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Flag of Nazi Germany (1935–1945) Use: National flag and ensign: Proportion: 3:5: Adopted: 15 September 1935: Relinquished: 23 May 1945: Design: A horizontal flag featuring a red background with a black swastika on a white disk: Designed by: Adolf Hitler: Flag of Nazi Germany (1933–1935) Use: National flag and ensign: Proportion: 3:5 ...
German, Prussian, and Austrian war ensigns, including those called "Reichskriegsflagge " The term Reichskriegsflagge (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌkʁiːksflaɡə], lit. ' 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 ...
Resized image so that the png display box will be the same size as those of the other 3:5 proportion flags of Germany. 18:42, 17 July 2007: 600 × 360 (2 KB) R-41~commonswiki: Red reshaded to that of Imperial German flag, as the swastika flag flew beside it, and its colours were based on it. 01:25, 14 July 2007: 600 × 360 (2 KB) R-41~commonswiki
Reich war flag (Reichskriegsflagge) and marine jack: 1921–1933: Reich war flag: 1919–1921 (never used) Reich war flag (Reichskriegsflagge) 1903–1918 (1921) Reich war flag: 1892–1903: Reich war flag (Reichskriegsflagge) 1867–1892: Imperial Navy war ensign (Kriegsflagge) 1848–1852: War ensign of the Reichsflotte: 1895–1918: Naval ...
When Adolf Hitler made himself Commander-in-Chief of the Army, in 19 December 1941. The flag was thus no longer used, and was replaced by the Hitler's personal standard (see above). 1944–1945: Flag for the Chief of the OKH General Staffs: The flag was introduced on 1 September 1944 and used until shortly before the end of the war.
The 20th-century German Nazi Party made extensive use of graphic symbols, especially the swastika, notably in the form of the swastika flag, which became the co-national flag of Nazi Germany in 1933, and the sole national flag in 1935. A very similar flag had represented the Party beginning in 1920.
It is similar to the Parteiadler or Emblem of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP; known in English as the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or simply the Nazi Party), but the eagle of the latter is looking over its left shoulder, that is, looking to the right from the viewer's point of view.
June 1937, precisely determined the extent of the displacement (see included copy). The context is explained in the German language publication of the German Flag Society "Der Flaggenkurier" No. 13/2001 on pages 17 ff.:Andreas Herzfeld: Einige unbekannte Flaggenänderungen 1933–1945 (Some unknown flag changes