A war flag (or military flag) is a variant of a national flag for use by the nation's military forces on land. A national flag is a Flag that symbolises a country The flag is flown by the government but usually can be flown by Citizens of that country as well (The nautical equivalent is a naval ensign. An ensign is a distinguishing Flag of a ship or a military unit or a distinguishing token emblem or badge such as a symbol of office ) Under this strict sense of the term, few nations currently have war flags, most preferring to use instead their state flag or standard national flag for this purpose. There are two separate meanings for the term state flag in Vexillology – the flag of state of a Government, and the flag of an individual subnational state
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More broadly, any flag used by armed forces to represent themselves or the nation they serve can be considered a war or military flag. The current flag of Bolivia was originally adopted by Bolivia in 1851. The national flag of Brunei was adopted on September 29, 1959 when the country was a British Protectorate, and was retained when the country The Flag of the People's Republic of China, the "Five-Starred Red Flag ( was designed by Zeng Liansong, an Economist and Artist The Republic of China Army (中華民國陸軍 Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Lùjūn is the largest branches of the Armed forces of the Republic of The Flag of Hungary is a horizontal Tricolour of Red, White and Green. The national flag of Japan is a white Flag with a large red circle (representing the rising sun) in the center The flag of Portugal is a rectangle-shaped vertical bicolor featuring a field unequally divided into Green, on the hoist, and Red on the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland uses as its national flag the royal banner locally known as the Union Flag or popularly Union Jack List of flags of Finland The flag of Finland, also called Siniristilippu ("Blue Cross Flag" dates from the beginning of the 20th century The flag of Peru was adopted by the Government of Peru in 1825 The flag of Serbia is a Tricolour with Pan-Slavic colours, with three equal horizontal fields Red on the top Blue in the middle The flag of Serbia is a Tricolour with Pan-Slavic colours, with three equal horizontal fields Red on the top Blue in the middle List of flags of Sweden The Flag of Sweden (Sveriges flagga is blue with a yellow Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag The national flag of Denmark, Dannebrog, is red with a white Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag the vertical part of the The flag of Germany is a Tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: Black, List of flags of Iceland The flag of Iceland was officially described in Law No The flag of Norway is red with an indigo blue Scandinavian cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag the vertical part of the cross is shifted The Confederate States of America used several Flags during its existence from 1861 to 1865 The Cross of Burgundy Flag was used by Spain 1506-1701 as a naval Ensign, and up to 1843 as the land battle flag and still appears on regimental colours badges Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo Kongo: Repubilika ya Kongo; Lingala: Republiki ya Kongó) also known as Congo-Brazzaville The flag of Germany is a Tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: Black, Reichskriegsflagge (Imperial War Flag was the official name of the War flag used by the German armed forces from 1867 to 1945 Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 The Kriegsmarine (English "War navy" was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945 during the Nazi regime superseding the The Flag of Greece ( Σημαία της Ελλάδος, popularly referred to as the Γαλανόλευκη or the Κυανόλευκη The Kingdom of Greece ( Greek:, Vasíleion tīs Elládos) was a state established in 1832 in the Convention of London by the Great The Italian Social Republic ( Italian: Repubblica Sociale Italiana or RSI) was a Puppet state of Nazi Germany led by the "Duce of the The state of Prussia had its origins in the separate lands of the Margravate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia. See also Roman Republic, Roman Republic (18th century The Roman Republic was a short-lived (four months state established on February 8 The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya The Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA) ( Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国陸軍 Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku For the military meaning see Armed forces. For the Soviet sports society see Armed Forces (sports society Armed Forces
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In military organizations the practice of carrying colours standards or Guidons, to act both as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander is thought An ensign is a distinguishing Flag of a ship or a military unit or a distinguishing token emblem or badge such as a symbol of office This is a gallery of flags of the branches of the armed forces of various countries For a list of flags see List of flags or Gallery of flags by design.
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