Talk:War flag

message: *The illustration is of a naval ensign, not a war flag (used by an army) per se.
*According to the British Army page, the UK doesn't in fact have a war flag: "The official flag of the Army as a whole is the Union Flag, flown in ratio 3:5."
*The only other example given is Nazi Germany, a defunct state.  Is there any country that actually currently has a "war flag" in the strong sense of this 2nd paragraph?
*The introductory sentence is hard to interpret.  What's a "sovereign territory"?  A war flag is both "typically used" by such entities, but "flown" by military forces?  What does that even mean?  Is there some non-typical use?
*No references are cited.
--ScottMainwaring 06:29, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Nazi battle flag was probably the best example, but I have updated the image to a Swedish example. However, if you are looking for a flag used on the battlefield which is distinctly different from the national flag, it looks like a pretty tough nut to crack. The Danish and Swedish war ensigns are definitely used at sea, but I don't know if the armies would use the swallow-tailed flags in a land battle (in the case of Denmark, last time we "checked" was in 1864). I am pretty sure the national flags were generally used then, and the swallow-tailed flags reserved for military buildings. It is a different story with the naval ensigns. China has a military flag, but I have no knowledge if it has been used on a battlefield. Austria-Hungary officially had a war flag, but the use of flags in that country seems to be a little disputed. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 21:43, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just remembered :de:Reichskriegsflagge. Some of these insignia were used by both army and navy, but there can be little doubt that the Germans actually used these flags on the battlefield. Could any of these be an idea? Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 08:21, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
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message: I was wondering where is the White Ensign of the British Royal Navy? 
Up to around 1815, the Royal Navy had three flags: the Red, Blue and White ensign, worn by ships under the command of an Admiral of the Red, Admiral of the Blue or an Admiral of the White. During the Napoleanic Wars, the Red and Blue ensigns were ocassionally mistaken for other country's flags; hence the adoption of the White Ensign as the sole flag of the Royal Navy from that time.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.29.213.213 (talk) 20:17, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  White Ensign 

message: just redirected this article to National flag#National flags on land, presumably to try and solve the problem I identified at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology#Circular definition problem. I'm afraid I don't agree with his rationale ; so I've restored it. A bit of overlap between articles is not a problem, especially when it's not a very detailed article like this one. The redirect not only completely lost the gallery of war flags, but introduced numerous double redirects that would have required fixing on uncertain justification. — Scott • talk 21:36, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
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message: Standards are not a kind of a flag. On the opposite, flags are a kind of a standard. See Merriam Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standard . Anyone has a different idea?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alkis0 (talk • contribs) 10:28, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Standard