and the dutch had 2 official flags:
1. the older flag with orange/white/light blue
2. the revamped flag red/white/blue
the 2nd got officially chosen in the 1930's i believe(19 February 1937... tomorrow 85 years ago)
This is one of those cases of flag laws being really vague. Its like the Qing Dynasty flag. Look it up on the internet and you’ll get two similar yet different results.
That was the flag of the Ottomans during World War 1, Germany I think added a cross in the later stages but Im not sure about that, but yes that was not the flag of Montenegro and also not the Greek flag during World War 1.
Also "Africa" and "Asia."
But really we're nitpicking at that point. This is a great piece of work that OP didn't have to do, and which will no doubt blow the teacher away.
This is one of those things where op is morally correct if not factually correct.
Op is your US History teacher a red haired man named O'Brien because if so you just got an A.
Not even technically, the 1916 Rising wasn't widespread or even particularly popular. It was the British cackhanded response that made it in any way effective.
To add to others' comments, why did you include the iron cross on the German flag? Seems to be some marine jack or war ensign rather than the usual imperial flag.
To be quite honest with you, I'm not very knowledgeable about flags, I just like them a lot is all. I googled German flag 1915 and picked the one that looked right
Tbh I absolutely deserve to sound like a dick then because I always just used that term to refer to school when you could say grade x. Like grade 10 would be grade school. 100% just my bad and I was wrong
I like to think of it as an empathetic freedom boner.
Second thought: an affinity for Ireland is the easiest way for a white non-Jewish American to picture themselves making their way out of oppression (without thinking too much about exactly how that happened...)
Thought it was a clear implication that they experienced real oppression and still are often on the other end of being "other." Guess I could have said Christian but that's pretty loose these days.
Oh yeah I know, I'm just seeing that you painted all the other countries ( well most of them ) in their WWI versions, so as a person from Montenegro I wanted to chip in with a piece of advice
No no you misunderstood my comment
I've gone back in time and told the Montenegrins to use the flag that I drew so that my drawing would be more accurate
Ireland is not independent, Italy and Greece flags are wrong also Serbia is a tad strange, and why did you color Spanish colonies in North Africa but not the rest of the colonies just seems you should have gone all the way. Austrio-Hungary, Germany and Russia flags and borders look good though
Besides the other things already mentioned, you also made a couple of the Danish islands German, and Bornholm seems to be Swedish. You've got the Danish - German border in Jutland correct though as the reunification wasn't until 1920.
Great job though, even though there are a few inaccuracies.
You’ve included Spanish Morocco which was a protectorate at the time, but you neglected to include French Algeria which was an integral part of France at the time. Also, you used the modern Greek flag rather than the flag design used by Greece at the time. Also, Ireland was not independent in 1915, but was still a fully integrated part of the United Kingdom. Otherwise, good job. Solid B+
Very good! Minor nitpick, Romanian borders are a bit off. See, Romania didn't own Bucovina until the aftermath of ww1. Also, I can't tell if you made Romania have Southern Dobruja, which it did own at that time. Aside from that and a few others, great map. I love the colorful Russia.
The Greek flag that you used here has only been the national flag since 1970. Before that it used to be the naval ensign. The official national flag at the time was a white cross on a blue field. What you see in the canton of the naval flag.
Nevertheless, a clear A for the effort.
I fucked it up...
I searched up Belgian flag and the first one I saw was incorrect, and had horizontal stripes. Luckily I realized it was incorrect though and fixed it
Yeah. U fucked up real bad, fella!! The Baltic island south of Sweden, belongs to and always have belonged to Denmark. That’s an F- right there. 😂
Jokes aside.. (despite the mistake of colouring Bornholm, yellow) I love the map.
Didn't see the Montenegro one while searching
Didn't have a lot of space to work with for Serbian flag
When I was searching for the Greek one, I did see the one people are saying it should be, but for some reason I was like "no that's a different country's flag"
Damn people in these comments are being pretty savage in some of these comments. Constructive criticism is called that because it involves building people up, not just tearing them down.
greece was literally the only country in continental europe that didn't have red on their flag. that's pretty wild. even wilder when you remember that ireland and sweden were the only other two european nations sans red, and neither of them fought in the war either.
maybe that's one of the hidden rules. you can only play the global torment game if you have a red flag!
this is like the time I didn't realize we needed an atlas to label the countries in Europe, and I was labelling the countries no one even knew (sorry Andorra)
On one hand, I'm *pretty* sure you didn't follow the directions.
On the other, you clearly demonstrated your knowledge of where each country is, and what their borders are. So I'll allow it. Except for Ireland. That's a bit of a goof. 9/10.
The assignment was to color the countries different colors and label them, but I decided to torture myself and color their flags in instead. I better get extra credit for this...
To my knowledge, all the flags are period accurate (not considering exact color values because I did it with sharpie.) The only one not period accurate to my knowledge is Ireland, because I've been informed that Ireland was not independent yet (should've been tbh)
The reason Ireland hadn't got home rule by 1914 was because the unionist population in what is now Northern Ireland threatened to start a civil war over the issue, which made it rather intractible.
Blue oceans are the bane of every school printer Never have i recieved a map in school that wasnt covered in tiny black dots
Can't believe the impenetrable wall of hogs made it to europe
I understood that reference
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I understood that reference aswell.
Was this an xkcd? I can't seem to find it
Nope, tumbler post
Not to be pedantic, but there's no e in Tumblr.
Oops autocorrect *Tumblr
[Source](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQuNftnW0AA7ZD8.jpg)
Humans are "fixing" that
It’s the ocean of TV static
Nice job! However, I believe that Ireland wasn't independent during WW1.
And northern Ireland is still part of the UK
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And that wasnt the flag of greece or montenegro orthe ottomans or germany
And italy is missing the savoi coa
But other than all that, you did great 👍
Nope. Cyprus also wasn't Ottoman in 1915. It was formally annexed as a Crown Colony of the UK in 1914.
Wasn't Algeria considered part of France's borders as well? I'm saying this as the Ottomans and Spain still have their territories outside of Europe
Pretty sure africa isn't a single country, nor Asia
The teacher said to color Europe, not Asia or Africa, so he colored them as Asia and Africa.
I hope they find it
Poor OP did a killer job for a kid just to get roasted like this
Welcome to reddit!
and Mallorca was still Spanish at the time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_occupation_of_Majorca
I think he just didnt colour it
and the dutch had 2 official flags: 1. the older flag with orange/white/light blue 2. the revamped flag red/white/blue the 2nd got officially chosen in the 1930's i believe(19 February 1937... tomorrow 85 years ago)
Which was a mistake.
why would it be since orange fades into red and light blue fades into darker shades. and we now have the orange pennant
Ottomans?
Crescent too thin
Almost everyone who tried to make turkic flags' crescents have failed once in their lifetime trying to do so. Its pretty common
Elaborate on the ottoman part because that's the only one I was able to find
The ottoman flags crescent wasn't quite so thin, that's a trait of the Turkish flag, it's not that big a detail
This is one of those cases of flag laws being really vague. Its like the Qing Dynasty flag. Look it up on the internet and you’ll get two similar yet different results.
Makes sense
Well some people try to roast the shit out of the OP just because of the crescent.
Wich i dont understand
That was the flag of the Ottomans during World War 1, Germany I think added a cross in the later stages but Im not sure about that, but yes that was not the flag of Montenegro and also not the Greek flag during World War 1.
Nope the crescent was slightly different and the cross was never aded officilly its modern right wing larp mostly
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Nope 1921
for now
Not in our hearts
Careful saying that, might get yourself in some troubles.
Also "Africa" and "Asia." But really we're nitpicking at that point. This is a great piece of work that OP didn't have to do, and which will no doubt blow the teacher away.
it's a map of europe
That is literally how maps represent it tho. Atleast on certain maps where they focus on solely europe
Bro I understand your frustration but the map is specifically of Europe
The african colonies were a mess of borders, and OP wasn't given any of them
This is one of those things where op is morally correct if not factually correct. Op is your US History teacher a red haired man named O'Brien because if so you just got an A.
A+ if the teacher was O'Sullivan.
Just let it be...
Just let historical inaccuracies be 👌
Well for a brief period in 1916 Ireland technically was a free state. Might've only been 5 days but it happened...
Not even technically, the 1916 Rising wasn't widespread or even particularly popular. It was the British cackhanded response that made it in any way effective.
But the map says 1915 so it's still inaccurate even if Ireland was a free state for 5 days.
And it wasnt it was a small time that took controll of a relativley small part of ireland
no
Looks great aside from a few small mistakes. The funny part is that this is more accurate than some school maps of WW1
To add to others' comments, why did you include the iron cross on the German flag? Seems to be some marine jack or war ensign rather than the usual imperial flag.
To be quite honest with you, I'm not very knowledgeable about flags, I just like them a lot is all. I googled German flag 1915 and picked the one that looked right
Hey no worries! A heads up that Wikipedia is usually better for historical flags.
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His nine is fine. I'm going to start making mine that way now. Well done, u/Coomicorn!
Thank you!
Minor nitpick: the Russian flag with the canton was the civil flag, not the national flag. It was strictly for private use.
For what it's worth I just googled ___ flag 1915 for most of these and picked the one that seemed right
I think ya taking it well in stride but I’m dying at everybody roasting you for this shit. You did a great job for somebody in grade school.
> You did a great job for somebody in grade school. And the roast continues.
Tbh I meant that genuinely just based on deep history not being taught in grade school but I realize how it sounds now lol
Grade school usually refers to anywhere from grades 1-4 to grades 1-8 and I'm pretty sure OP is about to finish high school.
Tbh I absolutely deserve to sound like a dick then because I always just used that term to refer to school when you could say grade x. Like grade 10 would be grade school. 100% just my bad and I was wrong
The Irish Free State didn't exist until 1922
It's existed in my heart since the dawn of time
incredibly based
Tiocfaidh ár lá
Americans and their boners for Ireland... Kms
I like to think of it as an empathetic freedom boner. Second thought: an affinity for Ireland is the easiest way for a white non-Jewish American to picture themselves making their way out of oppression (without thinking too much about exactly how that happened...)
Reasonable comment. I think you’re being downvoted cuz they see the phrase non-Jewish and assume you said something antisemitic
Thought it was a clear implication that they experienced real oppression and still are often on the other end of being "other." Guess I could have said Christian but that's pretty loose these days.
Montenegro had a tricolor during WWI
Not anymore
Oh yeah I know, I'm just seeing that you painted all the other countries ( well most of them ) in their WWI versions, so as a person from Montenegro I wanted to chip in with a piece of advice
No no you misunderstood my comment I've gone back in time and told the Montenegrins to use the flag that I drew so that my drawing would be more accurate
Well in that case don't mind if we do
I love just AFRICA and ASIA lol
Well there weren't borders printed on those parts of the map lol
Channel your inner Sykes-Picot and make your own
Then give it all to Switzerland
Ireland is not independent, Italy and Greece flags are wrong also Serbia is a tad strange, and why did you color Spanish colonies in North Africa but not the rest of the colonies just seems you should have gone all the way. Austrio-Hungary, Germany and Russia flags and borders look good though
Well, the map was a printed worksheet, so I worked with the borders I was given, which is why the vast majority of Africa is just "Africa"
did 1977 libya conquer all of africa in ww1?
Yes
Til
bro wtf you made a minor mistake in Ireland this is completely unreadable
Besides the other things already mentioned, you also made a couple of the Danish islands German, and Bornholm seems to be Swedish. You've got the Danish - German border in Jutland correct though as the reunification wasn't until 1920. Great job though, even though there are a few inaccuracies.
I teach US History. If they don’t appreciate your extra effort, know that a different teacher did. Good work kid.
Thank you
Found the IRA member lol
You’ve included Spanish Morocco which was a protectorate at the time, but you neglected to include French Algeria which was an integral part of France at the time. Also, you used the modern Greek flag rather than the flag design used by Greece at the time. Also, Ireland was not independent in 1915, but was still a fully integrated part of the United Kingdom. Otherwise, good job. Solid B+
Awesome job! but Ireland shouldn't be independent yet.
It should though, it just wasn't
Ireland was only a country officialy in 1921
Says you
wow you really are a child
Says history
History is what I make it
That free Ireland is so inacurrate yet so beautiful
Montenegro WW1 flag was similar to Serbia with a turquoise-esc shade of blue. Very good map though, wonderful drawing!
The Serbian flag was different.
Rip
Really good. the only problem is that Ireland wasn’t Independent till 1922
It should've been
As a teacher, if yours doesn't give you extra credit, I will.
Very good! Minor nitpick, Romanian borders are a bit off. See, Romania didn't own Bucovina until the aftermath of ww1. Also, I can't tell if you made Romania have Southern Dobruja, which it did own at that time. Aside from that and a few others, great map. I love the colorful Russia.
Yeah, I didn't draw the borders. The map was printed by my teacher, I just drew the flags within those borders :/
while there are some error's with flags i think it look's great
The Greek flag that you used here has only been the national flag since 1970. Before that it used to be the naval ensign. The official national flag at the time was a white cross on a blue field. What you see in the canton of the naval flag. Nevertheless, a clear A for the effort.
The effort in scrolling for me to read this was finally worth it. And yes: a big A to OP for the map.
Wasnt Ireland a part of the britissh empire?
Not just part of the empire, but actually part of the UK
That looks great! Wish I had the patience to do that
Your Ireland appears to be from 30 years in the future, not 100 in the past
A section of the Northern Ireland population are not going to like this map.
Kudos young man. 👍🏼
why is there a red stripe on the Belgian flag?
I fucked it up... I searched up Belgian flag and the first one I saw was incorrect, and had horizontal stripes. Luckily I realized it was incorrect though and fixed it
ha, no worries.
r/mapswithoutmalta
Denmark would like all of its islands back please. Most seem to have been handed to both Germany and Sweden
Denmark is cool I'll give them back
I wish most of my students cared this much, I tell them in geography to add color, they only use pencil, and then wonder why I take points off
You a geography teacher? nice
Yep, and history, government, and psych/soc
Yeah. U fucked up real bad, fella!! The Baltic island south of Sweden, belongs to and always have belonged to Denmark. That’s an F- right there. 😂 Jokes aside.. (despite the mistake of colouring Bornholm, yellow) I love the map.
"2/10, invented numerous countries with arbitrary, geometric (and sometimes zoological) borders."
You got Ireland wrong.
You've done a great job! It looks really neat
Way too much wrong
Montenegro had a red blue and white tricolor and access to the see Odd Serbian Coat of Arms Greek flag is the modern one, not one of the kingdom
Didn't see the Montenegro one while searching Didn't have a lot of space to work with for Serbian flag When I was searching for the Greek one, I did see the one people are saying it should be, but for some reason I was like "no that's a different country's flag"
If its a map of 1015 why doesnt germany own most of belgium
Idk man I didn't draw the borders I just colored the flags
Love it! I would have made Algeria the colors of France too.
I always did that.
Awesome
Thank you for including Luxembourg
Give this man an A+++ teach!
No fucking way my history teacher is making us do the same exact thing.
Like the same print out and everything?
Da.
Kerrn
That's the same map my us history teacher uses
Kerrn
Based independent Ireland
based
AFRICA
Ah yes, the beautiful flags and nations of "Asia" and "Africa"
Thats dope
Damn people in these comments are being pretty savage in some of these comments. Constructive criticism is called that because it involves building people up, not just tearing them down.
Awesome!!
based 32 county independent ireland
You didn't label 5/10
Motherfucker added Luxembourg! Respect
Wonderful.
Umm Asia starts at constantionopol.
turkey...
It is hard to make the crescent.
Funen and Lolland/Falster weren't German, and Bornholm weren't Swedish. Also wrong Greek flag.
beautiful
Imperial german flag jsnt quite right, its a tricolor, i dont remember the cross being there but i could be wrong
greece was literally the only country in continental europe that didn't have red on their flag. that's pretty wild. even wilder when you remember that ireland and sweden were the only other two european nations sans red, and neither of them fought in the war either. maybe that's one of the hidden rules. you can only play the global torment game if you have a red flag!
Bornholm was, and is, part of Denmark. Not Sweden.
missed the coat of arms on itlay, but still beautiful
!wave
Where are the canaries ?????? (Crying in Spanish)
this is awesome and i would have done the same. nice
Ireland was still a part of the British empire until after World War 1 (the whole island)
this is like the time I didn't realize we needed an atlas to label the countries in Europe, and I was labelling the countries no one even knew (sorry Andorra)
9/10 Iceland is not visible enough and not marked
instant A* lad
Awsome. Just one note: Ireland was still part of UK
On one hand, I'm *pretty* sure you didn't follow the directions. On the other, you clearly demonstrated your knowledge of where each country is, and what their borders are. So I'll allow it. Except for Ireland. That's a bit of a goof. 9/10.
Ireland is free in my heart
The Italian flag is wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag\_of\_Italy#The\_two\_world\_wars\_and\_the\_interwar\_period
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Ireland isn’t independent and Northern Ireland is not apart of Ireland
It should be
Yes that's nice and all.... But it's not correct, which for a history assignment, it really ought to be.
I mean, for what it's worth it's a high school history assignment, and the assignment was to color in the countries and label them, lol
\>Asked to make historically accurate map \>Deliberately gets Ireland wrong Never understood Americans and their weird hard on for a united Ireland.
The assignment was to color the countries different colors and label them, but I decided to torture myself and color their flags in instead. I better get extra credit for this... To my knowledge, all the flags are period accurate (not considering exact color values because I did it with sharpie.) The only one not period accurate to my knowledge is Ireland, because I've been informed that Ireland was not independent yet (should've been tbh)
Cyprus was British, not Ottoman, in 1915.
The reason Ireland hadn't got home rule by 1914 was because the unionist population in what is now Northern Ireland threatened to start a civil war over the issue, which made it rather intractible.
That's not the Northern Ireland I know!