Lithuania

Last modified: 1997-09-03 by zeljko heimer
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by zeljko heimer 4-JAN-1996

• History and explanation of flag
• War flag
• Naval Ensign
• Swedish Speaking Population in the Baltic Countries

History and explanation of flag

The first of the former SSRs to break decisively with Moscow, Lithuania adopted its old tricolour as its official state flag in March 1989. Like the other Baltic states, and indeed, the other captive nations of the former USSR, the flag had been used during Lithuania's previous period of independence from Russia - from 1918 to 1940. In the flag, yellow stands for grain, green for forests, and red for the blood shed in defence of the nation.
stuart notholt

War flag

White with a blue cross like the cross of England and the normal flag of Lithuania in the canton.It looks very much like the British White Ensign. pascal vagant and mark sensen 27-NOV-1995

Naval Ensign

by zeljko heimer 18-JUN-1996

This Ensign was used in Latvia before WWII. If it was reintroduced it is not known.