European Countries' Colonial Flags

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[@General.Knowledge]

Since this video was kind of longer, here are some time-stamps for each country if you want to skip any of them: United Kingdom (1:15), Portugal (5:35), Belgium (7:35), Netherlands (8:35), Germany (10:15), France (11:35), Spain (13:35), Italy (16:05)

[@vasekcz]

Czech republic 🇨🇿 ?

[@markmh835]

@@vasekcz -- So what was the Czech colonial empire?

[@onywagen]

@@markmh835 Czech Republic had no colonies and it was landlocked.

[@magicaldweebintheinternet9001]

Proud Czech

[@shalowarfnandorth9173]

I am from Brazil and this White colonial flag is correct and also called "the flag of the principality of Brazil" and in fact it influenced the flag of the empire of Brazil and the flag of the Kingdom of Brazil (Part of the United Kingdom of Portugal Brazil and algarves formed during the Napoleonic Wars) that practically the same flag that was used in Colonial Brazil but with the Blue Fund. I add that the imperial flag was a fusion of Portuguese symbols and brasses of noble families that formed the empire. I hope I helped, great video by the way.

[@crateofpasta8201]

The Union Jack is basically a fancy watermark for countries

[@alejobuc50]

Darjeeling xD

[@Justin-ee1mv]

True

[@crateofpasta8201]

@@alejobuc50 "Coincidence? I think not"

[@allanrichardson1468]

The flag you described as the earlier version of the British East India company, with the Union Jack in the upper left, and 13 red and white stripes in the rest of the flag, was also the colonial flag of the 13 colonies that later became the United States. All the independence movement did was to replace the Union Jack with a field of stars!

[@crateofpasta8201]

@@allanrichardson1468 Plot twist: Cantons are just watermarks and major countries are actually companies

[@carlosrodriguezlopez310]

The Spanish empire did not have colonial flags because the overseas possessions were not considered colonies but regions of Spain with the inhabitants having exactly the same rights as the people in the metropolis. That was quite unique for the time

[@tiagorodrigues179]

.... You know... That's not correct at all, lo vice-reino de la prata became independent and after dismantled because the spannish didn't gave them attention, they we're busy having parties etc... Just like the French....

[@yeahsure1951]

@@tiagorodrigues179 they were busy fighting napoleon on mainland spain, not partying hahahah

[@edudavila8475]

@@tiagorodrigues179 they were occupied fighting against Napoleon but the Main reason why american spanish territories wanted their independence was becouse the landlords and the bit producers were anoyed becouse bourbons opened th market so everyone un the spanish empire could commerce . The Main supporters of the independence where criollos not the normal people

[@tiagorodrigues179]

@@yeahsure1951 I mean before the napoleonic wars...

[@tiagorodrigues179]

@@edudavila8475Yeah it's more that. If I'm not wrong the Spanish colonies we're exploration colonies... Spain extracted the resources and send them to... Spain... And didn't invest on the colonies territory.

[@kerim63000]

Everyone: let's get creative Britain: put our flag at the corner and I don't care the rest

[@RealLewis]

J. Kerim S no not really

[@fzzy5739]

they still look cool af tho

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

@@fzzy5739 They'd look far cooler with flags that actually represent the people of these countries.

[@fzzy5739]

Ian Macfarlane i’m from indonesia and i’d say nah not really. colonial flags look cool af

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

@@fzzy5739 I've no idea what being from Indonesia has to do with it - is your opinion more valid because you come from a previously colonised country? If that's your argument fair enough, but the population of Indonesia is over 273 million and I doubt that the majority of Indonesians agree with you. I also doubt that your ancestors would agree with you. You should be celebrating the fact that Indonesia has been an independent country for 75 years. If your country is able to have independence celebrations this year, (I don't know the current COVID-19 situation in Indonesia) are you going to sit at home dreaming of being recolonised by any one of almost half a dozen countries?

[@ydraptor]

Rock: is unclaimed Britain: hippity hoppity, that rock is my property

[@baconator2427]

Portugal now: Hippity hoppity, that water is now my property

[@saulehbape6818]

The INDIAN REPUBLIC : you found in our land so that's OUR Rock

[@saulehbape6818]

@@baconator2427 figi and Britann : NO ITS OUR WATER

[@supermaxdie]

The reason for Spain only using the national flag is becasue in the majority of the Spanish empire, the overseas territories werent colonies, they were part of the empire, wich meant they had the same laws as the main land.

[@cv4809]

Did the people overseas participated in any type of elections? Did they pay taxes?

[@jorgealvarado2471]

C V kings are not elected.

[@johanmedina3623]

Pero igual todos los gobernantes eran peninsulares, ni siquiera los criollos podían tener algún cargo administrativo, los españoles dicen que no fuimos colonias, pero ese era el trato que le daban a nuestras tierras

[@GuillermoPalavecinoCavanna]

@@johanmedina3623 no en el caso de Rio De La Plata

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

@@cv4809 Spain didn't even have elections back then at all. And taxes were probably paid through economic exploitation.

[@SpanishDio]

Spain considered his "Colonies" as overseas territories, like a weird extension of Spain itself but across the Atlantic, thats why the cultural impact was so deep among other things, The way they were ruled and the laws were virtually the same in both sides of the Atlantic for everyone (but yeah important jobs were mostly for Peninsulares, but still plenty of Criollos had a lot of power too , same as the nobility and landlords of Spain itself)

[@franciscobarbosa4649]

Portugal during the dictatorship time did the same

[@Despotic_Waffle]

Didn't France have a similar thing going on. Though maybe not as equal towards the colonial subjects, but citizens of France I think.

[@Hecdimin]

No llegaban a puestos tan altos como los peninsulares no por ser colonias o ser racistas sino que el rey prefería hacerlo con los que conocía los de España no va a dar un cargo importante a uno que está a miles de kilómetros sin conocerle de nada

[@19ars92]

Si basically Spaniards and their descendants were treated the same under the laws … But the majority of mestizo, mulattoes natives and African slaves were treated as less than humans

[@Hecdimin]

@@19ars92 Claro pero eso era ilegal no como en otros imperios que su se podían hacer

[@astronautproductions3510]

I learn more here than school

[@norsk7607]

Same

[@moonbase5566]

Yes

[@irmaosmatos4026]

Here in Brazil the school is polarized and isn't good, so, here is better.

[@chrspyrt5367]

Same bro

[@nico27]

Same

[@nico27]

Fun fact: Austria-Hungary, (edit) *also Germany, France, UK, USA, Japan, Russia, Belgium and Italy* had colonies (concessions) in the city of Tianjin

[@crateofpasta8201]

If you want to be even more accurate you should say that it was a concession

[@nico27]

Yes

[@staticshockfan]

Am not sure is it fact but most certainly it’s not fun

[@TheAmericanPrometheus]

Don't forget Franz Joseph Land!

[@nico27]

17 AC it was just discovered by them, not colonised

[@slikdev]

0:02: Cambodia: yep im not here at all.

[@imadeyoureadthis9124]

there are two countries in new zealand and indonesia

[@carlosalbertofernandezvele7574]

The Spanish Empire didn't had a flag for its overseas territories on America because it didn't considered them different to their European holdings and the notion of Nation-State was far from coming in the XV century, where it kick-started. All of Hispano-America and the Phillipines belonged to the Crown of Castille-Leon hence, when Charles III decided to use the current pattern of Gules and Gold (Red and Yellow), the dependencies followed suit. The blazons you have depicted were granted not to colonies, but to specific cities (Guatemala and Bogotá [then more formally called "Santa Fé"]. All of the now national capital cities of what became American republics have one.I think the one for P.R. was for the governor once the notion of Nation-State of the XIX was formed. Still, good video :)

[@howardthealien2606]

Actually Florida once had its own flag in 1721 until 1732 it’s flag was like the Flag of Florida but it had a Shield the shield had a portrait of the King at the time and it had the X from Spain then having the Shield of Du la Plata

[@cinefreak2307]

It's so good to have finally found a world class channel with content about Brazil and Portugal. Você é um orgulho para nós, irmão lusitano!

[@General.Knowledge]

Obrigado!

[@moor4016]

@papa joe stalin of Stalinist stanistan could you not be so unfunny geez. When was that funny? 2014?

[@pallabicollectionsvlog]

Hue Hue Hue Hue Hue Hue Hue Hue

[@gytoser801]

Hue Hue Hue Hue Hue Hue Hue Hue

[@19ars92]

Hue hue hue hue hue hue hue

[@_MrMoney]

That's wrong, every good EU4 player knows a colonial flag is just the same flag as the overlord but the right side is a plain colour that depends on the location. Get your facts right.

[@blackhawktalon9971]

Every good Victoria 2 player knows that colonies DO NOT get independence.

[@Normal_Boii]

HOI4 Third Reich be like:

[@benderrodriguez5425]

Every CK player knows flags should be banners and family crests. These idea's of nation states borders to heresy and insubordination. As if peasants have anything to say in politics.

[@ErnestJay88]

Stickman French Sudan Flag was so dope.

[@LePoilu]

Lol

[@fcalvaresi]

This is a traditional design of the Dogon people.

[@humpbacksquarepants5580]

Modern day Mali

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

Russia: They're not colonies if they're directly connected to the glorious motherland!

[@xx-kn6ih]

Russia kill türk country s but we kill full russian people moskov is türkey

[@suggestiveguy]

@@xx-kn6ih hey psst armenian genocide

[@joutakujo9773]

Serpil candan hey Someone made a Kabab out of a cat.

[@howardthealien2606]

Serpil candan Portugal and America got colony and kill the, haha 5 fart get noob fat noob italy Spain

[@helliswar]

A german saying mother land what a shame to the vaterland

[@dave5008]

I love it when he pronounce words with a Portuguese accent like: _LAOSHHH_ .

[@leonardopoli6206]

You mistaked the italian royal coat of arms with the cross of Pisa, other than this great video!!

[@LeafSooup]

I thought that was the coat of arms of Sardinia Piedmont (the country that formed Italy)

[@NandiCollector]

yep!

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

@Marcus Tullius Cicero. I just read Robert Harris's book about you. You're a great guy and a fantastic lawyer!

[@rblxYum]

100th like

[@saulenfischbearn7470]

3:52 There is also a country that uses a Union Jack in the upper left corner with a yellow background. It's Niue.

[@peterdavy6110]

Fiji uses sky blue.

[@saulenfischbearn7470]

@@peterdavy6110 as Tuvalu does

[@Lord_Of_Aether]

@@peterdavy6110 I like Fiji's flag. It makes me forgive them for not doing anything when a bottled water company claims that the source their water from their, even though it's just tap water.

[@jessefigueroa2682]

@@Lord_Of_Aether But... it is from Fiji??

[@TheLocalLt]

It’s not a country it’s a possession of New Zealand, they also deface the Union Jack with local symbols which is unique

[@Gumfondle]

Fun fact: the Union Jack is still used on several Canadian province flags to this day; Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia

[@pallabicollectionsvlog]

Fun fact: EVERYBODY KNOWS IT

[@PelsckoPelesko]

Fun fact: Why are we doing this?

[@Lord_Of_Aether]

Fun Fact: Quebec doesn't, but most people already know that

[@TheLocalLt]

Yep and the entity flags of Hawaii, all the Australian states, and also several New Zealand possessions

[@InvertedGigachad]

The inventor of the flag of French Sudan must´ve been like: "Hon hon hon Jacques, c'est le meilleur drapeau."

[@iamothemakhnovist20]

yes lol, the thing is that it was almost the only french african flag to have the specifity on his flag, all the other colonies had the normal french flag

[@quasar4780]

@@iamothemakhnovist20 I wonder why they added it tho, when they had no apparent interest in doing so...

[@Germ_f]

Can someone translate me the french part? I didn't take French classes...

[@alternated122]

@@Germ_f google translate

[@Germ_f]

is it "Jaques, this is the best flag"?

[@MrAvs-fk6in]

nice vid, keep up the good work my friend

[@shalowarfnandorth9173]

7:33 , I am from Brazil and this White colonial flag is correct and also called "the flag of the principality of Brazil" and in fact it influenced the flag of the empire of Brazil and the flag of the Kingdom of Brazil (Part of the United Kingdom of Portugal Brazil and algarves formed during the Napoleonic Wars) that practically the same flag that was used in Colonial Brazil but with the Blue Fund. I add that the imperial flag was a fusion of Portuguese symbols and brasses of noble families that formed the empire. I hope I helped, great video by the way.

[@robbey43]

I enjoyed this video a lot. Very well done!

[@MrJunker]

Me at this Channel: *science Patrick* Me at school: *dum Patrick*

[@buff9442]

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[@ethan5719]

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[@Person-ed2ys]

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[@Edward_YT_WEC]

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[@MrJunker]

( ˘ ³˘)♥︎

[@zloinaopako]

I love how you mangled the pronunciation of VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) . You also read the name of Laos 🇱🇦 the Portugese way. Good work! Your videos are educational and fun to watch. 👍🏻 Keep up the good work.

[@iamspamus8784]

14:56 For New Granada the two "red fruits" are pomegranates, the symbol of "old" Granada.

[@portulanka]

You put so much detail on these videos! Subscribed!

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Great video! Keep up the good work!

[@carnionfp]

Good work! I have to mention, by the way, that Italy also had some sort of colony in Albania (actually a separate kingdom in a personal union) and Albania had its own flag in Italian (fascist) style

[@cactitiger]

I like how you didn’t just cover 1 colonial power like others would.

[@leroyholm9075]

Excellent & Informative instructivel video. Highly recommended!

[@lipsarath8728]

Excellent work👍👍👍

[@adamracz8609]

I'm still searching for the flag with 50 stars to identify the overlord of the US

[@tammy2812]

Nice one

[@JohnSmith-nz4bn]

So Australia summed up. Blue was used for government buildings, red for civil/public use. A few changes occurred until the passing of the 1953 Flags Act which stipulated the Blue flag would become the national flag and red would be for civilian maritime watercraft. The White ensign is only used on Her Majesty's Australian Ships (HMAS) of the Royal Australian Navy. It is an offence to fly this flag as a civilian. Hope this clarifies things for you. Great video!

[@solariangeopolitics9944]

Really love your videos man, very informative. May I just suggest you add a little bit of background music? Nothing crazy, just something light and low to keep up engagement and attention. Like adding a bit of tomato sauce to spaghetti, you know? Keep up the good work, this channel has awesome content.

[@slawfin7700]

Thank you for this video

[@allanrichardson1468]

The Kingdom of Hawaii, though never ruled by the British, liked the UK so much that they put the Union Jack in the corner. And it’s in the state flag of Hawaii even today!

[@forthepotentates7526]

Hahaha yeah, 'liked so much'. More like it was imposed on them by force, the same way the later Americans stole the islands despite previously guaranteeing their independence Delusional anglos 😂

[@forthepotentates7526]

@Adam Garratt Bruh, there was an original Hawaiian flag before the naive king 'adopted' the British colors. Quick Google search is all you need to do. You should actually research the topic before saying something like that, then you won't look like a complete moron.

[@Lord_Of_Aether]

@@forthepotentates7526 You realize that you're just saying that just to try to make yourself not look like a complete idiot who says the British are insane.

[@jagdpanther1944]

@@forthepotentates7526 So why is it a crime for the Hawaiian flag to be placed above the USA flag?

[@jessefigueroa2682]

@@jagdpanther1944 You're not supposed to put any state flag above the USA's. The USA flag flies above all state flags and at equal level to all other National flags.

[@Dani-kx8jo]

"Italy never had a tramendously large colonial empire" Every roman must being spinning in their grave. 😂😂

[@vesperus711]

Helo

[@aleksandersokal5279]

He is talking about modern and not classical empires though. But I get your point. ROMA INVICTA!

[@Dani-kx8jo]

@@aleksandersokal5279 It's just a joke

[@RealRanger373]

*Spinning on their

[@gismarco449]

You known what, Italy had a larger colonial empire than germany so the video is wrong

[@gfresh513]

Great video! thanks!

[@demomanprism1]

Spain didn't have flags for their territories (not colonies) because the tradition was that the king would grant a coat of arms to the most important cities. In addition, the flags of the municipalities consisted of the cross of burgundy with the coat of arms of the capital of the viceroyalty or captaincy at the four ends of the cross. In this way, the flag of New Spain was the cross with the CoA of Mexico City, New Granada was a cross with the CoA of Bogotá (the same one shown in the video), Peru was the cross with the CoA of the Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings, actually Lima), the same with the captaincy of Guatemala. The viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was an exception, since Buenos Aires never had a coat of arms given by the king.

[@colacao6065]

But the Coat of Arms of Buenos Aires has a eagle with the Cross of Calatrava

[@demomanprism1]

@@colacao6065 Sí pero no fue otorgado por un rey.

[@guiwou87]

I love all your videos: Add some inof about New Holand flah (Dutch period in Brazil): Dutch Brazil, beside, representation of this flag, as taken from the book Flags and Brasões do Brasil, by Clóvis Ribeiro, there is a discussion about the letters of the anagram referring to the CIMD as being Companhia das Indias Merdionais, in portugues as it was mistakenly mentioned, since this is not the correct name of the Company, and the understanding that the initials IMNCVD refers to “Iohan Maurits van Nassau Catzelnbogen Vianden en Dietz” is more correct according to information from the Dutch publication “ Vexilla Nostra ”of March 1973.

[@alialsaraf9877]

Great Video as Always ... Can You Make a Video About Not Really Known Regions That Wants to Be a Independent Countries ?

[@jorenschoonbrood311]

I admire your attempt on pronouncing the dutch words xd, handelsposten came close though, good job

[@piepiep2368]

Superbe vidéo !!

[@matthewmann8969]

Portugal, Spain, And Britain had the most outreaching results

[@drpepper3838]

More colonies doesn't automatically mean you are more successful, the dutch had the smallest empire yet they had a voc merchant fleet that was bigger then all the European powers. COMBINED. 50%of trade that came to europe came in on dutch ships wich made it the Netherlands the most wealthy country in the 17th century

[@br3menPT]

@@drpepper3838 wheres the dutch culture around the world? Yeah....A lot of people speak english, spanish and portuguese but not dutch

[@drpepper3838]

@@br3menPT it wasn't even our goal to spread our beliefs, we didn't care about ideology. We just wanted to trade and make money, and we were the best at it, inventing the stockmarket wich gave us a huge advantage and inventing the wind powered sawmill, this way we could build ships 4x faster than anyone else and for half the cost. This eventually led to us having a merchant fleet larger than all the other European sea powers combined. We also invented to fluyt wich is still the best dedicated cargo ship of the age of sail. We were more traders and entrepreneurs, why would you colonize something that costs a lot of money time and manpower when you can setup a trading post and let some local rulers fight each other while you exploit their resources.

[@drpepper3838]

@@br3menPT for this reason alone we were granted special permission to trade with Japan during it 200 years of Isolation, the portuguese were kicked out because they smuggled in bibles and priests.

[@br3menPT]

@@drpepper3838 I understand your point of view....but Portugal was the first one, they took a doctrine, a country, a religion, a language, a state, and usages to their oversea territoires and they treated the territoires as part of Portugal..the dutch were very surprised with that atitude in 17th century

[@giulianoottonello]

I´m argentinian and i love when you speak in spanish.

[@abelman9845]

Nice presentation. Great work and you need also some updates , Ethiopia did not colonised rather attempt but not succeed. I think that why you did not find any flag representative on it. Keep it up bro.

[@MarkDDG]

Wouw, I didn't know about Dutch Brazil. Very interesting video!

[@luismarques9280]

A short lived Dutch Brasil, the Portuguese regained control of those áreas but lost some parts in Índia. That's why nowadays Portuguese is the oficial language of Brasil and the 6th most widely spoken in the world....

[@alvaropenademiguel2308]

In Spanish coats of arms, a bucket with snakes represents economic wealth. The bucket, which actually is a pot, represents the ability of the fief lord to feed and maintain his own army. Snakes are there just for aesthetic purposes. Good video, greetings from Spain!

[@voidmastr]

There is a mistake. Spanish Viceroyalty's had their own flag. It was the Burgundian Cross on a white field, at the top of the four corners were the Coat of Arms of each region: New Spain's for example had the ancient Mexico City's emblem, the same case on New Granada Viceroyalty, Rio de la Plata, Capitania de Guatemala, etc.

[@howardthealien2606]

Random Weeb are you from Spain because In Gran Colombia they had The same flags and I don’t really know anything about government unless your talking about Viceroy Gunray and I’m part Spanish but from Venezuela which was a Spanish Colony

[@howardthealien2606]

Random Weeb and idk

[@hadesinferno2927]

@@howardthealien2606 The great Colombia never existed in reality, it only exists on paper for 10 years. What did exist and function for 300 years was the viceroyalty of New Granada. I'm Colombian.

[@colacao6065]

At that time each power used certain flags and heraldry, it didn't have something like "a single official flag", the flag of the Spanish empire was the Burgundy Cross, the most common was the red one with a white background, but sometimes it was used with a yellow background, or white with a red background... The Tercios used flags with different geometric shapes to distinguish one Tercio from another... And navally, the ships used to carry a flag of the crown to which they belonged and the flag of the empire itself, sometimes they wore the Burgundy Cross with stripes

[@voidmastr]

Dude, I'm Mexican. I know what I'm talking about. New Spain's flag was the Burgundian Cross on a white field, at the top of the four corners was the Mexico's City emblem (two rampant lions guarding a castle on the water, representing ancient Tenochtitlan). It wasn't yellow because no Tercio unit was assembled or sent to Mexico ever, in fact there was only volunteer militia guarding ports (like Campeche, Veracruz or Acapulco) or fighting bandits on the Sierras. Military flags and pennants where not allowed in New Spain.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Staggering amount of research put into these videos - shows a huge amount of dedication. These videos never fail to impress. A couple of little things - The bird at (11:05) is a bird of paradise, while the tiger at (08:15) is more likely to be a lion.

[@thedeadman82988]

Can’t wait for a part 2

[@peterdavy6110]

The Green Irish ensign is interesting. It's included in various 18th & 19th century flag books but nobody ever seems to have found a surviving one or seen it actually being used.

[@Daniboy0826]

0:01 "Every country have their own flag" *Northern Ireland:* Hold my beer

[@Damzum]

It’s not a country but it’s has a flag(inside the uk)

[@SeriouslySincerelySorry]

I love your videos

[@cleitopson]

yesss, i love to see these flags

[@ivovandertol53]

I really needed to laugh at you pronunciation of: de verenigde Oost-Indische compagnie. You did your best tough I understand that it's hard for non Dutch speakers to pronounce these words properly.

[@colinafobe2152]

that was funny, but i don't like when he uses portuguese pronunciation for some random toponims while keeping up with excellent english otherwise

[@jomarba2]

Takes balls to make a video about colonial empires at this day and age. Never stop teaching history. Lets never forget lest we repeat it. Great work as always. Keep going!

[@TheLocalLt]

Only if you spend time around naive people. Everything that has happened in history happens today, borders, empires, spheres of influence, etc.

[@ollyboxer6603]

Nice vid

[@davidvanniekerk3813]

Dankie/ Merci 4 a great video. BUT greatness did not even look at Dutch South Africa (Kaap de Goede Hoop)?

[@TheLocalLt]

Wasn’t a Dutch colony was it? Wasn’t it Dutch colonists forming independent settler states?

[@Caroleonus]

Nobody: Western Europe: "But do you have a flag?"

[@brooksrownd2275]

14:43 is that knight on horseback depicted driving away a Moorish army? (Santiago Matamoros?)

[@thetankcommander3838]

I heard the US Field Artillery again! Good one, General Knowledge

[@themoneyman8011]

Fantastic video as always! Just a note, the term 'Union Jack' refers to the flag that is flown from the mast of a ship. Our flag is called the 'Union flag'.

[@zozzy4630]

By the way, the two flags shown at 1:34 were, on the left, the flag of the Union of South Africa (from 1912-28), and, on the right, the flag of British Honduras (from 1870-1919) (it was never officially called Belize under that flag). The flag of "some Middle Eastern Regions" at 12:33 is the flag of (the one, single, region of) the French Mandate of Syria. The Spanish flag isn't a bicolor, lol. That would be two stripes of two different colors. Small difference, but I would think the mind behind Fun With Flags would know that. The symbol representing Cyrenaica on the Coat of Arms of Italian Libya is indeed a plant, specifically a silphium cut. And fun fact, "Rapa" on the flag of French Polynesia refers to the island of Rapa (Iti), which is sometimes used colloquially as the name of the whole collectivity.

[@rasapplepipe]

The red fruits on the blason for Nueva Granada are pomegranates in Spanish called granadas. They are not however native to Nueva Granada or even Granada they are from Ethiopia and Yemen.

[@MrDonut-ch8dr]

I really like your Channel :)

[@TheTattieShaw]

He has a discord server to if you want to join that also link in the description

[@veljkoangelovski5349]

I like how well you have hidden the missing cambodia in the starting map, if that was on purpouse. No one has mentioned it yet

[@risindunikahatiya7413]

The British ceylon flag was really cool with a elephant and a stupa ( buddist structure).and the Portuguese ceylon flag with coconut trees and elephant as ceylon used to be a Portuguese colony before

[@kulterfromthebunker]

What about Niue then? They have a yellow field with the union jack up left

[@alexdesousa7966]

Have you done a video on Gibraltar? If not, I'd like to suggest u do one. It's a very interesting topic.

[@TheTattieShaw]

Join his discord and suggest this there link in the description

[@josehinostrozacruz2141]

Interesantes tus videos y muy educativos, saludos desde Perú 🇵🇪

[@yodef6828]

12:58 The people from upper Volta is so funny as i see by putting that flag in their territory that is technically French.

[@vonelle9122]

The Netherlands Antilles don’t exist anymore, they are now countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or special municipalities of the Netherlands

[@TheLocalLt]

Yeah sort of. The Dutch Netherlands Antilles (Saba, St Eustatius, Bonaire, Curaçao) was mostly replaced by the Dutch Caribbean Netherlands (Saba, St Eustatius, Bonaire) in 2010, while Curaçao became its own Dutch autonomous country, like Aruba and Sint Maarten. The Dutch Caribbean Netherlands was at that time brought inside the domestic administration of the European Netherlands, a status which was voted on by the citizens of these entities.

[@mishapurser7542]

This is a great overview but I'd love to have also learned about Sweden's.

[@FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial]

3:02 did you know the early Canadian red ensign was rarely even used.

[@hyperion3145]

Puerto Rico and Cuba actually did have their own official colonial flags that were unique to them but I think they were the only ones and it was really late

[@owenz1945]

The union jack is ONLY called a union jack when is is flying on HM ships.

[@davidstoykov]

Wikipedia states it as a matter of debate, though the widespread use of the term "Union Jack" seems to place it as the name for the flag whether or not it's being flown on one of HMS.

[@frostrx5115]

the royal navy has ships sunk by the seven seas, most likely with the union jack placed on them.

[@TheLocalLt]

Technically yes but nobody used it this way, meaning nobody that’s not a stickler actually calls it the “union flag” on land

[@whishiwhooshi5783]

What else are you gonna call it?

[@kevinthedude9852]

I learned so much

[@ArtzSlebew]

I love ur channel, i learn many in school, but in ur channel, i learn many than school! Sorry for my bad english Greetings From Indonesia :)

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

1:54 The British Honduras flag had two Union Jacks in one. Bruh. Swedenball is crying, I feel bad for their short lived New Sweden colony which was conquered by *G E K O L O N I S E E R D*

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

I always thought that "gekoloniseerd" meant "get colonised", and not just "colonised" lmao.

[@howardthealien2606]

Belize

[@bruhz_089]

@@tookie5391 yes

[@AGTpt]

És português, caramba! Esses plurais não mentem... Parabéns vídeo e pelo canal.

[@radomircita9420]

Dear sir. Thank you for your very educational video. I appreciate amount of work that surely went into this. Only one thing I noticed is imho wrong. Current flag of French Polynesia. Or is French polynesian official flag different from one of their flag as a colony? do they have two different flags?

[@jagdpanther1944]

Great video, but maybe you could have included the Grand Union flag of the 13 colonies in the 1775-1783 war, which was the 13 stripes and the Union flag of Great Britain

[@kingguernon]

The Philippines was colonized by Spain and Spain gave these islands to the United States, I'm not joking

[@rjgonzales1494]

Yeah

[@ethan5719]

0:10 I'm just being picky but why is Crete apart of Turkey? I feel like that'll annoy a lot of people

[@IVaV1]

Greeks especially

[@ethan5719]

@@IVaV1 lmao yep

[@General.Knowledge]

Yeah the map template I used wasn't the best lol

[@ethan5719]

@@General.Knowledge ah lol, I doubt anyone would notice

[@mrmeow4651]

What I noticed was that Eastern Thrace is colored purple so...

[@ripdippy6964]

please do a dedicated one for the countries with many different colonial flags

[@edieguga6976]

I hope for that one day that will be getting the video about the ilegal ocupation of Goa and the EPI (estado português da India) Btw nice job

[@CEKROM]

7:58 I also didn't know that =D

[@luizfellipe3291]

British with "union jack"🇦🇨🇦🇮🇦🇺🇫🇯🇨🇰🇩🇬🇫🇰🇬🇸🇭🇲🇰🇾🇲🇾🇳🇿🇹🇨🇹🇦🇹🇫🇺🇸🇻🇬 French with """union jaques""" 🇹🇫 🇼🇫

[@catoflado4977]

4:58 This flag has "Graphics design is my passion" energy hahaha

[@allanlima9941]

Very good

[@elliottgyll8453]

9:25 Dutch speakers be cringin'

[@joaovitormatos8147]

The white flag with the armillary sphere was the Prince of Brazil flag. The Prince of Brazil was the heir of the Portuguese crown, like the Prince of Wales in the UK

[@OGrandomunknownperson]

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[@j.alexander7554]

a point for the dutch flags: pre-napoleon Dutch flags had a lighter tint of blue. The red used to be orange as well at a certain point in time.

[@jedi_yt365]

4:32 the wight ensign is still used today for the Australian navy, each of our armed forces has a unique flag: the adf (Australian defence force), the Australian Air Force and the navy

[@Edward_YT_WEC]

0:55 Therapist: Countryballs with eyebrows isn’t real, he can’t hurt you Countryballs with eyebrows:

[@tookie5391]

?

[@juanlucas5649]

Melilla is pronounce "Me-li-Ya" as in Young for example.

[@NibanoTugano]

Give Ceuta back to Portugal

[@juanlucas5649]

@@NibanoTugano Hahaha, funny.

[@TheLocalLt]

There’s about 7 ways to say a double L in Spanish and in Spain it’s definitely not just a straight up Y. It’s either “yj” or “ly” I believe based on region.

[@themattsterdn1824]

Can we get a video on some of the smallest colonial empires? (Courland, The knights, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Prussia, Russia, And others you may find?)

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

Austria too...

[@spicymapper364]

Btw it was badass to take Greenland, denmark really cool

[@i1pro]

Would be cool to see a video on emblem flag shields.