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The '''Flag of Yugoslavia''' describes flags used in the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] and the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].
{{for|the flag of FR Yugoslavia|Flag of Serbia and Montenegro}}
{{Infobox flag
| Name = Yugoslavia
| Image = Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
| Nickname =
| Morenicks =
| Use = 111000
| Symbol = {{FIAV|historical}}
| Proportion = 1:2
| Adoption = 1945
| Design = Three equal horizontal bands in the [[pan-Slavic colors]], blue (top), white and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center
| Designer =
| Type = National
| Image2 = Civil ensign of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
| Nickname2 =
| Morenicks2 =
| Use2 = 000110
| Symbol2 = {{FIAV|historical}}
| Proportion2 = 2:3
| Adoption2 = late 1940s
| Design2 = Three equal horizontal bands in the [[pan-Slavic colors]], blue (top), white and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center
| Designer2 =
| Image3 = Naval Ensign of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
| Nickname3 =
| Morenicks3 =
| Use3 = 000001
| Symbol3 = {{FIAV|historical}}
| Proportion3 = 2:3
| Adoption3 = 1963
| Design3 =
| Designer3 =
}}


==Kingdom of Yugoslavia==
The '''flag of the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]''' consisted of three equal horizontal bands colored in [[pan-Slavic colors]], blue (top), white and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center. The last Yugoslav national flag, used 1945-1992, was adopted during [[World War II]] as a modification of the flag that represented the wartime Yugoslav state (used 1943-1945) and was used by the resistance, the [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisans]]. The changes mostly affected the [[red star]] in the center: it was enlarged, its shape was changed, and its borders were outlined in yellow.
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg|right|thumb|200px|[[File:FIAV 111110.svg|20px]] National flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.]]


The national flag and the civil ensign of the former [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] was ''blue-white-red in the horizontal sense against a vertical staff''.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/dagtho/yugconst19310903.html The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia]</ref> The national flag was the same as the historic [[Pan-Slavic colours|Pan-Slavonic flag]] approved at the Pan-Slavic Conference in [[Prague]], 1848.
== History ==
{{see also|List of Yugoslav flags}}
The naval ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was blue-white-red with the simplified lesser coat of arms: ''On one third of the ensign length there shall be the state coat of arms with the crown. The height of the arms and crown (without the globe and cross) shall be half of the ensign height.''<ref>[http://fotw.fivestarflags.com/yu_shs~l.html#txt The Law on the Ensigns of War, Merchant and Private Vessels from 1922.]</ref><ref>[http://fotw.fivestarflags.com/yu_shs~w.html#txt Law on the Flags of Yugoslavian Ships from 1937.]</ref>
=== Kingdom of Yugoslavia ===
The [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] was established on December 1, 1918 and was renamed the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] on October 3, 1929. The state's first flag was officially adopted in 1922.<ref>''Službene Novine Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca'', broj 89/1922, 28. 02. 1922.</ref> All Yugoslav flags (including the first ones) were variations on the [[Pan-Slavic flag]] adopted at the Pan-Slavic Conference in [[Prague]] in 1848. The Pan-Slavic flag was a plain blue-white-red tricolor in the horizontal sense against a vertical staff, and the [[national flag]] and [[Civil ensign|civil]] and [[State ensign|state]] [[ensign]] during the 1918-1943 period (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) was exactly the same.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/dagtho/yugconst19310903.html The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia]</ref> The naval ensign during the period was the blue-white-red tricolor with the simplified lesser coat of arms of Yugoslavia.<ref>[http://fotw.fivestarflags.com/yu_shs~l.html#txt The Law on the Ensigns of War, Merchant and Private Vessels from 1922.]</ref><ref>[http://fotw.fivestarflags.com/yu_shs~w.html#txt Law on the Flags of Yugoslavian Ships from 1937.]</ref>
=== World War II ===
In 1941 during [[World War II]] Yugoslavia was [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|invaded and occupied]] by the [[Axis powers]], and the Yugoslav government fled into exile in London. Soon afterward the Yugoslav resistance, the [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisans]], was formed. The Partisans did not support the Yugoslav government-in-exile and initially used a number of different flags until finally one was universally adopted. The new flag was a the Yugoslav blue-white-red tricolor with a [[red star]] occupying the center of the white field, and with the dimensions altered to 1:2 instead of 2:3. The Partisans were recognized by the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] in late November 1943 ([[Tehran Conference]]) and the name of the Yugoslav state was altered to [[Democratic Federal Yugoslavia]] (DFY). The old flag continued to be used by the government-in-exile (up until its merge with the Partisan government, the [[NKOJ]] in 1944), by its diplomatic representatives, and by the western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] until 1945 - while in Yugoslavia, the version with the red star was primarily in use.
=== SFR Yugoslavia ===
After the war, in 1945, the red star flag became universally official. It was given its final shape by enlarging the star and adding a narrow yellow border. The flag was usually accompanied on official buildings by the [[Flags of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics|flag of the federal republic]] and the flag of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]]. Because of this, many buildings in former Yugoslavia still carry a three-poled flag holder. A smaller version of the flag served as the civil ensign while an elongated banner version was seen flown in front of the Yugoslav parliament.


The flags of the Kingdom were in official use from 1922 until the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was occupied by the [[Axis powers of World War II|Axis powers]] in 1941. After that, the flag was used by the Royal Government in Exile, diplomatic representatives, and the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] until 1945. During the [[Second World War]], [[Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland]] (also known as [[Chetniks]]) used this flag.
== Republic flags ==
During [[World War II]], Yugoslavia became a federal state comprised of six federal republics, each of which had its own flag and [[Coat of arms of Yugoslavia|coat of arms]]. Flags of the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] federal republics were defined by each of its six constituent republics. The flag of the socialist republic was hung together with the [[Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|flag of the SFRY]] on national holidays and other special occasions. All of the flags were based on the old historical flags of the respective Yugoslav [[constituent nations]], except the flag of the [[SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and [[SR Macedonia]] which gained statehood after the WWII (Bosnia did exist a long time before that). Many of them used the [[pan-Slavic colors]], red, white and blue. They were all embellished by a [[communist symbolism|communist symbol]], the [[red star]]. As for [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], because of its [[multiethnic]] character, its flag consisted of a [[red flag]] but with a small SFR Yugoslav flag in the upper-left corner.
[[File:Naval Jack of SFR Yugoslavia.svg|thumb|150px|right|[[Naval jack]], 1963-1992 {{FIAV|historical}}]]
[[File:League of Communists of Yugoslavia Flag.svg|thumb|150px|right|Flag of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]] (SKJ), [[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croatian]] variant {{FIAV|historical}}]]
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg|thumb|150px|right|[[National flag]] and [[Civil ensign|civil]] and [[State ensign|state]] [[ensign]], 1918-1943/45 [[File:FIAV 111110.svg|23px]]{{FIAV|historical}}]]
[[File:Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg|thumb|150px|right|[[Naval ensign|Naval]] [[ensign]], 1922-1943/45 [[File:FIAV 000001.svg|20px]] {{FIAV|historical}}]]


===Other flags of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia===
The individual flags of the six Yugoslav socialist republics were as follows:
<gallery>
{| class="wikitable" border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
<center>
! style="background:#284D93" | <font color="#FFFFFF">Republic</font>
File:Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg|[[File:FIAV 000001.svg|20px]] Naval ensign [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
! style="background:#284D93" | <font color="#FFFFFF">Flag</font>
File:Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (variant), 1920s to 1937.svg|Royal Standard of the King [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
! style="background:#284D93" | <font color="#FFFFFF">Use</font>
File:Standard of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg|Standard of the Prime Minister [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
! style="background:#284D93" | <font color="#FFFFFF">Present-day national flag</font>
File:Flag of rank of Marshal of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg|Standard of the rank of [[Marshal|Army Marshal]] [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
|-
File:Standard of Army General of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg|Standard of the rank of [[Army General]] [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
! | [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
File:Standard of Division General of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg|Standard of the rank of [[Division General]] [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
| align=center | [[File:Flag of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg|130px|border]]
| align=center | [[National flag|National flag and ensign]] of the<br>[[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] [[File:FIAV 111111.svg|23px]] {{FIAV|historical}}
File:Standard of Brigade General of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg|Standard of the rank of [[Brigade General]] [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
</center>
| align=center width="95px" | [[File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg|90px|border]] <br><small>[[Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]</small>
</gallery>
|-
! | [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|SR Croatia]]
| align=center | [[File:Flag of SR Croatia.svg|130px|border]]
| align=center | [[National flag|National flag and ensign]] of the<br>[[Socialist Republic of Croatia]] [[File:FIAV 111111.svg|23px]] {{FIAV|historical}}
| align=center | [[File:Flag of Croatia.svg|90px|border]] <br><small>[[Flag of Croatia]]</small>
|-
! | [[Socialist Republic of Macedonia|SR Macedonia]]
| align=center | [[File:Flag of the SR Macedonia.svg|130px|border]]
| align=center | [[National flag|National flag and ensign]] of the<br>[[Socialist Republic of Macedonia]] [[File:FIAV 111111.svg|23px]] {{FIAV|historical}}
| align=center | [[File:Flag of Macedonia.svg|90px|border]] <br><small>[[Flag of the Republic of Macedonia|Flag of Macedonia]]</small>
|-
! | [[Socialist Republic of Montenegro|SR Montenegro]]
| align=center | [[File:Flag of SR Montenegro.svg|130px|border]]
| align=center | [[National flag|National flag and ensign]] of the<br>[[Socialist Republic of Montenegro]] [[File:FIAV 111111.svg|23px]] {{FIAV|historical}}
| align=center | [[File:Flag of Montenegro.svg|90px|border]] <br><small>[[Flag of Montenegro]]</small>
|-
! | [[Socialist Republic of Serbia|SR Serbia]]
| align=center | [[File:Flag of SR Serbia.svg|130px|border]]
| align=center | [[National flag|National flag and ensign]] of the<br>[[Socialist Republic of Serbia]] [[File:FIAV 111111.svg|23px]] {{FIAV|historical}}
| align=center | [[File:Flag of Serbia.svg|90px|border]] <br><small>[[Flag of Serbia]]</small>
|-
! | [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia|SR Slovenia]]
| align=center | [[File:Flag of SR Slovenia.svg|130px|border]]
| align=center | [[National flag|National flag and ensign]] of the<br>[[Socialist Republic of Slovenia]] [[File:FIAV 111111.svg|23px]] {{FIAV|historical}}
| align=center | [[File:Flag of Slovenia.svg|90px|border]] <br><small>[[Flag of Slovenia]]</small>
|-
|}


== See also ==
==SFR Yugoslavia==
{{main|Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}}
[[File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg|right|thumb|200px|[[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]Flag of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia.]]
[[File:Yugoslav Partisans flag 1945.svg|right|thumb|200px|[[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]An early flag of the [[Yugoslav Partisans]].]]


'''Flag of the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]''' consisted of three equal horizontal bands coloured in [[pan-Slavic colors]] - blue (top), white and red - with yellow bordered red star, symbol of [[communism]], at the flag's centre.
* [[List of Yugoslav flags]]
* [[Coat of arms of Yugoslavia]]
* [[Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* [[Flag of Croatia]]
* [[Flag of the Republic of Macedonia|Flag of Macedonia]]
* [[Flag of Montenegro]]
* [[Flag of Serbia]]
* [[Flag of Serbia and Montenegro]]
* [[Flag of Slovenia]]


It was created during [[Second World War]] by replacing the royal coat of arms on the flag of pre-war [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] with the [[red star]] of communism. The first flag for [[Democratic Federal Yugoslavia]] had a red star in the centre stripe of the Yugoslav tricolour. After the war it was given its final shape by enlarging the star and adding a narrow yellow border.

The flag was usually accompanied on official buildings by the [[Flags of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics]] and the flag of the League of the Communists of Yugoslavia. Because of this, many buildings in former Yugoslavia still carry a three-poled flag holder.

A smaller version of the flag served as the civil ensign while an elongated banner version was seen flown in front of the Yugoslav parliament.

===Other flags of SFR Yugoslavia===
<gallery>
File:Naval Ensign of SFR Yugoslavia.svg|[[File:FIAV 000001.svg|23px]] Naval ensign [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
File:Naval Jack of SFR Yugoslavia.svg|[[File:FIAV 000001.svg|23px]] Naval jack [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
File:Standard of the President of SFR Yugoslavia.svg| Standard of the President [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
File:Standard of the President of the Federal Assembly of SFR Yugoslavia.svg| Standard of the President of the [[Federal Assembly of the SFRY|Assembly]] [[File:FIAV historical.svg|23px]]
</gallery>

===See also===
*[[Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
*[[Flag of Croatia]]
*[[Flag of the Republic of Macedonia]]
*[[Flag of Montenegro]]
*[[Flag of Serbia]]
**[[Flag of Kosovo]]
**[[Flag of Vojvodina]]
*[[Flag of Serbia and Montenegro]]
*[[Flag of Slovenia]]
*[[Flags of the Yugoslav Republics]]

*[[Coat of arms of Yugoslavia]]
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 16:45, 1 May 2010

The Flag of Yugoslavia describes flags used in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

National flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

The national flag and the civil ensign of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia was blue-white-red in the horizontal sense against a vertical staff.[1] The national flag was the same as the historic Pan-Slavonic flag approved at the Pan-Slavic Conference in Prague, 1848.

The naval ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was blue-white-red with the simplified lesser coat of arms: On one third of the ensign length there shall be the state coat of arms with the crown. The height of the arms and crown (without the globe and cross) shall be half of the ensign height.[2][3]

The flags of the Kingdom were in official use from 1922 until the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was occupied by the Axis powers in 1941. After that, the flag was used by the Royal Government in Exile, diplomatic representatives, and the Allies until 1945. During the Second World War, Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland (also known as Chetniks) used this flag.

Other flags of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

SFR Yugoslavia

Main article: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Flag of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia.
An early flag of the Yugoslav Partisans.

Flag of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia consisted of three equal horizontal bands coloured in pan-Slavic colors - blue (top), white and red - with yellow bordered red star, symbol of communism, at the flag's centre.

It was created during Second World War by replacing the royal coat of arms on the flag of pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia with the red star of communism. The first flag for Democratic Federal Yugoslavia had a red star in the centre stripe of the Yugoslav tricolour. After the war it was given its final shape by enlarging the star and adding a narrow yellow border.

The flag was usually accompanied on official buildings by the Flags of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics and the flag of the League of the Communists of Yugoslavia. Because of this, many buildings in former Yugoslavia still carry a three-poled flag holder.

A smaller version of the flag served as the civil ensign while an elongated banner version was seen flown in front of the Yugoslav parliament.

Other flags of SFR Yugoslavia

  • Naval ensign
    Naval ensign
  • Naval jack
    Naval jack
  • Standard of the President
    Standard of the President
  • Standard of the President of the Assembly
    Standard of the President of the Assembly

See also

References

  1. ^ The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
  2. ^ The Law on the Ensigns of War, Merchant and Private Vessels from 1922.
  3. ^ Law on the Flags of Yugoslavian Ships from 1937.
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