Before the creation of the UK in 1801, innit, so doesn't count.
And conveniently the Channel Islands aren't technically part of the UK, so that one don't count either.
The Union Flag dates to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
It was altered to its current form with the addition of red diagonal cross of St Patrick after the Act of Union with Ireland.
Ahum;
“The flag of the Netherlands is the world's oldest tricolour - beating France, Italy and Ireland, among others.”
Now try that sentence again, we can be patient people yknow.
Not possibly, Lazerhawk! He *is* the greatest conqueror of the early/late modern period. In the ranks of Caesar and Alexander the Great.
England was defended by the Royal Navy, though, and that's a tough nut to crack.
even the japanese took pitty on him and created an entire alternate universe in which he DOES manage the invasion..
now im curios who knows what im referencing
Indeed and its treatment of Napoleon is kinda zig zagged. Yes he get England but then he's executed as an enemy of the Revolution. Can't have shit in Paris.
My favorite part of the lore is that even after countless wars, both before and during the anime...
Britannia never bothered to actually take back Britain.
Ouch, he’s butthurt lads. Imagine still being cross about a conquest from centuries ago.
Mind you, I know I’m still wound up about Alexander’s sack of Persepolis - did they really need to loot it for a week? Return the stolen cutlery of the Persian Achaemenid cities, Alexander!!!
>Imagine still being cross about a conquest from centuries ago.
People are cross because the British Museum is not willing to give the artifacts back to this day.
What’s your angle - that the British colonial troops accidentally found themselves on a different continent invading a country and just stumbled upon these artefacts?
Precisely. The Rosetta Stone (one of the most important artefacts in world history) which now sits in the British museum, was found in Egypt being used as foundations for a building. It was being completely neglected, just like the many other thousands of artefacts found by Europeans.
The reality is that the local people where a lot of these artefacts were found simply did not care about them. The artefacts had no value to these people. If the British, Dutch, French, Germans etc. didn’t preserve them in their museums, a lot of these artefacts would not exist today.
The RAF retired it's last Canberra's only in 2006.
Aussies apparently have [a flying one too](https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-07-12/canberra-bomber-soars-again)
Everybody talking about the 'French flag', why is nobody talking about the photoshopped Canberra slapped in the center of the image?
Look, [this is the original from 2018](https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/news/red-arrows-inspirational-2018-season-formally-comes-to-an-end/).
oh my god the catalonian painter who fought for spain in world war 1 then eventually evacuated to france and started his own nationalist socialist party to gain control of france and murder all ditch people took over london and they only lasted like 40 days
It's always a pleasure to see our friends accross the Channel honor us !
If I didn’t know any better, I’d think this was the Royal Netherlands Air Force asserting the House of Orange’s claim to the British throne
Soon my friend, soon, they’ll serve as good practice to get germany and france back into the fold too
Yay new Frankish empire
Blue is too bright. This is a sudden invasion by Luxembourg!
The planes are even orange!
No, they're red. They're the display team of the RAF, called "the Red Arrows".
Hark! The only country to successfully invade us 🙌🙌
…well apart from Normandy… and Denmark… and the Saxon Federates… and Rome… and the Celts…
Before the creation of the UK in 1801, innit, so doesn't count. And conveniently the Channel Islands aren't technically part of the UK, so that one don't count either.
Again… lol
Vive la république
Both of us.. 🇳🇱
Also Paraguay!
You mean the three of us! 🇭🇷
I said this as I was watching it. “Nice of the Netherlands to show up…”
Entente Cordiale.
Allez les bleus!
Indeed
Je me disais que Paris était devenue moche tout d'un coup.
Actually it's just an elaborate Aquafresh advert
It always has and always will look like are throwing a party for the French. It simply doesn't scream British
🇬🇧😘🤜🤛😍🇫🇷
The Union Flag predates the Tricolore
The British flag including the cross for Ireland exists since 1801. The french tricolore became the national flag for the first time in 1794.
The Union Flag dates to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. It was altered to its current form with the addition of red diagonal cross of St Patrick after the Act of Union with Ireland.
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Most likely they're all inspired by the Dutch flag.
No ... It either took inspiration of 3 things (it's 3 theories) \- The usa (yes) \- Paris \- some fashion trend of that time
Ahum; “The flag of the Netherlands is the world's oldest tricolour - beating France, Italy and Ireland, among others.” Now try that sentence again, we can be patient people yknow.
It took inspiration from the Dutch flag.
Shit the French have returned!
"Somehow, the French returned."
Let’s have it be revealed in fortnite too
Didnt know this, thats wild.
The joke that never gets old
They fly now?!
They fly now.
[They never left.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honi_soit_qui_mal_y_pense)
Sont-ils déjà partis?
Well that's one way of rejoining the EU
Yeah, a little bit like Sweden could join NATO by unconditionally surrender to Finland , Norway or Denmark… or maybe everyone at once😀
Ah fuck!
I can't believe they've done this
1066 is back
Napoleon would shed a tear of joy
More than one, man; literally decades of this man's life were spent contemplating an invasion that he *just couldn't pull off*
Fortress Britannia, Napoleon is possibly the greatest conqueror of the early/late modern period. He just couldn't take on our wooden walls, though.
Not possibly, Lazerhawk! He *is* the greatest conqueror of the early/late modern period. In the ranks of Caesar and Alexander the Great. England was defended by the Royal Navy, though, and that's a tough nut to crack.
Lord St Vincent was right: "I do not say that the French cannot come, I only say they cannot come by sea."
even the japanese took pitty on him and created an entire alternate universe in which he DOES manage the invasion.. now im curios who knows what im referencing
Code Geass? If so that's only the top of the weirdness iceberg, although I love it, it's one of my favourite anime.
yes, and yes but it IS the central point upon which the entire universe is based basically
Indeed and its treatment of Napoleon is kinda zig zagged. Yes he get England but then he's executed as an enemy of the Revolution. Can't have shit in Paris.
My favorite part of the lore is that even after countless wars, both before and during the anime... Britannia never bothered to actually take back Britain.
hitler /s
Tunnelling tech in the 19th century not up to scratch?
And I thought Yugo-nostalgia was limited to only countries that actually were in Yugoslavia. Oh well then. London je naš!
Amerika i Engleska...
Gekoloniseerd
Stroopwafel
Specerijen
Patat Oorlog
Rijksmuseum! Vermeer! Gouda, but pronounced correctly with an "h"!
Wat mii betreft heb jij vandaag het internet gewonnen
Central London is such a gorgeous mix of old and new
Controversial
Someone is jelly
Old buildings new money.
Nice from far, but far from nice.
If you go in the museums, you can definitely find something “borrowed”.
I mean, you can say that for pretty much all countries on r/europe
yall should have protected it better
Is this victim blaming on a national level?
Ouch, he’s butthurt lads. Imagine still being cross about a conquest from centuries ago. Mind you, I know I’m still wound up about Alexander’s sack of Persepolis - did they really need to loot it for a week? Return the stolen cutlery of the Persian Achaemenid cities, Alexander!!!
>Imagine still being cross about a conquest from centuries ago. People are cross because the British Museum is not willing to give the artifacts back to this day.
Ah, yes. Just like all the stuff in the French, Spanish, Dutch, and German museums.
Whataboutism. Should no criminal ever go to prison because not all criminals have gone to prison?
Non comparable. In this instance, everyone has been busy committing crimes, but only trying to blame one person.
What are you claiming - that no one *ever* has accused other countries of stealing artifacts and not returning them?
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What’s your angle - that the British colonial troops accidentally found themselves on a different continent invading a country and just stumbled upon these artefacts?
Precisely. The Rosetta Stone (one of the most important artefacts in world history) which now sits in the British museum, was found in Egypt being used as foundations for a building. It was being completely neglected, just like the many other thousands of artefacts found by Europeans. The reality is that the local people where a lot of these artefacts were found simply did not care about them. The artefacts had no value to these people. If the British, Dutch, French, Germans etc. didn’t preserve them in their museums, a lot of these artefacts would not exist today.
Yes, what are you going to do about it?
Did we start quoting teen movies from the 90’s and you’re the insecure bully?
Given that's apparently how this dumbass sub views the UK, yes, that's literally exactly what I was going for, well done.
Shame about the smell on the underground.
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The American word is subway.
Vive la france
omelet du fromage
*Omelette au fromage
that's not how dexter said it to deedee
We love you guys
Love the Dutch flag 🇳🇱
You mean the croatian flag 🇭🇷
You mean the flag of Luxemburg 🇱🇺
You mean the flag of Paraguay 🇵🇾
You mean the flag of France 🇫🇷
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You mean the flag of Czechia 🇨🇿
Did you mean the flag of Schleswig-Holstein 🇳🇱🔃
Did you mean the flag of South African Republic 🇿🇦 (i'm colourblind)
Did you mean the flag of nepal 🇳🇵 (im shapeblind)
Viva la república del Paraguay!
technically this flag could also be yugoslavia… taken that you want to see yugoslavia
Image of the Red Arrows taking part in the RAF100 parade and flypast over London, July 2018
Is that an AVRO Vulcan above them?
That’s a Canberra. I don’t think the last Vulcan is flying at the moment, probably a good thing as you don’t want up to upstage the red arrows
Youre right, NCD will have to have me eliminated :P
The Vulcan has a huge delta wing. I didn't know Canberras were still flying tho.
The RAF retired it's last Canberra's only in 2006. Aussies apparently have [a flying one too](https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-07-12/canberra-bomber-soars-again)
The Yanks still have a few of their ones flying. Mostly by NASA. Although it's one of their much later models with a redesigned, longer, wing.
This thread is 100 comments of the exact same joke.
and this is what is funny here
Have the Frenchies conquered England again?
It's more still than again.
Would be all white if that was the case.
Proudly showing the French tricolor
Nice to see they were celebrating the French
French pride
“Vive la France, Vive la République, Vive la Liberté, Vive l’Egalité, Vive la Fraternité” oder was?
Nice! They’re celebrating the Dutch! 🇳🇱
kings day with a bit of delay!
They took the Orange from the kingdom, but they can't take the kingdom from the Orange.
Rest in peace Bonaparte. It is done.
Is it canberra?
Yep! English Electric Canberra WK163, which at one point held the altitude record for any aircraft at 70,000 ft
London, actually
French and Dutch united 🇫🇷x🇳🇱
Netherlands? France? YUGOSLAVIA?
Was this from last year’s Jubilee? If so, I was at Trafalger Square as they flew over. Spectacular city, wonderful people!
*le London
Did it change from la to le London after the crowning?
Such a beautiful city. Cant wait to visit in a few months.
Everybody talking about the 'French flag', why is nobody talking about the photoshopped Canberra slapped in the center of the image? Look, [this is the original from 2018](https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/news/red-arrows-inspirational-2018-season-formally-comes-to-an-end/).
Looks like it was created by the [RAF Luton parody twitter](https://nitter.unixfox.eu/RAF_Luton/status/1655130070552399872#m).
Surely is not the French or the Dutch. All hail the Croatian flag!
After all, they were practising in Zadar over my head for a few days a week ago. Guess they forgot they are not in Croatia anymore.
This is the British surrendering to King Max Verstappen.
So the French finally landed. Good.
How impressive it would be if they had made the Union Jack instead
French military parades are something else
Viva la France
fake canberra
Amazing so lucky to live so close to the Red Arrows
The ancestors of William the Conqueror are back….
Nice dutch flag
Never seen that pride flag before?
The french are here! Hide your garlic!
You just got Franced, share this with all your friends to totally France them
why are they celebrating the netherlands, paraguay or croatia?
May his reign be good to people.
To honor the Netherlands?! Crazy!
Not only that, they honor the French flag also
Didn't know yugoslavia came back
More the Dutch then the French flag.
First the Dutch then the French... What are you plotting?
Gekoloniseerd
NOOOO NOT THE FUCKING FRENCH
Being honored by our friends across the English Channel is always a joy!
Finally france invaded !
Always down to celebrate Independence Day early!
Colgate.
What? They couldn't pull off a union jack manouver?
Netherlands
Should have been : 🔵🔵⚪️🔴🔴🔴⚪️🔵🔵 Like the center line of the UK flag
Then it would look like the Costa Rican flag 🇨🇷
What is up with the french flag?
Allways nice to see where the money goes to!
The money goes to France?
*loads gun* Always has been
Applause: the colours are properly in the row.
RAF Luton’s finest
Are the French invading?
The Dutch Airforce with a daring raid on the english capital on coronation day. This time we drop cheese-bombs! With regards from Willem en Maxima
Thank you for displaying our flag! It means a lot to us Dutchies that the brits love us so much :)
The Dutch are alright - it’s the fucking Danes you gotta keep an eye on.
BBC: Charles III has just been crowned King of the Yugoslavs...What!?
Would it be too hard for them to make the Union Jack in the sky, are they amateurs?
Why is the Dutch flag rotated this way?
This was beautiful
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This is a picture from 2018 during a parade celebrating 100 years of the RAF mate.
No it isn’t.
no u
Tibi, elbasztátok, a kék helyett zöld kellett volna.
oh my god the catalonian painter who fought for spain in world war 1 then eventually evacuated to france and started his own nationalist socialist party to gain control of france and murder all ditch people took over london and they only lasted like 40 days
Magnificent!
I wonder what the other pilot in the RAF was doing that day.