Operation Starlite
Coastal assault
Operation Starlite in Hell Let Loose: Vietnam — a coastal assault map inspired by the 1965 battle, mixing landing beaches, scrub and village treelines. Terrain, flow and tactics.
From the surf to the treeline.
Hell Let Loose: Vietnam draws its maps from decisive moments of the war, and the developers have named Operation Starlite among them. The real 1965 operation was the first major US battle of the war, a combined air, sea and land assault on the Van Tuong peninsula — exactly the kind of set-piece the franchise is built to recreate at 50v50 scale.
What to expect from the terrain
A Starlite-inspired map leans coastal: landing beaches, low scrub and dunes opening onto village treelines and hedgerows further inland. That gives a clear attacker/defender rhythm — open ground to cross, then dense, concealed positions to clear.
- Attacking: the beach and scrub are exposed, so movement here lives and dies on supporting fire and momentum. Helicopters can leapfrog the open ground.
- Defending: the treelines and village edges are gold. Prepared positions in cover, with good fields of fire over the open approaches, force a costly assault.
Notes on accuracy
The exact layout, capture points and name as it appears in-game aren’t fully public yet, so this profile describes the expected character based on the historical operation and the terrain types the developers have shown. See the maps guide for the full launch line-up.