 Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign ( Reichskriegsflagge) 1871–1892
 Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign ( Reichskriegsflagge) 1903–1919 Die Reichskriegsflagge (Reich War Flag) was the official name of the war flag used by the Wehrmacht from 1871 to 1945 and Kriegsmarine from 1892 to 1945. A total of six different designs were used during this period. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
The Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge (the War Ensign of the Kaiserliche Marine, the Imperial Germany Navy, 1903–1919) Downloaded from Flags of the World File links The following pages link to this file: SMS Ostfriesland SMS Scharnhorst SMS Gneisenau Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships SMS Lützow SMS Friedrich der Grosse SMS Kaiser...
The Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge (the War Ensign of the Kaiserliche Marine, the Imperial Germany Navy, 1903–1919) Downloaded from Flags of the World File links The following pages link to this file: SMS Ostfriesland SMS Scharnhorst SMS Gneisenau Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships SMS Lützow SMS Friedrich der Grosse SMS Kaiser...
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(IPA: ; German: IPA: ), is the German word for realm or empire, cognate with Scandinavian rike/rige, Dutch rijk and English ric as found in bishopric. ...
A war flag is a flag used by military forces. ...
Image:Wehrmacht 20 April 1939 Birthday Parade. ...
1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The Kriegsmarine (or War Navy) was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine. ...
1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Imperial Germany
Use by Nazi Germany
 Use by the German army in WW2. The version used by Nazi Germany was designed personally by Adolf Hitler, and was introduced on the day that he announced universal conscription (November 7, 1935). Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ...
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November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...
This flag served the Heer and the Luftwaffe as their War Flag, and the Kriegsmarine as its War Ensign (the National Flag servicing as its Jack). This flag was hoisted daily in barracks operated by units of the Wehrmacht, and it had to be flown from a pole positioned near the barracks entrance, or failing this, near the guard room or staff building. New recruits in the latter part of World War 2 were sworn in on this flag (one recruit holding the flag and taking the oath on behalf of the entire recruit class with the recruits looking on as witnesses - before, this was done on the regimental colors). The German Army (German: Heer, [IPA: heÉ] ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...
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The Kriegsmarine (or War Navy) was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine. ...
The flag had to be formally hoisted every morning and lowered every evening. These hoisting and lowering ceremonies took the form of either an ordinary or a ceremonial flag parade. At the ordinary raising, the party consisted of the Orderly Officer of the Day, the guard, and one musician. At the ceremonial raising, one officer, one platoon of soldiers with rifles, the guard, the regimental band, and the corps of drums were all present.
The proportions of the flag are 3:5. Fusing elements of the Nazi German Flag (swastika and red background) with that of the old Imperial Reich War Flag (four arms emanating from off-center circle and Iron Cross in the canton), these flags were uniformly produced as a printed design on bunting. Ratio 3:5 The swastika flag came into use initially as the banner of the NSDAP after its foundation. ...
A stylized version of the Iron Cross, the emblem of the Bundeswehr, Germanys Armed Forces. ...
The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ...
Raised for the first time at the Bendlerstraβe Building (Wehrmacht Headquarters) in Berlin on November 7, 1935, It was taken down for the last time by British occupation forces after the arrest of the Dönitz Government at Flensburg's Mürwik Naval School, Germany, on May 23, 1945. November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ...
The Flensburg government refers to the short-lived administration that attempted to rule Germany in May 1945 following the suicides of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels and the Fall of Berlin. ...
Flensburg (Danish: Flensborg, Low Saxon: Flensborg, North Frisian: Flansborj) is an independent town in the North of the German state Schleswig-Holstein. ...
May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ...
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
See also Ratio 3:5 The swastika flag came into use initially as the banner of the NSDAP after its foundation. ...
Personal Standard for Adolf Hitler (in use from 1934 to 1945) Adolf Hitlers personal standard was designed after Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg died on 2 Aug 1934. ...
Reference Davis, B., and McGregor, M. (2000). Flags of the Third Reich. Missouri - Osprey Publishing Company. ISBN 1-84176-171-0 |
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