A war ensign, also known as a military flag, battle flag, or standard, is a variant of a national flag for use by a country's military forces when on land...
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May 15, 1870, as a policy of the Meiji government, it was adopted as the war flag of the Imperial Japanese Army, and on October 7, 1889, it was adopted as...
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A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular) with distinctive colours and design. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration...
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Reichskriegsflagge (redirect from Nazi War Flag)
Reichskriegsflagge (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌkʁiːksflaɡə], lit. 'Imperial War Flag') refers to several war flags and war ensigns used by the German armed forces in history....
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The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War. The flags were known as the "Stars...
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having created the flag. It was first used on social media on 28 February 2022, and has been flown by Russian expatriates at various anti-war protests. One...
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The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the "turquoise and white one" (Greek: Γαλανόλευκη, Galanólefki) or the "azure and white" (Κυανόλευκη...
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military war flag, which was adopted by the Lombard Legion in Milan on 11 October 1796. After 7 January 1797, popular support for the Italian flag grew steadily...
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XIII allowed the use of the flag as a war flag. It was the Congress of Tucumán which finally designated it as the national flag, in 1816. A yellow Sun of...
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land and the war flag used by the British Army have the proportions 3:5. The flag's height-to-length proportions at sea are 1:2. The Union Flag also features...
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German war flag on land. In 1956, the Dienstflagge der Seestreitkräfte der Bundeswehr (Flag of the German Navy) was introduced: the government flag ending...
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national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner with a crimson-red circle at its center. The flag is officially called the Nisshōki (日章旗, 'flag of the...
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this flag is its usage to indicate a state of war if it is displayed with the red side on top, which is effectively achieved by flipping the flag upside-down...
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of flags used in Italy. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Italy. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of...
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The Lone Star Flag is the official flag of the U.S. state of Texas. The flag, flown at homes and businesses statewide, is highly popular among Texans and...
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arms from the flag and created the state and war flags. The Civil flag lacks coat of arms. The state flag (pabellón nacional), used by state institutions...
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This list of German flags details flags and standards that have been or are currently used by Germany between 1848 and the present. Pennant for the German...
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A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a given nation. It is flown by the government of that nation, but can also be flown by its citizens...
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White flags have had different meanings throughout history and depending on the locale. The white flag is an internationally recognized protective sign...
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and smaller than the national ensign or war flag. Some countries fly a smaller version of the national or war flag, or its canton on its own. France and...
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part in the Crusades, a war flag was flown alongside the black-gold imperial banner. This flag, known as the "Saint George Flag", was a white cross on...
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Civil War; Union victory solidified its status as a national flag. Because of the country's emergence as a superpower in the 20th century, the flag is now...
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The flag of Bolivia is the national flag of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. It was originally adopted in 1851. The state and war flag is a horizontal...
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Prussia in 1947 following World War II. The Prussian national and merchant flag was originally a simple black-white-black flag issued on May 22, 1818, but...
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adopted after the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War, when Bulgaria gained de facto independence. The national flag at times had as a supplement the state emblem...
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tricolour of white, red, and blue was used for the duration of the war. The 1920–1939 flag was restored in 1945. The traditional colours of the Czech lands...
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The national flag of Norway (Bokmål: Norges flagg; Nynorsk: Noregs flagg; lit. 'Norway's flag') is red with a navy blue Scandinavian cross bordered in...
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alteration of the war flag. In Scandinavia, state and war flags can be double and triple-tailed variants of the Nordic Cross flag. Many countries, particularly...
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incarnation of the flag was used by the Viet Minh, a communist-led organization created in 1941 to oppose Japanese occupation. At the end of World War II, Viet...
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national flag of Uruguay (Spanish: Pabellón Nacional) is one of the three official flags of Uruguay along with the flag of Artigas and the flag of the Treinta...
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