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Thursday, 7 October 2021

Where Were The Grown Ups?

 
German battleship Bismarck 1941
 
Picture: Unknown photographer,unknown copyright
 
The National Socialist Swastika.
 
Salute to the Red Army at the Royal Albert Hall on the 21st of February 1943
 
Picture: Unknown Ministry of Information official photographer,© IWM TR 711
 
The Communist Red Flag.
 
Muslim demonstrators in Maldives September 2014
 
Picture: Dying Regime
 
The Islamist Black Banner.
 
HMS Prince of Wales flies the Progress Pride Flag
 
Picture: Unknown photographer,unknown copyright
 
Where were the grown ups when officers set a precedent which legitimised flying the flags of every political movement on Royal Navy warships?
 
Posted by GrandLogistics at 7.10.21
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