@@steve1978ger another german here: it came from golden buttons used on civilian freedom fighters uniforms in the napoleonic wars, just as the flag itself actually. there is basically no relation to the HRE. also: i do believe we have a paragraph that says that on production of a flag you can use yellow color instead of gold since gold color doesnt work that well and after a while it would peel off.
3:52 no, this is not where the colours come from. During the liberation wars 1813-1815 against France there was a volunteer force called Lützowsches Freikorps (Lützow Free Corps) as a part of the Prussian army. Their uniforms were black with red details and golden (technically brass) buttons. Some of the soldiers adopted the colours in the following years as a symol for a then potential unified Germany.
3:53 - Fun fact: the HRE flag was, with the Green flag of Braganza Royal Family and the blue flag of Principate of Brazil, the bases for the actual flag of Brazil
3:54 no we didnt. The german Tricolour became Popular turing the revolitions in the 1840's. It isnt completly known why but the most common therory that it was ether based on a fraternety from jena or the so called "Lützow Free Corps" a volunteer force during the Napoleonic Wars. (as the fraternety got there colours from the "Lützow Free Corps" these theories are actualy the same)
btw. Germanys Flag didn't use the yellow because of the HRE. The current Flag comes from Student protests for Unification in the 1800s. They had a civil war and the uniforms have been black (easiest to dye) with golden buttons (yellow). The symobolgie is: from dark times (black) over a bloody fight (red) to a golden future (yellow, wich is actually gold)
2:44 Wales (or cymru in welsh) is a celtic region which is why its included. Scotland is also there (as alba, Scottish for scotland) and Ireland is to ( as éire, Irish for ireland)
3:49 the 1848 flag of Germany is based on a flag designed by the Freikorp ( A Prussian militay unit that had soldiers from all over Germany) and the colors were chosen because its the same colors as their uniforms. ( I am pretty sure, but I might be remembering wrong)
The German flag was inspired by the uniforms of the German soldiers in the unifying wars in 1866 and 1870/71. they were black, hat red parts on their sleeves, with golden buttons. That‘s why the German flag is actually black, red, and gold and not yellow!
The colors of the German flag were actually inspired by the uniforms of the Prussian soldiers (Lützow Free Corps to be exact) when they fought against Napoleon 1813. They were black with red facings and golden buttons.
The current flag of Germany is based on the Lützower Freikops. At that time, students, craftsmen and other volunteers fought in a kind of militia against Napoleon. they needed a uniform, of course, and it had to be relatively easy to make. So you just dyed normal clothes black. To make it look a bit more military, red piping was sewn onto the uniform and brass buttons. The uniform colors of the Freikorps became legendary. After the war, some of its members continued to wear this uniform while continuing their studies at the University of Jena. In 1815, wearing this uniform, they also founded the new Ur-Burschenschaft, which was geared towards all of Germany. It had a flag with a black red black striped flag and a golden oak branch. This resulted in the Black Red Gold banner until the revolution of 1848. It is the flag of freedom, democracy and later it of the Weimar Republic and then of the Federal Republic. The imperial flag, on the other hand, was created a little later and has the flaw of being the flag of the monarchy. That is why it was also perfectly clear that after the abolition of the monarchy in 1918, the new republic would choose the colors black, red, and gold. Even after the Second World War, both German states chose this flag. However, East Germany adopted the state coat of arms on the flag, while the West German flag simply showed the three stripes. There are many on the Internet who want to make you believe that the federal eagle was on the West German flag. That's not true. There is no official combination of a federal flag and federal coat of arms, even if you can buy such flags privately. Federal authorities, however, use a federal flag with the so-called federal shield. This combination is the federal service flag and is not approved for private use but indicates a federal authority. This also means that local and state authorities never have this flag with coat of arms.
2:27 Here are the places in the picture so you don't get confused Breizh = Brittany (french department) Kernow = Cornwall (english county) Galiza = Galicia (spanish autonomous community) Éire = Ireland Mann = Isle of Man (english crown dependency) Alba = Scotland Cymru = Wales
3:26 ow... that physically hurt me...
yes
agreed
@@woopa1732 yep it hurts
Downvote
well he's right if you think about it
3:25
Me: is happy Iceland was a part of anything
Drew: calls us Norway
big rip
read that as Ireland and got thoroughly confused lol...
I’m actually Norwegian-Icelandic
sammála
rip
3:26 Drew, that is Iceland
It’s Frank’s fault, not him
It hurt my Icelandic heart
Bruh
Maybe Rick as well
Hahahaha stupid drew
"this is literally just wales"
...yes, because you were looking at wales in the style of wales.
Wales is made out of Wales
Vales whales waales hhehe its phunny
Its a joke
Galicia in the style of Wales has a blue hedgehog. I guess Sonic is the official mythical creature of Galicia.
ah yes, the wales here is made out of wales
I was looking for this comment lol. Not disappointed 👍
Drew: *looking at Iceland’s flag, made by lego*
Drew: “norway with their boat”
Me, a Swedish guy.: *shakes head*
being norwegian-american i can say i’m extremely disappointed
You nordies are all the same anyway
me, an american with swedish in them: 🥲
@@OGMagaro me a swede inside an american
Jeff is that you?
Same lmao
3:26 this is why your dad left you
Shh dont tell him....
HAHHAHA
Oh damn XD
I'm Gonna Just, Uhhh, Pretend I Never Saw Your PFP
3:26 Drew’s releasing Norway’s war plans
Yes... He is
3:26 that's not Norway...
I think that’s a sign that they didn’t change the homework enough
Yea, you’re right it’s actually Sweden.
@@ayyappanchithambaram4575 It's Åland..... geeezzzzz
@@trosturleo Bro, it’s the Faroe Islands.
@@ayyappanchithambaram4575 You’re right, I was wrong. But it’s not the Philippines, it’s Greenland.
3:26 yes of course NORWAY.
Very Norwegian.
I am so pissed. Btw im icelandic
@@Eddijon201 Blessaður
I'm Norwegian and more than slightly annoyed.
@Sveinn Gauti Guðmundsson amerískur fáviti
3:28 iceland, bro
Doesnt matter. The only flag that matters is Usoa
@@garlkurzer You know what else doesn’t matter? *YOUR MO-*
Wales in the style of wales: *exists*
Drew: "This is literally Wales what the heck?"
"bruh moment, smh"- drew durnil
3:26 Yes, we vikings did kinda screw up with the names between Iceland and Greenland, but I am not sure we ever mixed up Iceland with Norway
It’s literally the same flag just inverted colors
3:26 that's Iceland
Doesnt matter. The only flag that matters is Usoa
3:26 You are kidding right? You do know that is the flag of Iceland, dont you?
Iceland used to be part of Norway and they literally have the same flag with just inverted colors. So relax ok
Just make Iceland part of Norway again
Old South Africa Flag: A Symbol of Apartheid
Drew: I like the idea
9:28 i thought it would be just red
It could also be austria :) 🇦🇹
I thought it was going to be a red stripe down the middle
Or white
3:26 another day another flag wrong
Doesnt matter. The only flag that matters is Usoa
@@garlkurzer never heard of Usoa.
Btw no
You're wrong.
And also
You commented 5 months after i made that focken comment
@@skeeyurr
Are you dumb? You dont know the name of the most powerful country on earth?
@@garlkurzer usoe yes
@@garlkurzer not usa i see
As a German I have to say this.
We dont have yellow in our flag. ITS GOLD
Another German here, and I have to say we really don't like to talk about where that gold came from
@@steve1978ger another german here: it came from golden buttons used on civilian freedom fighters uniforms in the napoleonic wars, just as the flag itself actually. there is basically no relation to the HRE. also: i do believe we have a paragraph that says that on production of a flag you can use yellow color instead of gold since gold color doesnt work that well and after a while it would peel off.
@@lelysio5688 so it is actualy yellow, but represents gold?
@@burndownhd4662 No it is actually gold but most flags use yellow. Yellow is the alternative way, but much less expensive
@@mondsgesandter ok
6:38 "This is just France with an eagle on it"
So basically Iowa
As an Iowan, I agree.
3:27 Yes actually,Lego is partnered with Shell,an oil company
to be fair, Lego has made Shell sets in the past
3:52 no, this is not where the colours come from. During the liberation wars 1813-1815 against France there was a volunteer force called Lützowsches Freikorps (Lützow Free Corps) as a part of the Prussian army. Their uniforms were black with red details and golden (technically brass) buttons. Some of the soldiers adopted the colours in the following years as a symol for a then potential unified Germany.
3:53 - Fun fact: the HRE flag was, with the Green flag of Braganza Royal Family and the blue flag of Principate of Brazil, the bases for the actual flag of Brazil
3:27 drew just said to Iceland🇮🇸 Norway
🇧🇻🇮🇸 drew is dumb
And he also said the holy roman empire is prussia
Drew is really dumb
Drew when he sees the Welsh flag "oh that looks like Wales"
Well he’s not wrong
I dont really see how the welsh flag looks like the country of wales
It's probably because the writing said Cymru.
No he said that literally is wales
@@TheWonderOfYou1970you’re right
when 3:25 happened I figured the entire comment section was gonna be all about that, and let's just say the community dod not disappoint😂😂😂
3:27 "Norway with their boat, where is their oil at?" - Drew Durnil
That actually was Iceland's flag.
Also, I love Arizona so make an AZ, NM, CL, and UT synthwave flag.
3:26 yesh, thankfully i'm not alone thinking it's Norway flag
in inverted/switch colors
3:26 NORWAY WITH THEIR BOAT?! As an Icelander I am absolutely outraged!
No just kidding, I admit the flags are very similar.
Great video as always :-)
Oh i got scared for a moment
2:57 maybe from the fact that your founding fathers selected the bald eagle as the emblem of your nation? I ain’t even American and I know that
“Do LEGOs and oil go well together?”
Isn’t LEGO made _by_ putting oil molecules together a specific way?
Better...
C A R B O N
carbon but anyways on to the joke
𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙄𝘾𝘼 𝙒𝙊𝙐𝙇𝘿 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙇𝙊𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉
When Drew mentions Lithuania:
*blushes*
USA flag: MORE STARS MORE STARS
The more the merrier!
6:12 Brazil good old days
When you were a history student and then the history of the German flag comes up:
No, that's not how it happened🤣
basically it came from napoleonic freedom fighters uniforms. red and black clothes with golden buttons
Drew: calls himself a geography TH-camr
3:26 : calls Iceland Norway 🤠
"Where'd you get the eagle from, you kinda just put it there.."
The national bird, Drew.
Jack Sucks at Geography: mixes up countries
Meanwhile Drew: calls Iceland Norway
2:39 ya it would be because éire is literally just Irish for Ireland
3:54 no we didnt. The german Tricolour became Popular turing the revolitions in the 1840's. It isnt completly known why but the most common therory that it was ether based on a fraternety from jena or the so called "Lützow Free Corps" a volunteer force during the Napoleonic Wars. (as the fraternety got there colours from the "Lützow Free Corps" these theories are actualy the same)
3:26 That's Iceland, Drew
btw. Germanys Flag didn't use the yellow because of the HRE. The current Flag comes from Student protests for Unification in the 1800s. They had a civil war and the uniforms have been black (easiest to dye) with golden buttons (yellow). The symobolgie is: from dark times (black) over a bloody fight (red) to a golden future (yellow, wich is actually gold)
3:58 people really didnt know that Denmark has the oldest flag still in use today🤦🏼♂️
And it comes from Estonia
Oh I'm sorry, mister "I have the denmark flag as my google account profile picture," but _I_ didn't really *know* that
“Please, don’t turn me into an oversimplified-“
-almost every European flag
1:07 italian flag in italics
3:26 .. As a norweagian, this hurts my soul
I am also a Norwegian and I agree that it really hurts
as an icelander it hurts even more
3:26 "Norway" Norway?! Drew, why!? You were like a teacher to me!
2:44
Wales (or cymru in welsh) is a celtic region which is why its included.
Scotland is also there (as alba, Scottish for scotland) and Ireland is to ( as éire, Irish for ireland)
3:26 NANI?!
3:26
Drew: Norway with their boat-
Scandinavians: Are you sure about that?
Yes! Estonia is the ultimate culmination of all flags!
4:54 Is nobody talking about the New Zealand flag in the right bottom by Lucy Gray? A freaking bird shooting laser from his eye...
Map gang where you at?
Nani?
3:49 the 1848 flag of Germany is based on a flag designed by the Freikorp ( A Prussian militay unit that had soldiers from all over Germany) and the colors were chosen because its the same colors as their uniforms. ( I am pretty sure, but I might be remembering wrong)
3:27
Drew thats iceland
3:25 the fact that drew called Iceland Norway, but I wont mock him about it because i mix a lot of flags too :D
03:26 Ah yes , the island of Norway , it's awesome.
How can a man SO bad at vexillology and history have such a large yt-channel😂😂😂. Either way, love your content👌
UK flag in the style of Imperial Japan would be amazing
3:26 As a Norwegian, I can confirm that this is Norway's flag and totally not Icelands.
As a Norwegian, I too can confirm.
4:44 oh drew if you paid atencion to your history class
He said america cuz the black things were bullets
The German flag was inspired by the uniforms of the German soldiers in the unifying wars in 1866 and 1870/71. they were black, hat red parts on their sleeves, with golden buttons. That‘s why the German flag is actually black, red, and gold and not yellow!
3:55 That's nonsense the German flag has a totally different origin in the napoleonic wars.
I really appreciate how the synth wave us flag still has 13 stripes.
1:38 Maradona died, drew
His brain died many years ago from all the shit he used to snort.
i don't think he knows
edit: nvm he knew about it in another video
@@mapoleo You don't know anything about grammar either...
@@mapoleo First go to nursery school & learn something, then comment.
@@Skylander253 nice pfp bro, you play soccer ? 😎👍
7:37 if you want to skip to the Flag Mashup Bot posts
"Why'd they put a random eagle on there?"
* cries in well shaven national bird *
"Do Legos and oil go well together?"
Lego is P L A S T I C
Plastic is O I L
Therefore Legos go well with Dinosaurs.
“People seem to like this Holy See flag”
ITS THE VATICAN CITY’S FLAG
Mood
Yes Vatican state = The holy seat.😉
The colors of the German flag were actually inspired by the uniforms of the Prussian soldiers (Lützow Free Corps to be exact) when they fought against Napoleon 1813. They were black with red facings and golden buttons.
Bald Eagle: is national mascot of the US
Drew: "where did they get the eagle from?"
smh
The current flag of Germany is based on the Lützower Freikops. At that time, students, craftsmen and other volunteers fought in a kind of militia against Napoleon. they needed a uniform, of course, and it had to be relatively easy to make. So you just dyed normal clothes black. To make it look a bit more military, red piping was sewn onto the uniform and brass buttons. The uniform colors of the Freikorps became legendary. After the war, some of its members continued to wear this uniform while continuing their studies at the University of Jena. In 1815, wearing this uniform, they also founded the new Ur-Burschenschaft, which was geared towards all of Germany. It had a flag with a black red black striped flag and a golden oak branch. This resulted in the Black Red Gold banner until the revolution of 1848. It is the flag of freedom, democracy and later it of the Weimar Republic and then of the Federal Republic. The imperial flag, on the other hand, was created a little later and has the flaw of being the flag of the monarchy. That is why it was also perfectly clear that after the abolition of the monarchy in 1918, the new republic would choose the colors black, red, and gold. Even after the Second World War, both German states chose this flag. However, East Germany adopted the state coat of arms on the flag, while the West German flag simply showed the three stripes. There are many on the Internet who want to make you believe that the federal eagle was on the West German flag. That's not true. There is no official combination of a federal flag and federal coat of arms, even if you can buy such flags privately. Federal authorities, however, use a federal flag with the so-called federal shield. This combination is the federal service flag and is not approved for private use but indicates a federal authority. This also means that local and state authorities never have this flag with coat of arms.
1:40 „What happened“
Duude you Americans...
I know American don’t really care about Football (the one that’s popular worldwide) but, come on...
I am not that interested in football but I know what happened
Great video!!
I like how the danish flag is the oldest and somehow the english flag somehow made it??? 3:33
Related Baltic Flags kinda cool ngl
3:25 "Norway with their boat" looks at Iceland
Today i learned, i have the same jean jacket as drew.
3:27
Says Norway, looks at the Icelandic flag...
Drew calling the Icelandic flag the Norwegian one was a pain I haven't felt in a long time
1:38 “oh what happend”
Sad he said that
I'm pretty sure he did see that it said it was about Maradona's death, but it was cut.
“Hmm yes the floor here is made out of floor”
5 Views 9 Likes Good Job TH-cam.
0:25 “doesn’t everyone have cats in New York?” I have never heard that one 😂
More flaf videos please!
What
@@jasonmarusic5695 flag videoes
@@CO0L_CAT makes much more sense
@@jasonmarusic5695 sorry i typed fast
U.S: Nukes Japan twice
Japan: Tis' but a scratch
Drew react to Geography now ! It's cool I think . You might like it. I recommend checking it out!
I agree
Drew: looks at lego Island flag
Drew brain: The Norwegian flag
That's icelands flag
ngl, that slanted tricolor italy flag looks _a lot_ better than the entire tricolor flag designs of europe
2:45 It's flags of celtic nations
Also:
Day 150 of asking Drew to delete the discord
lol
So what I have learned from scrolling through the comments is that drew has quite a few Scandinavian viewers. Cool!
That ain’t norway
2:57 Bruh it’s the bald eagle
Day 3 ask drew for a only fan
💀
3 years later we still haven't got it
@@Paji_743 maybe one day he do it
Hi
@@gameparade4527 one day hopefully... 😢
1:37 for you who don’t know this is a memorial for Maradona and Argentina football / soccer legend
I don't know what to comment...
Like if you can relate
3:27 Drew: See’s Icelandic flag
Also Drew: NORWAY
1:37 RIP MARODONA
2:27 Here are the places in the picture so you don't get confused
Breizh = Brittany (french department)
Kernow = Cornwall (english county)
Galiza = Galicia (spanish autonomous community)
Éire = Ireland
Mann = Isle of Man (english crown dependency)
Alba = Scotland
Cymru = Wales