Romania Flag Ww2
In corners the monogram of king carol i of romania crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath.
Romania flag ww2. Flag of romanian rear admiral wwii flag of romanian commodore as chief of flotilla division wwii flag of romanian commodore as commander of a small unit wwii. The colors of the national flag of romania romanian. After having withdrawn its troops from bessarabia and northern bukovina in response to the june 1940 soviet ultimatum romania entered an alliance with nazi germany and declared war on the soviet union. Army flag of the principality of romania blue yellow red vertical tricolor with the medium country s coat of arms in the middle on a purple background surrounded by a laurel wreath.
Like many nations that fought with germany in world war ii romania modified its symbolism in one way or another to either aid in identification or to emulate its german allies. Soviet union national flag of world war 2 soviet union national flag meaning. Drapelul româniei have a long history though the association of the three colors only dates to the 18th century red yellow and blue were found on late 16th century royal grants of michael the brave as well as shields and banners. First it is aiming to offer interesting and useful information about ww2.
The soviet union ussr flag is a plain red and contains a hammer crossed with a sickle and a red star in the upper hoist. During the three years after the overthrow of antonescu a struggle for power took place between the democratic parties which held fast to the western political tradition and the communist party which was committed to the soviet model. In flag of moldova russia the ottoman empire and romania and its symbols are derived from historical and cultural links with moldavia and romania. Its flag of december 1917 was the traditional romanian tricolour of blue yellow and red in horizontal format.
The goal of this site is two fold. Romania romania communist romania. Romania changed many of its rank flags from the tricolor to for lack of a better phrase a tricolor and cross. The communists though they had few supporters came to power in the spring of 1945 because the soviet union had.
Thus the late 13th century wijbergen armorial shows the coat of arms of the wallachian ruler litovoi as. The sickle is meant to symbolize the agricultural workers of the nation and the hammer the industrial employees. Romanian troops entered world war ii in 1941 as part of operation barbarossa under the german high command following the recapturing of the territory annexed by the soviet union in 1940.