choosing to side with the Triple Entente against the Central Powers. This led to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany removing his name from the royal house of Hohenzollern.
Romania can be found on a Battlefield 1918 map:
-Transylvania, August 1916 (Romania vs Austria-Hungary)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Transylvania
The Battle of Transylvania was the first major operation of Romania during World War I, beginning on 27 August 1916. It started as an attempt by the Romanian Army to seize Transylvania, and potentially knock Austria-Hungary out of the war. Although initially successful, the offensive was brought to a halt after Bulgaria's attack on Dobruja. Coupled with a successful German and Austro-Hungarian counterattack which started in mid-September, the Romanian Army was eventually forced to retreat back to the Carpathians by mid-October.
a very special Romanian World War I weapon:
Fahrpanzer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrpanzer#Romanian_infantry_variant
The Fahrpanzer was a mobile artillery piece made prior to World War I in Germany, implemented in several German fortifications from 1890 onwards and exported to several foreign military powers prior to the outbreak of hostilities. Romanian infantry variant: Romania purchased 334 Gruson Fahrpanzers, in the 53 mm caliber. These guns remained in their emplacements for about twenty years, before being transformed into infantry guns between 1914 and 1916 by mounting them on Romanian-built gun carriages. A few were transformed into anti-aircraft guns.
the BF1 loading screen has this historical fact:
Austria-Hungary issued recruitment posters in 15 different languages
I recommend the following World War I Romanian film to watch:
Forest of the Hanged (novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_of_the_Hanged_(novel)
Forest of the Hanged (Romanian: Pădurea spânzuraților) is a novel by Romanian writer Liviu Rebreanu. Published in 1922, it is partly inspired by the experience of his brother Emil Rebreanu, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army hanged for espionage and desertion in 1917, during World War I. The novel was made into a film in 1965. The film was directed by Liviu Ciulei, who won the award for Best Director at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. Plot: The protagonist is Lieutenant Apostol Bologa, who was born and raised in Parva - then Párva, Beszterce-Naszód County, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary. Although he was enrolled in the Philosophy Faculty of the University of Budapest, and he had not been conscripted into the army since he was a widow's son, Bologa volunteers into the Austro-Hungarian Army at the start of World War I. After attending artillery school, he is sent to the front. He fights valiantly in Italy and Galicia; wounded twice in the next two years, he is promoted to the rank of lieutenant and decorated three times. Sent on the Romanian front, in the Eastern Carpathians, the thought of desertion becomes an obsession for him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aWbJ-H5e8o
