Israeli Defense Force: Fight for Independence is a Total Conversion modification for the PC game Battlefield 2 (A.K.A. BF2). What we aim to achieve with this mod is to immerse the player into the historic wars involving Israel, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan, which are the 6-Day War, the War of Attrition, and the Yom Kippur War. The player will be able to play as a common soldier, crewmember, or pilot in these wars. The mod will feature historically accurate equipment such as the famous Russian AK-47, the fearsome SO-4050 bomber, the menacing IS3 and M48 tanks, and much, much more. Also, the maps will recreate actual battles that happened in these wars, to complete a historically-accurate and immersive modification. IDF:FFI is also a member of the acclaimed cooperative gaming studio Black Sand Studios.
We take a moment today to remember the Yom Kippur War, which is also know as the Ramadan War, or October War or simply known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War. The war was fought by the coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel from October 6 to 25, 1973.
One of our mod team members was doing some research for our mod and came across this very good video montage released by the Egyptian Defense Ministry about the War in October. It is basically a huge scale re-enactment done in 1974 by the Egyptians to celebrate thier achievments during the war. I would highly recommend it if you are interested in the conflict. It has some great historical footage of the equipment the Egyptians were using during the Yom Kippur War.
All of the sides that fought in the 1973 war have memorials and sites to commemorate the scarifies of the men and women that fought. Egypt has the most extensive memorial that they call the 6th of October Panorama which is part of the Egyptian National Military Museum. The museum includes actual vehicles and weapons used during the war as well as a huge and highly detailed rotating mural complete with scale models.
Please enjoy these videos and take a moment to honor all those who have suffered and sacrificed in wars.
Its great to see you guys care about the important impact these events had on the region. The Cold War is one my of favorite aspects of history and I always enjoy learning about the various events that happen. As i stated before this is a great thing you are doing, and also you guys have created an excellent mod that I enjoy playing keep up the good work.
Its really beautiful Picture!
Yeah its actually a giant 360 degree painting with models in front of the painting. Its really cool, would love to see this thing in person.
Hopefully some of our maps will look like this in the next release.