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📌 On the occasion of the 83rd anniversary of Operation Husky (July 9, 1943 - August 17, 1943) War Front in Sicily on July 25, 1943

Following the Act of Union of 1801, Ireland, until then a monarchy subject to the British monarchy, was formally annexed, marking the birth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. As had been done in 1606 with the union of the flags of Scotland and England, the red cross of St. Patrick was added, forming the flag that still flies in the United Kingdom today. The version proposed by the College of Arms and approved in December 1800, however, was not approved by all subjects. A few unusual alternative versions of the flag were proposed, including the one pictured. The flag was designed in 1803 and published in March of that year in the Gentleman's Magazine, described as "A silly sort of thing." This version did not place St. Patrick's cross above St. Andrew's, but instead featured two separate crosses beneath the English one. In addition to the magazine, this flag appears in the 1895 book Flags of the World, praised by its author.

British Isles during the First war of Scottish independence.

Proposed flag for Estonia 🇪🇪

In 1919, a flag with a red and white cross was proposed for Estonia by Oskar Kangro, a printer who had spent most of 1908–1919 in exile in Sweden. Before returning to Estonia, Kangro printed at his own expense a high-quality color pamphlet entitled Eesti lipp ("The Estonian Flag"), dated August 1919. Two hundred copies were printed, 120 of which were sent to parliament. His proposal was a white flag with a red cross, inspired by Nordic flags. He argued that the current blue, black, and white flag was a relic of the era of foreign rule, created under German cultural influence. A democratic and independent Estonia, he argued, needed a new flag, and the red cross would symbolize Estonia's struggle for freedom. The flag was based on that of Finland, as its people share many traits with the Estonian ones, but changed the color to red, which, according to him, was more visible at sea than the tricolor.

Nel 1919, una bandiera con croce rossa e bianca fu proposta per l'Estonia da Oskar Kangro, un tipografo che aveva trascorso la maggior parte del periodo 1908-1919 in esilio in Svezia. Prima di tornare in Estonia, Kangro stampò a proprie spese un opuscolo a colori di alta qualità intitolato Eesti lipp ("La bandiera estone"), datato agosto 1919. Ne furono stampate 200 copie, 120 delle quali furono inviate al parlamento. La sua proposta era una bandiera bianca con una croce rossa, ispirata alle bandiere nordiche. Sostenne che l'attuale bandiera blu-nera-bianca fosse una reliquia dell'era della dominazione straniera, creata sotto l'influenza culturale tedesca. Un'Estonia democratica e indipendente, sostenne, necessitava di una nuova bandiera, e la croce rossa avrebbe simboleggiato la lotta dell'Estonia per la libertà. La bandiera riprendeva quella della Finlandia in quanto il suo popolo condivide numerosi tratti con quello estone, ma cambiando il colore in rosso, a detta sua, più visibile in mare del tricolore.

Napoleonic Italian Campaign (1796 - 1797)

Eastern Roman Empire in 1444

D-Day and other operations. June - July 1944

Other informative slides

List of Microstates Around the World