Heligoland Bight

is really Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein

Real place, reimagined

Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein
Heligoland Bight in Battlefield 1
In gameReal world

Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons

In the game

A naval map of the 1914 Battle of Heligoland Bight, dreadnoughts at sea and infantry fighting by the island's red cliffs.

The real place

On 28 August 1914 the Royal Navy ambushed German ships near Heligoland and sank three cruisers.

Visiting

Take the ferry from Cuxhaven or Hamburg, then walk the clifftop path to the Lange Anna sea stack.