Why Countries Change Their Flags

bro gave us the whole history of South Africa in a flag video

a part 2 of this vid would be really cool. i’m sure there are a bunch more countries that also have a history of changing their flags!

Liechtenstein added a crown to its flag's canton in 1937 after discovering at the previous year's Olympics that its flag, which consisted of two horizontal red and blue bands, was identical to the civil flag of Haiti.

Why are all the apartheid photos black and white? Most of them are from the 1970s-90s, color cameras were in no way rare back then

It's always a good day when WonderWhy uploads

Japan has technically changed its flag recently, even if the rising sun design is only a naval ensign. The shade of red on the hinomaru was ever so slightly changed in the late 90s I believe.

Small nitpick: Hawaii became a state in August 1959. But a new star doesn't get officially added to the flag until the following July 4 -- thus its star wasn't added until 1960. (Alaska had already gotten its star in 1959, since it became a state back in January, well before July 4.) Otherwise, nicely done! Always great to see a new video from you!

Some recent flag changes not mentioned in the video. Rwanda 🇷🇼 changed its flag in 2001 due to the old flag being associated with the genocide in 1994 Libya 🇱🇾 changed from a plain green flag in 2011 after the assassination of Colonel Gaddafi Mauritania 🇲🇷 added two red stripes to their flag in 2017 (although this one is mentioned in his flag video)

In SA we were taught that each colour had several meanings. Red represents the country's bloody past while blue represents its hope for a better future. Black & white represent the nation's people. Green and gold represent the land as well as its mineral wealth. Collectively, all colours symbolise the country's rich diversity hence its moniker "The rainbow nation".

Ahh, finally, another Wonderwhy video. Been watching this channel from the beginning. Never stop making your content

Your channel is so good that I dropped what I was doing to watch lol

This was fantastic! I would love to see a part two

One of the few channels i actually stop what im doing to watch. Great video btw.

It's a very very very cool and insightful video. Looking forward your next video man

I really like how you gave the full context to all the examples of flag changes in the video! And now, my contribution to the excellent collection of flag trivia in this comments section: Afghanistan changed its flag last year after the Taliban takeover but what you might not know is that Afghanistan is not the most recent country to change its flag. That would be Honduras, whose new president changed the shade of blue on its flag from dark blue to light blue, earlier this year. Other notable recent flag changes: Mauritania added two red bars to its flag in 2017; Libya changed its all-green flag back to its pre-1969 flag after the fall of Gaddafi in 2011; and Myanmar adopted a new flag marking the end of the military junta in 2010. Venezuela added an eighth star to its flag in 2006, a decision that is still controversial given the added star's symbolism which inflamed tensions with neighboring Guyana. After the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Russia's flag briefly used a much lighter shade of blue than is seen today, as well as an aspect ratio of 1:2 rather than 2:3. The current flag was adopted in 1993. Liechtenstein added a crown to its flag's canton in 1937 after discovering at the previous year's Olympics that its flag, a red and blue horizontal bicolor, was identical to the civil flag of Haiti. Haiti's official flag already had the coat of arms in the center.

Always a good day whenever WonderWhy uploads. These videos are always amazing

I'm longing for your uploads. Glad to see you back again.

You’re back!

It would be criminal to not make many more parts of this and talk about more countries. I would watch them all! Great stuff!

this man is teaching me ideas that i'd never even think of beforehand