War Flag

A war flag (military flag or battle flag) is a variant of a national flag for use by the nation's military forces on land. The nautical equivalent is a naval ensign — the battle ensign. Under this strict sense of the term, few nations currently have war flags, most preferring to use instead their state flag or standard national flag for this purpose.

Read more about War Flag:  History, Former War Flags

Famous quotes containing the words war and/or flag:

    “One must know that war is common, justice is strife, and everything happens according to strife and necessity.”
    —Heraclitus (c. 535–475 B.C.)

    “Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
    Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;

    Bravest of all in Frederick town,
    She took up the flag the men hauled down;”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)