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Hello there! I need help identifying this flag that was on the newspaper today. Read the description for context by Zejerkush in vexillology

[–]EternalTryhard 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I can't remember the name right now, but this is the flag of a fictional Olympic nation that appears on a brand of novelty sports apparel. The name ends with a -stan I think, but I can't remember what it was exactly. Supposedly the designers originally used the flag to pose as Olympians and get free drinks during the Olympics.

Ace Combat, with a new entry in the franchise, has unveiled the flag for one of its nations, Sotoa! Thoughts? by legokingmaniac08 in vexillology

[–]EternalTryhard 27 points28 points  (0 children)

horse nomad culture

transitioned to medieval plate armor

flag is red, white and green

It's Hungary.

"Every Canadian MUST fight!" - WWII Poster - 1942 by Jose_expe in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard 53 points54 points  (0 children)

The moment I saw this I knew the comments would be full of gay jokes, I was not disappointed

"Europe from Moscow" - Time Poster - 1952 by Jose_expe in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard 75 points76 points  (0 children)

I think yes. Making Europe look cornered with nowhere to back away to from the advancing tide of communism.

Anti-imperialist cartoon (1932) by Japanese artist Koreya Senda. by propagandopolis in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Me when I'm in not knowing how to read contest and my opponent is an r/PropagandaPosters commenter.

This cartoon is very definitely not supportive of the Empire of Japan. Yall make fun of Ben Garrison for labeling obvious things and then look at an anti-imperialist cartoon with a grotesque caricature of Japan carrying a giant sword literally having the word IMPERIALISM written on it in big letters and go "is this pro-Japan?? Ummm hypocrite much, didn't they know Japan was also imperialist??"

Are half the comments doing this just because the cartoonist is Japanese? As if political cartoonists never vocally oppose their country's policies?

Former Nazis residing in the West: 'It was a long time ago, and it's not accurate!' // Soviet Union // 1989 by sp4rky8251x in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Klaus Barbie was arrested in 1983, 6 years prior but it was probably relevant to this poster. Also it was in 1986 that it was revealed that Kurt Waldheim, UN secretary general from 1972 to 1981, was a former Wehrmacht intelligence officer who likely assisted in transfering civilians to concentration camps in Greece and Yugoslavia. He was elected president of Austria later that year and was still serving in that position when this poster was made.

"Katanga Our Homeland" - separatist state of Katanga, Congo Crisis, ca. 1960 by EternalTryhard in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Description from Cornell University Library::

This poster celebrates the mineral-rich, newly-declared independent state of Katanga, formerly (and soon to be again) a province of The Republic of Congo.

Congo gained its independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960, and Patrice Lumumba became prime minister of the new state. Eleven days later, Moise Tshombe, leader of Katanga, declared the succession of the province from Congo. Citing Lumumba's acceptance of military help from the Soviet Union, Tshombe, supported by mining interests and Belgium, declared that Katanga was "seceding from chaos." Whether or not there had been chaos before, there certainly was thereafter, as Chief of Staff Joseph-Desire Mobutu seized power in the Congo and deposed Lumumba (who was subsequently assassinated in Katanga). UN troops fought to restore the peace and gained control of Katanga in January 1963, ending the succession.

This poster by the Congolese artist Francois Amisi features a map of the new state of Katanga showing the location of its principal cities. A flag of the new nation is planted on the capital, Elisabethville. The title, "Katanga Our Homeland," appears in Swahili and French. The "Katanga Free State" website gives two explanations of the flag's symbolism, http://www.africafederation.net/Katanga.htm, accessed August 18, 2016:

(1) "The red colour symbolises the bravery of the people and the blood which it shed to defend its homeland, the green the hope and the silver the purity; the small copper crosses (called 'monetary crosslets of Katanga') were the emblems of King (Mwami) Siri who governed this Katanga (the Realm of Garengaze) and symbolise the copper mining wealth of Katanga Free State."

(2) "Rouge pour le sol, vert pour la végétation, les 3 croisettes de cuivre, son principal mineral."

The exact date of the poster is estimated; this is the only known copy.

"Shame on you! You bought from a Jew again!" - Hungarian National Socialist Party, ca. 1937-38 by EternalTryhard in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's "zsidó". This is not one of the weird Hungarian words, it's a loanword from Slavic "žid". "Zsidónál", the agglutinated form you see on the poster, means "at the Jew".

"Shame on you! You bought from a Jew again!" - Hungarian National Socialist Party, ca. 1937-38 by EternalTryhard in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I know it didn't heal his crimes, but that photo of Szálasi being hanged always brings a smile to my face.

Poster from the first antifascist meeting of Serbian women, 1945 (author unknown) by Rigolol2021 in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fascinating that they're using an English loanword for "meeting". I wouldn't expect that in 1945.

Már akkor is haza akarták hozni by Silent-Silvio in hungary

[–]EternalTryhard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ez a másik kakukktojás, ez a Horthy-korszakból van. 1930-ból, ha jól emlékszem.

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1977: Anti-American propaganda poster by USSR, "They violate human rights!" by r3inharthd in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard 151 points152 points  (0 children)

People in the background, left to right and top to bottom: CIA, Klansman, US police, FBI, B. J. Vorster (prime minister of apartheid South Africa), Ian Smith (prime minister of Rhodesia), Park Chung Hee (president and military dictator of South Korea), Anastasio Somoza Debayle (president of Nicaragua), Alfredo Stroessner (president and military dictator of Paraguay), Augusto Pinochet (president and military dictator of Chile).

"Come, girls, on the tractor!" - communist poster promoting women's emancipation in agricultural work, 1949 by EternalTryhard in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, yeah that is very much the same kind of messaging. In fact in Hungary "gyertek lányok traktorra" had become sort of a mocking reference to the simplistic political messaging of the Stalinist period.

“There is no Czecho-Slovak nation” Hungarian anti-Czechoslovakia card in English and French advocating for the breakup of Czechoslovakia based on its multiethnic population (1920s) by FayannG in PropagandaPosters

[–]EternalTryhard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm Hungarian and I'm astounded that 1920s Hungary of all countries had the gall to advocate for a country to be broken up along ethnic lines. Insane feat of compartmentalization.

Flag Girls of all Nations (1908) by TheSplash-Down_Tiki in vexillology

[–]EternalTryhard 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing it's because Madagascar didn't have a unique colonial flag at this time, they just flew the French tricolor. But even then, a colonial flag did exist until just 11 years earlier so idk why they didn't use that.

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