Ireland’s jack flag has a harp because it’s our national symbol. It’s the only national symbol in the world that is a musical instrument. Naval ships frequently dock in the city near where I live.
It's also, whether intentionally or not, the flag of the very first Republic of Ireland, commonly known as the Republic of Connaught as that province is all the land it ever held. Given both Irish history and the examples of Spain and Mexico also choosing ancient flags as their jacks, I'd presume it's intentional.
@@CalvinNoire when you are a Romaboo like me, you deal with a lot older cities I'm not trying to degrade venice But it was founded well into the medieval age, funnily enough by the Romans (byzantines)
Actually the Mexican Naval Flag was Mexico’s First Flag, without the anchor of course. See Mexico was freed by the “The Army of the Three Guarantees”. Each color represents one: Religion, Independence and Union. Once Mexico became fully independent it adopted the colors and added a variation of the Shield we know today. So it seems this was all the way around, the Naval Flag kind of came first.
Damn I was about to say this too. To add to your comment, in the original Tres Garantias flag the white meant (Religion), Green (Independence) and Red (Union). Now the meanings are White (Union), Green (Hope) and Red (Blood of Heroes).
The Mexican Naval Jack was designed by General Itubirde/Emperor of Mexico and it's called the flag of the Three Guarantees. The flag is historical and can be trace back to September 1821.
I wish you had talked about the fact the flag everyone thinks is the flag of the Confederacy is actually their naval jack. It really is the most seen but unrecognized jack.
@@theincrediblehunk2668 Becouse I love flags and often I debate about their similarities and their history. If you have any question about the Italian flag I can answer (you can write in spanish, too).
The Jack of Italy is a blend of the merchant Republics:Venice (top left),Genoa (top right),Amalfi (bottom left) and Pisa. I once saw a version of it with the Savoia coat of arms in it (a cross like Genoa's but with the white in the cross and the red in the background and a blue rim to the shield) sported right where the other flags angles met,in the flag's centre. It maybe was the ensign of the Regia Marina when we were a kingdom and Savoias ruled,this explains why their CoA was in it (just like it was in the normal flag's white canton at the time)
@@michelangelobuonarroti4958 the only difference between the two is that the military one has on its top a turreted and rostrate crown (corona turrita e rostrata)
Yes because you would only see it if you live din coastal city. Btw I’m Cypriot and I had never seen the Cypriot Naval jack before I found it on the internet
We had used that first jack since before the civil war, Gadsden flag would have been historical and cool but it feels like the government described the Gadsden flag to someone who’s never seen it, gave him some crayons and told him to add stripes
2:36 Sweden's Flag isn't Sweden Flags This Flag Actually Resembles the Swedish-Norwegian Union (Or something). I guess they sort of Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V'd and called it
The Russian Navy Ensign is much more popular and recognizable than the Naval Jack. It's commonly called the Andrew's flag and looks like an inverted Scottish flag.
TurboDaStarBoi yep, the Russian Liberation Army aka Vlasov Army used it during resistance to the Stalin’s Bolshevism and collaboration with Hitler. But I don’t remember anyone in the White Army used Andreyevkiy flag during the civil war.
@@andreykarasev5090 Wrangel's Fleet used the ensign of the Imperial Russian Navy (Andreievsky flag) and it was basically the navy of the white movement in Russia during the civil war.
I'm from Texas, and when I was in high school my choir took a trip to Chorpus Christi to visit the now-permanently docked USS Lexington, which was used extensively during WWII. It has every rope and cable covered in naval flags for the tourists to take their pictures at. It's a very amazing destination!
As someone from the U.S I really like our old jack flag, it looks really simplistic and elegant. The modified don’t tread on me flag ( I like the original) looks like something a twelve year old would design for a fictional country they made up on their deviant-art page
@@adrian7856 He is not talking about Tsarist flag, and Eagle flag i did not see in video at all, its shoving Naval Jack Flags. And Soviet one is around 5:00...
The mexican naval ensign was actually not made out of nothing! It is based on one of the first mexican flags during our independence war, the bandera trigarante (as we call it) and the three stars represent three guarantees that the army was supposed to bring to the mexican people during the independence war. For the naval jack they just slapped a big anchor in the middle, but it's basically the same desgin
I visited the USS Massachusetts in Fall River, MA a few times. I remember asking an old WW2 veteran there what that the blue flag covered in stars on the front of the ship was. He gave me a similar, but shorter explanation that you gave. I just remember being so confused as a kid becuase it looks like someone just cut the stripes off an American flag and put it up on the ship.
The history of flags go way beyond your timeline. Flags have been in use since at least 1000BCE. Probably originally used in battle to identify individuals or 'clans', or to set rallying points for example. The oldest National flags in the world are - Scotland(saltire) adopted after the battle of Athelstaneford in 832AD, Austria, inspired by the siege of Acre and adopted in 1230, Denmark, adopted in 1307(and is considered the oldest flag in continual use), Albania, who adopted the black two headed eagle from the Byzantine empire around 1443.
I see your point: the Russian naval flag looks like that of a certain proposed pro-Russia confederation in Ukraine, which is fitting as the confederation's name literally means in English "New Russia". Weirdly enough, though, the flag of New Russia also looks like another naval flag: the flag of the Confederate States of America, another historical attempt at making a confederation, in this case in the Southern United States.
Great video J.J.! Growing up I always thought the Australian naval ensign looked pretty cool. It’s basically just the regular flag but with the colours inverted.
Guess what? Just recently on June 4th, they changed the naval ensign back to the 50 star design (The one I like.) And also the old naval jack is not exactly like the Gadsen Flag. The Gadsen Flag has a different snake, the background is yellow, and the text is on the bottom
Fun fact: The Australian Navy Ensign is the Australian flag squished into the corner of the English flag but the blue background is made white. Also, Australia has an Aboriginal flag which is flown next to the national flag. (Unless it's an international event or somewhere like Queensland.)
Well the Italian navy flag actually has a deeper meaning. During the renaissance when there were many independent nations in Italy, there were 4 maritime republics. These were Pisa, Genoa, Venice, and Amalfi. So when Italy united, it would make sense for them to pay respect to their history, and put these symbols on their flag. Still the navy flag is fitting, because these were maritime republics, and the navy fights in the sea.
I have seen an Indian Navy Boat with Indian Naval Ensign over it, When I first saw that I was like..why they still hoist English flag, but looking carefully I found a small Indian Flag on its corner.. Seeing St.George's Cross on Indian Naval Ship is weird..LoL
India briefly changed their Ensign after independence but it caused confusion among maritime communications because of the watery colour of it. Rather than redesign, they reverted to their Royal Navy-styled ensign, presumably as a mark of respect to England and recognition of the Indian Navy's heritage.
I did 8 years in the US Navy before the union jack was changed, The "Don't Tread On Me" jack was used _only- by the oldest ship in commission at the time, prior to the change.
When J.J. said "ships have more sophisticated ways of communicating with each other.." I find it funny... strictly because it's the picture of an Air Traffic Control Center on an aircraft carrier.. and I work there lol. We've yet to talk to another ship... that'd be cool.
i know its a bit late but the estonian and latvian naval jacks were made deliberately this way to thank and honor the british who helped us during our independence wars
5:21 - Yeah, I also tend to forget that some countries are landlocked. I looked it up a little, and I couldn't find the jack flag of some landlocked countries I searched (Botswana, Switzerland, Afghanistan and Laos), but Mongolia apparently has one...
I'm Canadian and he speaks EXACTLY as we do so if he's not Canadian I think there's something fishy going on lol. No country in the world pronounces the word 'about' the way a Canadian does!
ive never cared of been interested in flags yet i have been enraptured by your videos and have looked for and binged watched every video you've made about flags
I live in Trieste ! Quite often we see naval ships here. Also, the Italian “jack” flag for Italy signifies the 4 ancient naval states before Italian unification: Genoa, Venice, Amalfi and Pisa. Nice video !
4:17 The jack of Mexico is based on the flag of The Army of Three Guarantees,those guarantees being Religion,Independence and Unity. This army played a large role in gaining Mexico's independence from Spain, and the 3 colors of the army's flag, green,white and red are used in Mexico's modern flag.
It dates back to the Revolutionary War when American warned the British not to mess with them. The Gadsden Flag was common back then before the American Flag as we know it came. The First Navy Jack of America is a nod to the Gadsden Flag.
As someone who grew up in Australia, I used to see the Australian ensign flags a lot. There are two varieties, both of which are just recolours of the standard Australian flag - there's the Red Ensign used by the merchant navy, which replaces the dark blue sky with a red background; and the White Ensign used by the Royal Australian Navy, which simply swaps the white of the stars and the blue of the background. Until watching this video, I had no idea that other countries also had their own ensign flags (except for New Zealand, since its flag is near-identical to that of Australia anyway). So thank you for bringing this to my attention, kind sir! :)
I don't understand why George Bush change it, but I will never understand why he put a snake, I know it's probably for a historical reason, but... A snake ? Really ? Snakes don't remember water or navy, a shark Will be better 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That flag is the First Navy Jack, and it's been around a long time. It replaced the star jack for 1976 (the Bicentennial year), and then for years was always flown by the oldest ship in commission. What Bush (or, rather, the Secretary of the Navy) did in 2002 was to order it to temporarily replace the star jack for all ships during "the war on terror"...which, since there are always terrorists of some sort out there, makes it effectively permanent.
The “don’t tread on me” jack is only flown on one ship per fleet. It’s always the oldest ship in the fleet as well. All the others have regular jacks. ⚓️
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I just love that you used the Uruguayan streamer, ensign and jack to set the example, cheers from an Uruguayan naval officer
Nicola Rossi finaly a uruguayan comment
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Vamo carajooo!!!
URUGUAY PA TODO EL MUNDO
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Why aren't we questioning why a soviet submarine is docked in Canada?
lol i wanna know too
tourism...
Dirty Canadians are planning something eh
@@spreadbuttergaming3323 lol xD :::::
kaiser willhelm ll dude, thanks for this comment, I was wondering the same thing.
oh boy that scott the woz reference at the start
I see another man of culture
Wozniak gang rise up
HEY ALL
SCOTT HERE
and what the FUCK is a chibi robo?
Me: How many naval flags do you want?
British: *Yes*
2 IF POSSIBLE, i KNOS YOU HAVE BEWTTER THING TO DO.
yes! yes1
A googlplex amount
Ireland’s jack flag has a harp because it’s our national symbol. It’s the only national symbol in the world that is a musical instrument. Naval ships frequently dock in the city near where I live.
It's also, whether intentionally or not, the flag of the very first Republic of Ireland, commonly known as the Republic of Connaught as that province is all the land it ever held. Given both Irish history and the examples of Spain and Mexico also choosing ancient flags as their jacks, I'd presume it's intentional.
@@adiuntesserande6893 Although, ironically, it's used as the flag of Leinster, which is on the other side of the island.
I know this because of eu4, it's a very nice looking flag i didnt know the part about the musical instrument, super cool
The symbols on the italian jack represent the ancient maritime republics of Venice, Genoa, Amalfi and Pisa
I was looking for this comment.
never in my life would I here someone call venice ancient, since it was founded in ad 697
@@RhodesianFur kinda ancient.
@@CalvinNoire when you are a Romaboo like me, you deal with a lot older cities
I'm not trying to degrade venice
But it was founded well into the medieval age, funnily enough by the Romans (byzantines)
@@RhodesianFur I'm not a Romaboo but I can understand what you are trying to say here. Ok.
"People in the Navy like to have a lot of fun." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lots of seamen around...🤣
Too many emotes
I don’t get what’s so funny about that
@@giacomosummaria7273 it implies they're all having gay sex with each other
@@jackelinesolano5739 He was talking about gay sex
Actually the Mexican Naval Flag was Mexico’s First Flag, without the anchor of course. See Mexico was freed by the “The Army of the Three Guarantees”. Each color represents one: Religion, Independence and Union.
Once Mexico became fully independent it adopted the colors and added a variation of the Shield we know today. So it seems this was all the way around, the Naval Flag kind of came first.
Revert Revertz was about to comment this
me too (y)
What country are you from?
why was he dancing half the time
Damn I was about to say this too. To add to your comment, in the original Tres Garantias flag the white meant (Religion), Green (Independence) and Red (Union). Now the meanings are White (Union), Green (Hope) and Red (Blood of Heroes).
The mexican flag is known as “the trigarante” and it was the symbol of the Mexican army during the independence fight. It’s not just nothing
Plus an ancor
Went into the comments to find if anybody had explained this one!
Viva México!
And the Swedish "jack" is the Norway-Sweden union canton used during the Norway-Sweden union, and is unrelated.
4:18 that's a modified Three Guaranties flag, a historical Mexican flag. The main changes are just the anchor and the size of the stars.
For someone thaf calls himself a fan of flags, his lack of research is astounding
Ya I noticed that cause I just watched a history of Mexico video and they showed the original flag
4:19 Mexico's jack flag was based on a old mexican flag used in their war of independence, they just changed it up a bit
The Mexican Naval Jack was designed by General Itubirde/Emperor of Mexico and it's called the flag of the Three Guarantees. The flag is historical and can be trace back to September 1821.
I wish you had talked about the fact the flag everyone thinks is the flag of the Confederacy is actually their naval jack. It really is the most seen but unrecognized jack.
Not the naval flag but the battle flag.
@@Cnut_the_grape The battle flag was actually a square. The rectangular Naval Jack is what people mostly fly when they fly the "Confederate Flag"
@@TheRedKing247 Except that the Confederate naval jack had a lighter shade of blue.
The Mexican naval flag is actually based on the flag of the Trigarante Army, which fought for Mexico's independence
Mexico 1821-22; Italy 1794-96 . Ours a little bit older. greetings from Rome. ;-)
@@braschigiovanniangelo5559 why did you say this? Is it because you think the mexican flag was inspired by the Italian flag?
@@theincrediblehunk2668 No, i do not think this. Its' about the issue of the similarity between the two flags.
Yeah, they are similar but completely different historicaly and culturaly. But why are you pointing this dates exactly?
@@theincrediblehunk2668 Becouse I love flags and often I debate about their similarities and their history. If you have any question about the Italian flag I can answer (you can write in spanish, too).
Why are you constantly bobbing up and down?
And looking to the right. It was like he had to go the bathroom and trying to strike a pose.
It's called homosexuality
@@arvidalexatsinch1163 is he really gay ?
Silver Star
I'm HIV positive of that
Silver Star Yes he is, he said so in a video
The Jack of Italy is a blend of the merchant Republics:Venice (top left),Genoa (top right),Amalfi (bottom left) and Pisa. I once saw a version of it with the Savoia coat of arms in it (a cross like Genoa's but with the white in the cross and the red in the background and a blue rim to the shield) sported right where the other flags angles met,in the flag's centre. It maybe was the ensign of the Regia Marina when we were a kingdom and Savoias ruled,this explains why their CoA was in it (just like it was in the normal flag's white canton at the time)
Yeah I think that's because Italy uses different ensigns for their military and merchant navies.
@@michelangelobuonarroti4958 the only difference between the two is that the military one has on its top a turreted and rostrate crown (corona turrita e rostrata)
@@lothairthecommiemonarch8488 Yes, and the trade marines ensign has a lighter blue on the bottom left corner.
@@lothairthecommiemonarch8488 Don't forget Venice Lion: the military one has a sword, the merchant one has a book.
@@Gorthan there is also another one that was used for "Special Occasions" I think
I am Polish and i have never seen that flag before.
me too, but look Proporzec Marynarki Wojennej
Bruh
Yes because you would only see it if you live din coastal city. Btw I’m Cypriot and I had never seen the Cypriot Naval jack before I found it on the internet
Me too
I am British and have never seen a British ship so lol
I almost vomited at the new jack flag of USA. George Bush, what have you done? The first one was tight.
Yeah, I wish it was the actual Gadsden flag instead
I was waiting for JJ to say that he was kidding about that.
We had used that first jack since before the civil war, Gadsden flag would have been historical and cool but it feels like the government described the Gadsden flag to someone who’s never seen it, gave him some crayons and told him to add stripes
In what world does an extended snake look better than a coiled one…
No step on snek
2:36
Sweden's Flag isn't Sweden Flags
This Flag Actually Resembles the Swedish-Norwegian Union (Or something).
I guess they sort of Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V'd and called it
United Kingdom of Sweden and Norway, yeah
@@shep7544 you're right
IIRC Sweden and Norway were in a personal union at the time that jack was adopted so it checks out.
It’s the pre-1905 (end of union) jack. He just used the wrong flag. The post-1905 jack looks just like the regular flag with some bits taken out
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mark_of_Norway_and_Sweden?wprov=sfla1
The Russian Navy Ensign is much more popular and recognizable than the Naval Jack. It's commonly called the Andrew's flag and looks like an inverted Scottish flag.
AlexGlushkov oh I know what you’re talking about. It’s the flag that always pops up in Russian civil wars in hoi4
TurboDaStarBoi yep, the Russian Liberation Army aka Vlasov Army used it during resistance to the Stalin’s Bolshevism and collaboration with Hitler. But I don’t remember anyone in the White Army used Andreyevkiy flag during the civil war.
@@andreykarasev5090 Wrangel's Fleet used the ensign of the Imperial Russian Navy (Andreievsky flag) and it was basically the navy of the white movement in Russia during the civil war.
Rustycaddy of course they used the ensign of Imperial Navy. That’s what they were fighting for.
I'm from Texas, and when I was in high school my choir took a trip to Chorpus Christi to visit the now-permanently docked USS Lexington, which was used extensively during WWII. It has every rope and cable covered in naval flags for the tourists to take their pictures at. It's a very amazing destination!
Isn't it" Corpus" Christi "Body of Christ," said in communion in the old Latin Catholic Mass.
Hell yeah I spent the night on the Lexington when I was like 14. Pretty eerie
As someone from the U.S I really like our old jack flag, it looks really simplistic and elegant. The modified don’t tread on me flag ( I like the original) looks like something a twelve year old would design for a fictional country they made up on their deviant-art page
In 2019 the US Navy switched back to the basically Union Jack, instead of the don't tread on me Jack.
1:15 I love how you use the Uruguay flag for this
That Soviet Jack flag looks really cool.
Soviet union?
Its u again
@@adrian7856 He is not talking about Tsarist flag, and Eagle flag i did not see in video at all, its shoving Naval Jack Flags. And Soviet one is around 5:00...
@@DingDingTheRUclipsBuddy They weren't Albania. Also, their history is the history of sausages
@@DingDingTheRUclipsBuddy also the german flag in 1936 was quite cool.
That part about having a Soviet subamrine parked in the Canadian port just left me with so many questions
The mexican naval ensign was actually not made out of nothing! It is based on one of the first mexican flags during our independence war, the bandera trigarante (as we call it) and the three stars represent three guarantees that the army was supposed to bring to the mexican people during the independence war.
For the naval jack they just slapped a big anchor in the middle, but it's basically the same desgin
I visited the USS Massachusetts in Fall River, MA a few times. I remember asking an old WW2 veteran there what that the blue flag covered in stars on the front of the ship was. He gave me a similar, but shorter explanation that you gave. I just remember being so confused as a kid becuase it looks like someone just cut the stripes off an American flag and put it up on the ship.
AJAX777 I've been there about 5 times, it's amazing. Sleeping overnight on the battleship is one of my favorite movies from being a Boy Scout
0:01 Scott the woz? Lol
so interesting! more flag videos!!
The history of flags go way beyond your timeline. Flags have been in use since at least 1000BCE. Probably originally used in battle to identify individuals or 'clans', or to set rallying points for example.
The oldest National flags in the world are - Scotland(saltire) adopted after the battle of Athelstaneford in 832AD, Austria, inspired by the siege of Acre and adopted in 1230, Denmark, adopted in 1307(and is considered the oldest flag in continual use), Albania, who adopted the black two headed eagle from the Byzantine empire around 1443.
Somebody's been watching Scott the Woz
He's great!
Fucking knew it
Haha I thought that too.
Scott’s channel has blown up!
I'm really glad I'm not the only one who caught that reference.
*sees Alt Russia flag*
*thinks “novorus-“*
“Russia” -Video
I see your point: the Russian naval flag looks like that of a certain proposed pro-Russia confederation in Ukraine, which is fitting as the confederation's name literally means in English "New Russia". Weirdly enough, though, the flag of New Russia also looks like another naval flag: the flag of the Confederate States of America, another historical attempt at making a confederation, in this case in the Southern United States.
@@SoooooWhatt oh, so THAT is why US sanctions Russia... they're afraid of old nemesis...
Awesome video, mate.
Is no one gonna talk about how he did the Scott the Woz intro?
Great video J.J.! Growing up I always thought the Australian naval ensign looked pretty cool. It’s basically just the regular flag but with the colours inverted.
The flag you showed for Belgium is actually the naval ensign. The naval Jack is just a square version of the belgian flag.
HEY YALL SCOTT HERE
YALL ISNT CANON, ALL IS
ITS ALL! GET IT RIGHT
I was questioning whether this was a reference or coincidence
This answers my question
0:00 you’re not allowed to use that. That is trademark of Scott the Woz
“People in the navy like to have a lot of fun” hahahaha we know what you mean JJ!
Personal experience, JJ?
What is long, hard and full of seamen? I don't know, I was asking, please help me I want to know.
1:16 as an uruguayan, i was looking for that while you talked.... boy you saved me some googling
We will try to keep up mate (I am a Chilean dude )...love what you do!
La jack chilena sera homenaje a la bandera constitucionalista de la guerra civil de 1891?
"People in the navy like to have a lot of fun"
My gay 16yo brother who is in training for the Navy: 😏
3:15 That's the Gadsen Flag.
Also, nice gay joke at 4:40 ;)
Guess what? Just recently on June 4th, they changed the naval ensign back to the 50 star design (The one I like.) And also the old naval jack is not exactly like the Gadsen Flag. The Gadsen Flag has a different snake, the background is yellow, and the text is on the bottom
The Polish jack flag is raised on Sundays, holidays and when the ship is on foreign waters.
immediate Scott The Woz PTSD
I thought the intro be like "Hey ya'll, Scott here" 😂😂😂
Australia has a variation of their flag where the blue is white
Fun fact: The Australian Navy Ensign is the Australian flag squished into the corner of the English flag but the blue background is made white.
Also, Australia has an Aboriginal flag which is flown next to the national flag. (Unless it's an international event or somewhere like Queensland.)
Speaking about flags, what about "War Time" flags such as ones like the Philippines?
Kristian Kurt Pestano J. J should do a video about war flags 👍
Kristian Kurt Pestano and prussia
No one gives a shit about your stupid upside-down flag
jfvictoria 21 What about those two comments then? So, people do give a shit about it.
Noone gives a shit about your irish peninsular.
Well the Italian navy flag actually has a deeper meaning. During the renaissance when there were many independent nations in Italy, there were 4 maritime republics. These were Pisa, Genoa, Venice, and Amalfi. So when Italy united, it would make sense for them to pay respect to their history, and put these symbols on their flag. Still the navy flag is fitting, because these were maritime republics, and the navy fights in the sea.
I need more of J.J. saying "hey y'all"
it's hey all, and he's parodying a youtuber called scott the woz.
+josh soorden Oh. Dang it.
I'm just gonna keep assuming it was "hey y'all" because it's funnier :P
The thumbnail which of the usa have red and white stripes is ACTUALLY Indonesia (Majapahit)
"People in the Navy like to have a lot of fun." LOL Also, you're rockin' that Rocko's Modern life shirt!
These are the superhero flags of countries
Fun energy in this one! Loving these old videos. Your channel is a gold mine J.J.
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I have seen an Indian Navy Boat with Indian Naval Ensign over it, When I first saw that I was like..why they still hoist English flag, but looking carefully I found a small Indian Flag on its corner..
Seeing St.George's Cross on Indian Naval Ship is weird..LoL
India briefly changed their Ensign after independence but it caused confusion among maritime communications because of the watery colour of it. Rather than redesign, they reverted to their Royal Navy-styled ensign, presumably as a mark of respect to England and recognition of the Indian Navy's heritage.
send bob md vagene
The USA has since went back to the 50 star jack flag.
Really?
@@OneLostTexan I mean , I guess even the navy was "bruh" with that snake thing.
I just love the way he said "And these are the really _wild_ ones"
Why did I think I was watching a Scott the woz video at the start
The ScottTheWoz refence was unnecesary, I loved it. :D
The term jack, or jack-tar was also used to describe sailors in the royal navy. This might be why jack was also used for the flags
That English-Français sign hahahaha
There was only a handful of flags I didn’t recognize in this video which made me feel pretty good.
one of the best youtube channels hands down
So this is the video where he does the Scott the Woz!
3:51 aaaah a delicious Guinness just flipped and on a green background
Jessus the whole world of flags is literally just that Eddie Izzard sketch: "Well do you have a flag?!"
I get a like everytime JJ moves his head to left or right
the Confederate naval jack is by far the most recognizable jack flag since most people think it's the national flag
First national stars and bars I read was widely used as a naval jack.
George Busch makes an ugly ass flag for the Navy
Me: TiMe To MeLt SoMe StEel BeEmS!
I did 8 years in the US Navy before the union jack was changed, The "Don't Tread On Me"
jack was used _only- by the oldest ship in commission at the time, prior to the change.
Was that a reference to Scott the Woz???
Dubya changing the jack from a clever visual pun to something that looks like a second grader drew it is peak dubya.
I love your shirt.
It’s nice when youtubers recognize other youtubers I watch. Its just funny to me. “Hey all, JJ here” cracked me up
I'm Brazilian but I've never seen that blue flag with stars before
When J.J. said "ships have more sophisticated ways of communicating with each other.." I find it funny... strictly because it's the picture of an Air Traffic Control Center on an aircraft carrier.. and I work there lol. We've yet to talk to another ship... that'd be cool.
In Australia our Navy ships fly the National Flag at the front and the Naval White Ensign
i know its a bit late but the estonian and latvian naval jacks were made deliberately this way to thank and honor the british who helped us during our independence wars
Great Job JJ! B.T.W, The Jack flag of Russia looks like the East Ukarine separatist flag.
Maple Soldier that's what it is based on
Thank you Alex, the only reason I didn’t put that on my comment is I didn’t know if it was a fact or just some weird coincidence.
I thought that to, I was like what? Ukraine, your drunk, go home.
You mean Novorossiya flag? Nah, not really
Did JJ become Scott the Woz in the beginning?
I was wondering the same thing.
Never knew about them, but some look cheesy....
5:21 - Yeah, I also tend to forget that some countries are landlocked. I looked it up a little, and I couldn't find the jack flag of some landlocked countries I searched (Botswana, Switzerland, Afghanistan and Laos), but Mongolia apparently has one...
0:42 I thought you we’re Canadian
I'm Canadian and he speaks EXACTLY as we do so if he's not Canadian I think there's something fishy going on lol. No country in the world pronounces the word 'about' the way a Canadian does!
@Canuck_Gamer33 the Northern Brits say “about” like that sometimes.
ive never cared of been interested in flags yet i have been enraptured by your videos and have looked for and binged watched every video you've made about flags
that intro 😂😂
I didn’t know the mascot of the Jack in the Box fast food chain invented the jack flag.
i nver knew that i wanted to know about these secret 2nd flags but now i know and i want to know more
Was that a Scott the Woz reference at the beginning?
Don't tread on me?? How have I never heard of this! Hahaha is that actually legit? That's hilarious!
no step on snek
Fuck you I’m a Snake
Lol yes, it's an old colonial revolutionary battle motto.
I live in Trieste ! Quite often we see naval ships here. Also, the Italian “jack” flag for Italy signifies the 4 ancient naval states before Italian unification: Genoa, Venice, Amalfi and Pisa. Nice video !
My favorite is Italy second flag
No one is talking about the Scott the wiz intro
I need that shirt
leprechaunbredpennsylvanianwhoprobablylivesinphiladelphiaandinahighclasshouse *SO DO I!* (btw I also have irish blood cuz i'm irish-french canadian)
Logan Reddings
I’m Irish-Mexican-Norwegian-french-American
I live in Luzerne County on a farm, so...
NorseMexican Y U NO HAVE DNA RESULTS???!?!?!?!111??!?!?;!!
I really thought the shirt would get more comments.
Me living in Austria (landlocked): Yeah I definetely have seen a navy ship in a port in my country...
Same situation lol
"Brazil copied Usa"
No
Brazil tried to show the States from Brazil
And the brazil "jack" flag remenbers marine
Dude they still copied in a way what he said wasn’t literal
@@the8thgemmer467 ABSOLUTELY TRUE THAT
4:17 The jack of Mexico is based on the flag of The Army of Three Guarantees,those guarantees being Religion,Independence and Unity. This army played a large role in gaining Mexico's independence from Spain, and the 3 colors of the army's flag, green,white and red are used in Mexico's modern flag.
Am I just missing a joke or does an official U.S. flag say “Don’t tread on me?”
Yep. Don't know why tho...
It dates back to the Revolutionary War when American warned the British not to mess with them. The Gadsden Flag was common back then before the American Flag as we know it came. The First Navy Jack of America is a nod to the Gadsden Flag.
Ohhh! Thank you! I was genuinely
curious.
As someone who grew up in Australia, I used to see the Australian ensign flags a lot. There are two varieties, both of which are just recolours of the standard Australian flag - there's the Red Ensign used by the merchant navy, which replaces the dark blue sky with a red background; and the White Ensign used by the Royal Australian Navy, which simply swaps the white of the stars and the blue of the background. Until watching this video, I had no idea that other countries also had their own ensign flags (except for New Zealand, since its flag is near-identical to that of Australia anyway). So thank you for bringing this to my attention, kind sir! :)
I don't understand why George Bush change it, but I will never understand why he put a snake, I know it's probably for a historical reason, but... A snake ? Really ? Snakes don't remember water or navy, a shark Will be better 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Actually there are snakes that live in the ocean
It should be a shark, and instead of "Don't Tread on Me" it should be "TRY AND STOP US!"
That flag is the First Navy Jack, and it's been around a long time. It replaced the star jack for 1976 (the Bicentennial year), and then for years was always flown by the oldest ship in commission. What Bush (or, rather, the Secretary of the Navy) did in 2002 was to order it to temporarily replace the star jack for all ships during "the war on terror"...which, since there are always terrorists of some sort out there, makes it effectively permanent.
A shark _would_ be pretty badass... 🤔
That's it, I'm calling my congressman.
Yo Momz YES! Now I want to start calling my Congress person and ask for their support on things such as this.
The “don’t tread on me” jack is only flown on one ship per fleet. It’s always the oldest ship in the fleet as well. All the others have regular jacks. ⚓️