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* The internal name for this map in [[Community Test Environment]] is MP_Offensive. |
* The internal name for this map in [[Community Test Environment]] is MP_Offensive. |
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* This map along with with other maps from ''[[Battlefield 1: Apocalypse|Apocalypse]]'' were publicly trialed in the [[Community Test Environment]] with a "white box" prototype texture like the one seen in [[Operation Outbreak]] in ''[[Battlefield 4]]'' and four maps from ''[[Battlefield 1: Turning Tides]]''. |
* This map along with with other maps from ''[[Battlefield 1: Apocalypse|Apocalypse]]'' were publicly trialed in the [[Community Test Environment]] with a "white box" prototype texture like the one seen in [[Operation Outbreak]] in ''[[Battlefield 4]]'' and four maps from ''[[Battlefield 1: Turning Tides]]''. |
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| − | * Some flags on River Somme are references to various locations |
+ | * Some flags on River Somme are references to various locations at which the Battle of the Somme was fought: |
** Munich Trench (Flag C) refers to the site of a British war cemetery and a German trench close to Beaumont-Hamel, a village to the front lines. |
** Munich Trench (Flag C) refers to the site of a British war cemetery and a German trench close to Beaumont-Hamel, a village to the front lines. |
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** Sugar Mill (Flag E) refers to a sugar factory at Courcelette (part of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette), close to the strategic Albert-Bapaume road. It was utilised as a strongpoint by the German defenders. |
** Sugar Mill (Flag E) refers to a sugar factory at Courcelette (part of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette), close to the strategic Albert-Bapaume road. It was utilised as a strongpoint by the German defenders. |
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"The scenic wheat fields by the Somme river transform into hell on earth from devastating artillery barrages."
— DLC Overview - Battlefield.com
River Somme is a map set to be featured in the Battlefield 1: Apocalypse expansion.[1]
This map is set during the infamous "first day on the Somme". British casualties on the first day were the worst in the history of the British army, with 57,470 British casualties, 19,240 of whom were killed, the more out of any single day of the Battle of the Somme.
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Trivia
- The internal name for this map in Community Test Environment is MP_Offensive.
- This map along with with other maps from Apocalypse were publicly trialed in the Community Test Environment with a "white box" prototype texture like the one seen in Operation Outbreak in Battlefield 4 and four maps from Battlefield 1: Turning Tides.
- Some flags on River Somme are references to various locations at which the Battle of the Somme was fought:
- Munich Trench (Flag C) refers to the site of a British war cemetery and a German trench close to Beaumont-Hamel, a village to the front lines.
- Sugar Mill (Flag E) refers to a sugar factory at Courcelette (part of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette), close to the strategic Albert-Bapaume road. It was utilised as a strongpoint by the German defenders.
- Hawthorn Station (Flag F) refers to the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt, a German redoubt close to Beaumont-Hamel. It was the site where the first mine of the Battle of the Somme was dug and detonated, right under the German positions.