this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2024
819 points (98.6% liked)
memes
10570 readers
3042 users here now
Community rules
1. Be civil
No trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour
2. No politics
This is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]
3. No recent reposts
Check for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month
4. No bots
No bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins
5. No Spam/Ads
No advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.
Sister communities
- [email protected] : Star Trek memes, chat and shitposts
- [email protected] : Lemmy Shitposts, anything and everything goes.
- [email protected] : Linux themed memes
- [email protected] : for those who love comic stories.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
You kid, but there was a real battle flag of France, the Oriflamme and from 1643 the flag of France was really white, albeit with fleurs de lis all over it.
Furthermore the French army, historically got far more wins than capitulations. The meme of surrendering being based on the second world war.