It runs underneath two bridges, dividing the map diagonally into two sections.Īmiens has a symmetric layout for Conquest, with the bridges forming the midline. The architecture is reminiscent of Seine Crossing from Battlefield 3, while the map layout echoes Bridge at Remagen from Battlefield 2142. Although aircraft are not available to either team, various planes will pass overhead throughout the battle. Notre-Dame d'Amiens cathedral looms over the map to the northwest and the Parc Saint-Pierre can be seen in the distance from some angles. The pit is crossed over by two bridges in the map center known as Pont Neuf.
The map is split into north and south by a low-ground railway line that forms a wide trench across the width of the map. At points between the mass of buildings are open squares and plazas, the largest being Place Longueville on the west side of the map. Multi-storey buildings, packed into crowded city blocks with tight roads and alleys running between them, stand about in various states of disrepair, with most buildings able to be damaged with explosives and are largely enterable by infantry. The Battlefield 1 depiction of the battle compresses the scale of the battle, setting the battle within Amiens suburbs itself instead of at Villers-Bretonneux, which was many kilometers away.Īmiens is an uncommonly dense and expansive urban map. A few months later, the Allies launched the Battle of Amiens, which began the Allies' Hundred Days Offensive which would eventually lead to the end of World War I. However, the German advance was eventually halted East of Amiens, at Villers-Bretonneux.
Following the Imperial German Army's breakthrough in the early stages of Operation Michael, German forces advanced towards the Allied railway center of Amiens. The map is set during the later stages of Operation Michael during the German Spring Offensive in France, 1918. A struggle in crumbling alleys, a courthouse, around bridges and railways where the British and the Germans desperately seek to control the depths of the city."Īmiens is a map that appears in Battlefield 1. Fight on the streets and squares in French city of Amiens during the German spring offensive.
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