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' Imperial War Flag ') refers to several war flags and war ensigns used by the German armed forces in history. A total of eight different designs were used in 1848–1849 and between 1867–1871 and 1945. Today the term refers usually to the flag from 1867–1871 to 1918, the war flag of Imperial Germany.
At the end of World War II, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, the first law enacted by the Allied Control Council on 20 September 1945 abolished all symbols and repealed all relevant laws of the Third Reich. [13] The possession, importation or display of swastika flags has been forbidden in several countries since then, particularly in Germany.
The black-white-red motif is based on the colours of the flags of the German Empire. This colour scheme was commonly associated with anti-Weimar German nationalists, following the fall of the German Empire. [2] The Nazis denounced the black-red-gold flag of the Weimar Republic (the current flag of Germany). [2]
A companion piece to Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers, which told the story of the battle for Iwo Jima from the American perspective, this is the better of the two films, told from the viewpoint ...
1945 USSR film Fall of Berlin – 1945 Битва за Берлин 1945 г Directed by Yuli Raizman Yelizaveta Svilova Release date 1945 (1945) Country USSR Fall of Berlin – 1945, The Fall of Berlin, or just Berlin is a Soviet documentary film about the Battle of Berlin, titled in Russian Битва за Берлин 1945 г., literally The Battle for Berlin – 1945. The film was directed ...
War flag of the Holy Roman Empire: Red swords crossed on top of one another on a field. The top of the field is black and the bottom of the field is white. 15th century: War flag of the Holy Roman Empire: A non-rectangular [clarification needed] flag depicting a black eagle on a yellow field with a red bar on top c. 12th –early 14th centuries
The black-white-red tricolour remained the flag of Germany until the end of the German Empire in 1918, in the final days of World War I. A visually near-identical flag was used as the national flag of the Republic of Upper Volta , adopted upon the country's independence in 1958 and used until 1984, when the nation was overthrown and re ...
The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or the War of Ethiopia and the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort. For short films, see the List of World War II short films. For documentaries, see the List of World War II documentary films and the List of Allied propaganda films of World ...