Flag of Yugoslavia

Flags of the FR Yugoslavia and Serbia-Montenegro
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Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	1: 2
Officially accepted:	April 27, 1992

Flag of the SFR Yugoslavia
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Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	1: 2
Officially accepted:	January 31, 1946

Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	2: 3
Officially accepted:	1922

The basis for all Yugoslav flags was a tricolor in the Pan-Slavic colors .

The different versions of the flag of Yugoslavia reflected the checkered history of the country , which began in 1918 with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (from 1929 Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and ended with the renaming of the country to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 and its disintegration in 2006. The basis of all flags was a horizontal, blue-white-red tricolor .

Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The flag was introduced as a trade flag ( trgovačka zastava ) for ships of the kingdom in the Vidovdan Constitution of 1921 , but it has taken a total of four years since the state was founded in 1918 until the symbols of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes were finally decided. The appearance and use of the various national flags were regulated by laws of 1922 and 1937. The national flag corresponded to a darker version of the blue-white-red tricolor as it was introduced in Prague in 1848 as the Pan-Slavic flag .

The flag was officially in use until the Axis powers conquered the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1941. After that, the flag was only used in exile and by the Allies until 1945.

During the Second World War , the flag was also used by the Chetniks .

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The flag of war at sea was the same tricolor, only with the little coat of arms of the kingdom .

There are various reports on the appearance of the royal standard, depending on the source. While German sources from 1926 and 1936 state that the royal coat of arms rests in the center of the square flag, according to local sources the large state coat of arms is located here.

The Prime Minister's standard (officially: Chairman of the Council of Ministers ; in the national language službena zastava Predsednika ministarskog saveta ) was a square, white flag with a thin, blue stripe on top, a thin, red stripe on the bottom and the large national coat of arms in the center.

^? War flag at sea
^?Royal standard with royal coat of arms (1920 to 1937)
^?Marshal's Standard

^?Standard of general

^?Major General's Standard

^?Standard of the Brigadier General

Flags during the Second World War

After the conquest of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers , the country was divided.

With the Independent State of Croatia , a puppet state was founded in 1941 . He used a simple horizontal red-white-blue tricolor as the civil flag and the tricolor with the coat of arms of Croatia (a simple shield with a red checkerboard pattern) in the center and the symbol of the fascist state party Ustascha in the upper Liek as the national flag .

In Serbia , General Nedić also founded a puppet state. It can only be surmised that he used a Serbian style tricolor with horizontal red-blue-white stripes. Serbian Chetniks who fought against Tito's partisans used a black flag with a white skull and the Cyrillic words “Freedom or Death”.

Montenegro became nominally an independent kingdom in personal union with Italy . At least in the first days the Montenegrin tricolor with horizontal red-blue-white stripes was used.

Macedonia was annexed by Bulgaria , Slovenia by the German Empire and Bosnia-Herzegovina officially by Croatia. Individual parts of the country went to Italy, Albania and Hungary . The flags of the respective countries were used here.

The partisans used a blue-white-red tricolor with a five-pointed star in the center of the white stripe. It was first used at a meeting in Stolice on September 26, 1941. Here it was decided that the individual partisan groups should each use the flag of their ethnic group with a red star in the center, similar to the flags used by the minorities after the war . From 1942 the partisans used their own flag on their boats and ships, the tricolors of Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia in the flight part among each other.

The Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was proclaimed in Jajce on November 29, 1943. The flag was adopted by the partisans. However, the shape of the star has been changed.

2: 3 ^?Flag of the Croatian Bank
2: 3 ^?State flag of the Independent State of Croatia
1: 2 ^?Chetnik flag

2: 3 ^?Flag of Montenegro

1: 2 ^?Flag of Tito's partisans

2: 3 ^?Flag of the Partisan Forces at Sea, 1942

1: 2 ^?Flag of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

When the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was renamed the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia in 1946 , the red star symbolizing communism was enlarged in the national flag and outlined in yellow. The renaming of the country in 1963 as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had no consequences for the flag.

In addition to this flag, the flag of the respective republic and that of the Union of Communists of Yugoslavia was usually found on official buildings . The flag was replaced by the flag of Serbia-Montenegro, which was created by removing the red star from the flag.

Flags of the Socialist Republics of Yugoslavia

The republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia each had their own flag.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The flag of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was a simple red flag, with the yellow-framed state flag of Yugoslavia in the upper leech. It was officially adopted on December 31, 1946. Before that, a red flag with a yellow-framed red star in the middle was sometimes used for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The red background symbolized the socialism and communism of the time.

With the proclamation of independence in 1991, the flag was replaced by the new flag of Bosnia-Herzegovina .

Croatia

The flag of the Socialist Republic of Croatia was a red, white and blue tricolor, modeled on the earlier Croatian flags. A red star with a yellow border was depicted on it in the center. The flag was officially adopted on January 18, 1947.

The flag was in use until June 25, 1990, after the first free elections in Croatia and replaced by the new flag of Croatia even before it declared itself independent.

See also: flag of Croatia

Macedonia

The flag of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia was introduced in 1944 and officially adopted in 1946. Before that, it was already in use by Macedonian partisans. It was a simple flag with a red background color. A five-pointed red star was depicted on it in the upper left. In order to separate it in color from the red background, it was outlined in yellow. Red was the national color of Macedonia before that, regardless of socialism. During the Ilinden uprising in 1903, insurgents hoisted a red flag in the Republic of Kruševo . This is said to be the origin of the red Macedonian flag. The size of the star could vary, but was mostly smaller than the flags of the other republics. Only when the flags of the constituent republics were shown together did it happen that the star of Macedonia was the same size. Sometimes the star was mistakenly moved to the center of the flag.

The flag was used until Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. Instead, the new flag of Macedonia with a golden sun on a red background was used.

Montenegro

The flag of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro was, like the flag of Serbia, a red-blue-white tricolor with the yellow-framed red star in the center. However, it was introduced a month before the Serbian flag, on December 31, 1946.

In 1991 the flag was changed during the disintegration of Yugoslavia . The star has been removed and the shade of blue lightened to make it different from the Serbian flag. In 2004 the current flag of Montenegro was introduced.

Serbia

The flag of the Socialist Republic of Serbia was presented to the Serbian population on January 17, 1947. The design corresponded to the traditional Serbian tricolor from 1835 in the colors red-blue-white. A red star with a yellow border was depicted on it in the center to symbolize socialism.

The flag was used until the fall of Yugoslavia. In 1992 the star was removed.

The Serbian flag was also used in the two autonomous regions of Vojvodina and Kosovo i Metohija , which belong to Serbia . Own, official flags did not exist.

Slovenia

The flag of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia was a white-medium-blue-red tricolor, which was officially used from January 18, 1947. A red star with a yellow border was depicted on it as a symbol of communism and socialism.

This flag remained in use until June 27, 1991. At that time, Slovenia was the first republic to split off from the Yugoslav state and adopt a new flag .

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The design of the commercial and service flag at sea corresponded to the national flag, but instead of the usual 1: 2 aspect ratio of 2: 3. The same aspect ratio can also be found on the naval flag and the jack . The naval war flag was a red flag with the Yugoslav tricolor in the upper leech, the star was framed. The tricolor was separated from the red field by a white frame. The naval war flag was introduced in 1949. Since 1956 a red flag with the national coat of arms in the center was used as a jack .

2: 3 ^?Trade and service flag at sea

2: 3 ^?Naval war flag

2: 3 ^?^?Gösch

1: 1 ^?Standard of the President of Yugoslavia

1: 1 ^?Standard of the President of the Federal Assembly

Flags of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro

The flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia again dispensed with the communist star. When the name was changed from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro on February 4, 2003, the national symbols were not changed.

The flag was officially introduced on April 27, 1992. With the end of the confederation on June 3, 2006 with the declaration of independence of Montenegro, the state symbols also belonged to the past.

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2: 3 ^?^?Commercial flag and service flag at sea

2: 3 ^?^?Naval war flag

2: 3 ^?Gösch

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Flags of the World - Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941)

^ Flags of the World - Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941): Ensigns

^ Flags of the World - Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941): Royal standards

^ Flags of the World - Prime Minister's standard

↑ Flags of the World - Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945) ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Flags of the World - Yugoslavia during the Second World War
^ Flags of the World - Socialist Yugoslavia (1945-1991)
↑ Flags of the World - Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Socialist Yugoslavia)
^ Flags of the World - Republic of Croatia (Socialist Yugoslavia)
↑ Flags of the World - Republic of Macedonia (Socialist Yugoslavia)
^ Flags of the World - Republic of Montenegro (Socialist Yugoslavia)
^ ^A ^b Flags of the World - Republic of Serbia (Socialist Yugoslavia)
^ Flags of the World - Republic of Slovenia (Socialist Yugoslavia)
↑ Flags of the World - Socialist Yugoslavia: Naval flags (1949-1956)
↑ Flags of the World - Socialist Yugoslavia: Naval flags (1956-1991)

[1] Flags of the World - Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941)

[2] Flags of the World - Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941): Ensigns

[3] Flags of the World - Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941): Royal standards

[4] Flags of the World - Prime Minister's standard

Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Vexillological symbol :	^?
Aspect ratio:	2: 3
Officially accepted:	1922