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National Flags

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:26 pm
by IainMcNeil
Hi guys,

we want to include national flags for the major and minor nations. Does anyone know a good source of WW2 era flags? Here are the countries we are looking for. Some will be the same as now, but others might be slightly different and others don't exist any more!

GERMANY=0;
ITALY=1;
UK=2;
FRANCE=3;
USA=4;
USSR=5;
HOLLAND=6;
BELGIUM=7;
DENMARK=8;
NORWAY=9;
SWEDEN=10;
FINLAND=11;
HUNGARY=12;
ROMANIA=13;
BULGARIA=14;
YUGOSLAVIA=15;
GREECE=16;
TURKEY=17;
PERSIA=18;
IRAQ=19;
SPAIN=20;
PORTUGAL=21;
IRELAND=22;
POLAND=23;
SWITZERLAND=25;

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:32 pm
by SMK-at-work
Have you tried looking on Wiki? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_flags

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:51 am
by hidde
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/iso3166.html

http://www.flags.net/

I haven't checked every country but especially the first link seems to have historical flags of all kinds.

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:49 am
by IainMcNeil
Thanks guys :)

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:10 pm
by jon_j_rambo
These colors don't run!
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"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" (Psalm 119:105)

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 3:11 am
by SMK-at-work
Except at Kasserine Pass of course........ :idea:

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:00 am
by Redpossum
stalins_organ wrote:Except at Kasserine Pass of course........ :idea:
Bahahahahaha, I was just thinking that.

Then again, there's no great disgrace in it. The American troops were green as grass; they'd never even been shot at.

Up against the Afrika Korps?

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:36 am
by James Taylor
And let's not forget the opening assaults in The Battle of the Bulge.

There were of course plenty that held their ground, but many more headed west and not just at a walking pace.

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:13 am
by SMK-at-work
Of course there was no particular disgrace - troops of all nations cut and run at some stage. I just dislike any fundamentalist rubbish - whether it be religous or nationalistic....

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:43 pm
by jon_j_rambo
"Nuts" --- The Bulge

Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:02 am
by Redpossum
stalins_organ wrote:Of course there was no particular disgrace - troops of all nations cut and run at some stage. I just dislike any fundamentalist rubbish - whether it be religous or nationalistic....
I am so totally with you on this. Patriotic pride is fine, but when it interferes with a realistic understanding of the situation...

For example, in 1861 both North and South seem to have expected a short war and an easy victory. Had they known what lay ahead, perhaps both sides would have negotiated harder, and been less willing to force armed confrontation.

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:43 am
by jon_j_rambo
Pride always for the ability to wage war. Pride is the original sin & motivates man. Not just for the USA, but all fighters, just look at the suicide bomber of today.