V Beach
is really V Beach and Seddülbahir castle, Cape Helles, Çanakkale
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
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In the game
The V Beach map recreates the landing at Cape Helles on 25 April 1915. Attackers come ashore in open boats or from the converted collier SS River Clyde, then fight through Seddülbahir castle and the village behind it and up to a hilltop headquarters, following the real ground near the tip of the peninsula.
The real place
V Beach lies between the cliffs of Cape Helles and Seddülbahir, below an Ottoman castle built in the 17th century to guard the Dardanelles. British troops took terrible losses landing here, many of them from the River Clyde, which was run aground on the beach as a kind of Trojan horse. The beach now holds the V Beach Cemetery, and the restored castle stands above it.
Visiting
Seddülbahir is at the southern tip of the peninsula, about 45 minutes by car from Eceabat. Visit the castle and the V Beach Cemetery, then walk up to the Helles Memorial on the headland for a view over the landing beaches and the entrance to the Dardanelles.
V Beach, Cape Helles is also in Battlefield 1. See all 2 games side by side
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