Flag Thread IV
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Flag of a neo-Confederate group in the 1930s. They viewed the Great Depression as a reason to secede from a corrupt and useless government. They would begin to prepare attempts to coup Southern state governments. However the attack on Pearl Harbor would lead to the groups rhetoric to no longer appeal and thus their membership would slowly decline and disappear
Dorozhand
Banned
I still like 2. I prefer the yellow suns, which look fine on both red and blue. I also like the boldness of the huge pentagonal charge of blue in the center.
I also like the one flag with the 9 stripes representing (I assume) the traditional nine provinces. If the white stripes and sun were yellow I think it would be the perfect combination of US-esque and distinctive.
I've been doing more flag work recently for the Crumpleverse. My previous experience has been strongly based around maps, and creating flags is more of a recent thing for me. In the tradition of the Crumpleverse, which originated as worldbuilding doodles, these were a nice quick creative thing during a very intense period with the day job.
Triumph
Rapta
Novgoroth
New Tokyo
Asterion
Triumph
Triumph was a colony originally founded by a British expedition. It was intended from the start to emphasise what was considered the best parts of Britain's legacy. A more cynical observer would have called it a world based on nostalgia. Triumph quickly became a key industrial world for developing colonies, producing everything from maglev trains to habitat domes and bicycles. Between this crucial role in the growing human sphere and the colony's relative age it was, until the latter part of the 24th century, one of the most prominent worlds outside Earth's solar system.
This flag was in use until 2389. It attempts to combine nostalgia with looking toward the future. The rounded, truncated Union Flag stands in the centre, on a field of British racing green, both classically British with centuries of legacy. But the gold ring has expanded beyond and outside the Union Flag, and within that flag something else grows in the form of the diamond shape.
This flag was in use until 2389. It attempts to combine nostalgia with looking toward the future. The rounded, truncated Union Flag stands in the centre, on a field of British racing green, both classically British with centuries of legacy. But the gold ring has expanded beyond and outside the Union Flag, and within that flag something else grows in the form of the diamond shape.
Rapta
Rapta was a project of considerable ambition. It was settled by a combined expedition composed of colonists from every East African nation, not out of economy but in the hope of creating a new society greater than the already considerable sum of its parts. It was named Rapta after one of the earliest attested cities of East Africa. Over time a shared, Raptaite culture began to emerge, along with a vibrant transplanted ecosystem.
This flag draws on pan-African colours. The use of stars is common among the 21st century African flags which inspired this one. However, the use of the single, large central star is a particular reference to the flags of Somalia and South Sudan. The ring of stars around the central, greater star represents the multiplicity of nations represented on Rapta, and their containment in a thick circle refers to their safety and belonging together on this world.
This flag draws on pan-African colours. The use of stars is common among the 21st century African flags which inspired this one. However, the use of the single, large central star is a particular reference to the flags of Somalia and South Sudan. The ring of stars around the central, greater star represents the multiplicity of nations represented on Rapta, and their containment in a thick circle refers to their safety and belonging together on this world.
Novgoroth
Novgoroth was founded relatively late considering the importance of the Russian Federation in Earth's history of spaceflight. This was due to Russia's heavy involvement in the colonisation and terraformation of Mars, alongside other prominent early space powers. Novgoroth was only founded in 2168, a little while after Mars achieved true self sufficiency. The colony benefited from the more developed interstellar economy at the time of its creation, allowing for a much speedier creation and greater freedom for artistic expression in doing so. Novgoroth soon became synonymous with a kind of crystalline elegance. Despite this, and its settlement in a long era of peace, Novgoroth invested in a standing naval force with some teeth, which would later prove to be a fortunate move.
This flag doesn't really draw on its Earthly metropolis, Novgorod, for its visual inspiration barring the presence of blue. Instead it relies more on the Neosoviet style popular in the mid-late 22nd century in Russia. It also takes inspiration from a number of historical Russian space emblems and symbols across its long history of space exploration, anthropomorphised into an avian image known as the Novgoroth firebird.
This flag doesn't really draw on its Earthly metropolis, Novgorod, for its visual inspiration barring the presence of blue. Instead it relies more on the Neosoviet style popular in the mid-late 22nd century in Russia. It also takes inspiration from a number of historical Russian space emblems and symbols across its long history of space exploration, anthropomorphised into an avian image known as the Novgoroth firebird.
New Tokyo
After the 2092 UNSA intervention in New Beijing there was a relative chastening of the People's Republic of China's interstellar ambitions. Japan saw an opportunity in this situation. Despite already contributing to the development of Mars' human population and infrastructure Japan took the important decision of establishing its own extrasolar colony. Whilst Japan was convinced this would be a platform to interstellar prominence, however, its colonists were more enthusiastic about the amount of space available for living, and turned this burgeoning world into a model of decentralised urbanism. Whilst Japan did construct orbital shipyards New Tokyo's garden cities became the heart of its interstellar reputation.
The gingko leaf at the heart of this flag is taken from Tokyo's 1989 emblem and associated flag, but the combination of white, orange, and dark blue were more in keeping with New Tokyo's own preferences (though each shade on the flag is taken from the traditional Japanese palette). Likewise the addition of bars were innovative almost for the sake of it, a common thread in offworld design across the human sphere.
The gingko leaf at the heart of this flag is taken from Tokyo's 1989 emblem and associated flag, but the combination of white, orange, and dark blue were more in keeping with New Tokyo's own preferences (though each shade on the flag is taken from the traditional Japanese palette). Likewise the addition of bars were innovative almost for the sake of it, a common thread in offworld design across the human sphere.
Asterion
Asterion was the brainchild of the European Union, intended to represent the best of European urbanism in the form of an interstellar colony. However, the result was a somewhat formless, anonymous world at first with no particular identity or design ethos, whose main virtue was being easy to live in and coming across as high tech without particularly challenging early 22nd century notions of urbanism. Its citizens spent many subsequent decades working to change this. Their efforts were not in vain, as by the 23rd century Asterion was a hub of cultural experimentation and artistic expression. In the present day its remaining core of 'high tech' European urbanism is a rare survival of this architectural form, and what once made it almost anonymous now adds to its unique qualities.
The central motif of the flag is modified from a Roman solar motif found on a mosaic depicting the story of Europa. This reference to Europe's namesake, and the usage of Roman design, was considered suitably pan-European and pan-Mediterranean to be suitable for Asterion. The thin stripes behind were intended to emphasise the high tech focus of Asterion's society, but also to provide contrast and a more distinctive series of forms.
The central motif of the flag is modified from a Roman solar motif found on a mosaic depicting the story of Europa. This reference to Europe's namesake, and the usage of Roman design, was considered suitably pan-European and pan-Mediterranean to be suitable for Asterion. The thin stripes behind were intended to emphasise the high tech focus of Asterion's society, but also to provide contrast and a more distinctive series of forms.
My first attempt at making an original flag, I’ll probably use it for a universe I’m working on in a different website
Banner of the Allied Intelligence Service (AIS), formed in 1941 with the merger of the OSS and the SOE under a joint British-US command. The phrase translates to “Light of Liberty”
Banner of the Allied Intelligence Service (AIS), formed in 1941 with the merger of the OSS and the SOE under a joint British-US command. The phrase translates to “Light of Liberty”
Dorozhand
Banned
Here's something inspired by the CS flags above:
This one uses the red star-field as canton, with seven stripes on the fly in white and grey. Grey invokes the iconic uniforms of CS officers as well as the fury of the thunderstorm, contrasted as war against white as peace. Seven representing the inaugural seven states that formed the confederate union. To further differentiate the rebel stripes from the yankee stripes, the white stripes are ordered against the grey stripes opposite how the red stripes are ordered against the white stripes in the US flag. The three grey stripes also represent the three primary regions of the CS; Upper South, Deep South, and Trans-Mississippi. It has a 4:7 ratio, which is my favorite and also different from that of the US.
This one uses the red star-field as canton, with seven stripes on the fly in white and grey. Grey invokes the iconic uniforms of CS officers as well as the fury of the thunderstorm, contrasted as war against white as peace. Seven representing the inaugural seven states that formed the confederate union. To further differentiate the rebel stripes from the yankee stripes, the white stripes are ordered against the grey stripes opposite how the red stripes are ordered against the white stripes in the US flag. The three grey stripes also represent the three primary regions of the CS; Upper South, Deep South, and Trans-Mississippi. It has a 4:7 ratio, which is my favorite and also different from that of the US.
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Dorozhand
Banned
Flag of the Federal Republic of China. 9 stripes of alternating yellow and vermilion represent the traditional 9 provinces. The four yellow stripes represent the Zhu, Yangzi, Huai, and Yellow rivers. The five vermilion stripes represent the Han, Manchu, Mongol, Koreans, and Miao. The yellow sun represents the federal government, the blue canton represents democracy, while the 21 rays of the sun represent the 21 current provinces of the federation. The vermilion triangle in the center of the sun represents the Three Principles of the People, while the triangle is inverted to represent the overturning of Old China's hierarchical class structure.
The poll for Flag Challenge 212 is now open: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/poll-for-weekly-flag-challenge-№-212.478201/
Good luck to both entrants!
Good luck to both entrants!
May I co-opt this and make some changes? It's inspired me in a way.
WhiteDragon25
Banned
Hey guys, I'm back with more flags to present tonight: after posting my "ODESSA - Black Sun Argentina" flag last time, I decided to look back at my previous ODESSA flag designs and see if I can revamp them with new designs, as they weren't particularly great in comparisons to my most recent designs. As such, what I have for you now are entirely new designs for ODESSA, starting with the 'master' flag for the entire organization down below:
For those familiar with my previous work - particularly with my personal alt-history map that you can find the latest version of here - I've made plenty of references to the ODESSA group as part of the background fluff - particularly in regards to Rhodesia and Argentina most notably - where they basically serve as a thinly-veiled excuse to still have OG-type Nazis running around as bad guys to beat up. Unlike the more outlandish interpretations of them seen in fiction, my take on them is less the "world-spanning evil conspiracy bent on establishing a Fourth Reich", and more of a mix of mercenary group, criminal syndicate, and ideological die-hards, the latter-most of which is the closest to the aforementioned "evil conspiracy" cliche, but in reality the said conspiracy is little more than "keep the cause alive" rather than "take over the world".
The closest they get to having an outright Nazi nation-state is Rhodesia, which is the next flag here in the line:
The Independent State of Rhodesia is the closest place you'll get to a modern 'Fourth Reich' around... albeit in the loosest terms, as Rhodesia here is more of a bastardized amalgamation of Boer-Afrikaner nationalists from apartheid South Africa, the Objectivist leftovers from Ayn Rand's ill-fated Katanga venture (a wholly-lifted reference to the popular Fountainhead Filibuster TL), and the higher-ranked remnants of the Zweites Afrika-Korps stranded in the Congo (from my "Reichskommissariat Mittelafrika" scenario). Despite how ideologically-deviant Rhodesian Nazism is though, ODESSA is more than willing to tolerate its weirdness, given the huge stacks of cash gained from the Objectivists, and how Rhodesia attracts white-nationalists worldwide like flies; and the international community is loathe to do anything about it, due to fears of rumored Rhodesian nukes stolen from South Africa during the latter's de-nuclearization...
However, those very same advantages (along side the usual atrocities and crimes against humanity the Nazis are known for) are what makes Rhodesia an international pariah, diplomatically and economically isolated from the world. The only links to the global economy it has are from South Africa (the dwindling supporters of the previous apartheid-era government), and the United Republic of the Congo... or rather, the loose collection of mercenary groups that succeeded the Zweite Afrika-Korps:
The Mittelafrikan Branch here traces its origins to the Zweites Afrika-Korps, the Wehrmacht expeditionary force sent to establish Reichskommissariat Mittelafrika in the captured territories of the Belgian Congo and neighboring French colonies; unlike the Erstes Afrika-Korps (the famous one led by Erwin Rommel), the Zweites Afrika-Korps got a lot less material support from Germany - seeing as how the North African front was more strategically important due to the Suez Canal - and so the ZAK was forced to make do with less, relying on captured equipment from Belgian/French colonial garrisons and the support of the native populations (who, understandably, hated their Belgian & French colonial overlords). Unfortunately for them, that wouldn't be enough to sustain them in the long run against the British, and after Rommel was kicked out of North Africa, the ZAK troops were effectively stranded in the Congo Basin; seeing the writing on the wall, they shoved off the bare-bones colonial administration they created onto the natives, stashed their weapons and gear in the mountains, and scattered into the European colonial settlements to hide from the incoming British troops.
Forced to lay low for the rest of the war, it wasn't until the 50's that the remnants of the ZAK partially came out of hiding; being still stranded in the Congo, many of them began recovering some of their hidden weapons caches, carving out for themselves a career as mercenaries among the very unstable 'United' Republic of the Congo... some of them ending up in the employ of Ayn Rand, during her stint as a wannabe dictator in the Katanga Region. After Rand's downfall, the Katanga Region was snapped up and annexed by neighboring Rhodesia, which took in the wayward ZAK mercenaries, thus forming the core of the Rhodesian Branch of ODESSA. The rest of the ZAK remnants continued to operate independently as mercenaries in the Congo, though they maintained ties to their former compatriots in Rhodesia, engaging in smuggling and trafficking for them across the Congolese-Rhodesian border; aside from that, however, the Mittelafrikan Branch hardly cares about Nazi ideology anymore: for them, it's just about getting paid and living another day.
As a contrast to the Mittelafrikan Branch, the Nordafrikan Branch of ODESSA has its roots in the closing days of WWII, when Berlin was being destroyed by the Soviets and Hitler was trapped ranting in a bunker: with the Third Reich facing its imminent demise, many Nazi elites were preparing for their own escapes, abandoning their posts to don disguises and forged passports, and calling in favors with various collaborators and unsavory characters to smuggle them out of Germany. Like rats fleeing from a sinking ship, the "Ratlines" were an informal network of escape routes and hideouts used by the Nazis to try to evade capture by the Allies and make it abroad to neutral countries. Among those Ratlines, Libya was a prominent way-station for those heading for the Middle East or for Sub-Saharan Africa; it was where Rommel's Afrika Korps fought, after all, so it felt like a natural place to head for. With some help from the Catholic Church and the Italian Mafia, the SS at Himmler's direction established some Ratlines destined for the former Italian colony, shortly before Himmler's own death while attempting to flee through Allied lines.
After the war, when ODESSA began to coalesce among the Waffen-SS expats who've fled overseas, the old Ratlines to Libya were re-purposed as smuggling routes for the organization's criminal operations around the Mediterranean: whether it was gun-running, human-trafficking, or the drug trade, the Libyan Ratline was profitable for ODESSA, even under the Communist government of the Libyan Socialist Republic, thanks to the cooperation of the illegal Libyan Fascist Party.
The final destination for many Nazis fleeing through the Libyan Ratline, the Kingdom of Hasanid Arabia at first glance was not what you would call an ideal hiding place - being ruled by the Hashemites, who were nominally affiliated with the British, were not particularly inclined to accommodate runaway Nazi war criminals; however, there was one group in Arabia that was more than willing to shelter them: the rogue House of Saud, longtime enemies of the Hashemites and adherents to the extremist Wahhabist sect of Islam. Bent on overthrowing the Hashemites to gain the throne for themselves, and harboring a hatred of Jews and the newly-founded State of Israel, the Saudis were perfectly happy to throw money towards ODESSA's direction if it helped their own goals. Though they never would succeed in destroying their Hashemite rivals, nor the hated Israeli infidels, the Saudis were still happy to sit on their massive oil wealth and bankroll ODESSA's terrorist activities against Israel, as few and far between they are, given the ruthless pursuit of Mossad.
The only European branch of any note left, the French Branch of ODESSA is less composed of actual Nazis and more of leftover collaborators and sympathizers from the defunct French Popular Party. The purpose of the French Branch was to facilitate the escape of Nazis stationed in occupied France to South America, along with whatever Nazi gold or stolen artwork they managed to bring with them. With virtually all of the Nazis in Europe that could've escaped capture and flee Europe having already done so, what remained of the French Branch in the modern day is little more than snooty French nationalists who liked Nazi racial ideology. While ODESSA would love to just cut them loose, since Nazism is banned in modern Germany (and all of Eastern Europe despises them), they'd then be left without any foothold in Europe; as such, they're stuck with them.
One of the two big branches of ODESSA in South America, and the third largest in the entire organization, behind Rhodesia and Argentina, the Brazilian branch is composed of a sizable chunk of the Nazis who fled to South America after the end of World War II; after the chaos of the Great South American War, the post-Vargas Brazilian government was in poor shape and unable to do much in the way of screening the migrant refugees from Europe. Being too busy cleaning up the mess made from the Integralists and Communists brawling in the streets, and reeling from the humiliating loss of Rio Grande de Sul to Argentina (who arrogantly renamed themselves La Plata), the Brazilian government failed to notice the many suspiciously German-speaking immigrants from France. The Integralists, on the other hand, did notice these German-speaking newcomers, and granted them asylum within their own ranks across Brazil. Although the AIB (Brazilian Integralist Action) led by Plínio Salgado was fairly non-racial, there existed an anti-Semitic faction within it led by Gustavo Barroso, and the AIB's anti-Semitic wing was willing to bring in the Nazi expats to bolster their badly-depleted ranks after the violent street clashes during the GSAW. These Nazis would not stay with the Integralists for long, however, as shortly afterwards ODESSA would be born in La Plata; the "Boys from Brazil" would then strike out on their own to set up shop deep within the jungle to avoid detection and being visited by assassination squads from Mossad.
Second largest branch in size within all of ODESSA, but arguably the most important one, the Argentine Branch is where the ODESSA organization actually got its official start: with Argentina coming off high from its victory in the Great South American War, the newly-renamed La Plata soon received a number of German refugees fleeing from Europe after the end of WWII... said 'refugees', of course, largely consisted of Nazis fleeing prosecution from the vengeful Allies for their war crimes; La Plata, however, had no investment in the European conflict, and eager to profit from the technical expertise and stolen treasure these Nazis brought with them, allowed them into the country with open arms. The majority of these Nazi exiles proceeded to simply retire and blend into the already-present German-immigrant communities that resided in La Plata... but there were quite a few die-hards who didn't: these would be the former SS members who would go on to form the Organisation Der Ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen - ODESSA. Of course, they realized they had no real chance of success: they were all that was left of the Third Reich, a pitiful band of fugitives hiding from the Allied Nations in the backwaters of Argentina. All they could hope to do was keep the flame of the cause alive: so they built their own little isolated, hidden communities out in the countryside, staying out of sight during the Peron regime.
However, when the Piratini Republic successfully rebelled and declared independence from La Plata, ODESSA saw a chance to advance their own goals, and approached the military with an offer to assist in a coup d'etat to overthrow the Peron government; the military accepted the offer, and soon enough the Argentine League was proclaimed by a military junta in Buenos Aires. For the following decades up to the modern day, the fascist military dictatorship of the Argentine League continues to persist, in part thanks to the backing and funding of ODESSA.
And that's the story behind my take of ODESSA, as told via its branch flags! Dark and morbid the subject matter may be, but I hope you enjoyed the flags! Until next time!
For those familiar with my previous work - particularly with my personal alt-history map that you can find the latest version of here - I've made plenty of references to the ODESSA group as part of the background fluff - particularly in regards to Rhodesia and Argentina most notably - where they basically serve as a thinly-veiled excuse to still have OG-type Nazis running around as bad guys to beat up. Unlike the more outlandish interpretations of them seen in fiction, my take on them is less the "world-spanning evil conspiracy bent on establishing a Fourth Reich", and more of a mix of mercenary group, criminal syndicate, and ideological die-hards, the latter-most of which is the closest to the aforementioned "evil conspiracy" cliche, but in reality the said conspiracy is little more than "keep the cause alive" rather than "take over the world".
The closest they get to having an outright Nazi nation-state is Rhodesia, which is the next flag here in the line:
The Independent State of Rhodesia is the closest place you'll get to a modern 'Fourth Reich' around... albeit in the loosest terms, as Rhodesia here is more of a bastardized amalgamation of Boer-Afrikaner nationalists from apartheid South Africa, the Objectivist leftovers from Ayn Rand's ill-fated Katanga venture (a wholly-lifted reference to the popular Fountainhead Filibuster TL), and the higher-ranked remnants of the Zweites Afrika-Korps stranded in the Congo (from my "Reichskommissariat Mittelafrika" scenario). Despite how ideologically-deviant Rhodesian Nazism is though, ODESSA is more than willing to tolerate its weirdness, given the huge stacks of cash gained from the Objectivists, and how Rhodesia attracts white-nationalists worldwide like flies; and the international community is loathe to do anything about it, due to fears of rumored Rhodesian nukes stolen from South Africa during the latter's de-nuclearization...
However, those very same advantages (along side the usual atrocities and crimes against humanity the Nazis are known for) are what makes Rhodesia an international pariah, diplomatically and economically isolated from the world. The only links to the global economy it has are from South Africa (the dwindling supporters of the previous apartheid-era government), and the United Republic of the Congo... or rather, the loose collection of mercenary groups that succeeded the Zweite Afrika-Korps:
The Mittelafrikan Branch here traces its origins to the Zweites Afrika-Korps, the Wehrmacht expeditionary force sent to establish Reichskommissariat Mittelafrika in the captured territories of the Belgian Congo and neighboring French colonies; unlike the Erstes Afrika-Korps (the famous one led by Erwin Rommel), the Zweites Afrika-Korps got a lot less material support from Germany - seeing as how the North African front was more strategically important due to the Suez Canal - and so the ZAK was forced to make do with less, relying on captured equipment from Belgian/French colonial garrisons and the support of the native populations (who, understandably, hated their Belgian & French colonial overlords). Unfortunately for them, that wouldn't be enough to sustain them in the long run against the British, and after Rommel was kicked out of North Africa, the ZAK troops were effectively stranded in the Congo Basin; seeing the writing on the wall, they shoved off the bare-bones colonial administration they created onto the natives, stashed their weapons and gear in the mountains, and scattered into the European colonial settlements to hide from the incoming British troops.
Forced to lay low for the rest of the war, it wasn't until the 50's that the remnants of the ZAK partially came out of hiding; being still stranded in the Congo, many of them began recovering some of their hidden weapons caches, carving out for themselves a career as mercenaries among the very unstable 'United' Republic of the Congo... some of them ending up in the employ of Ayn Rand, during her stint as a wannabe dictator in the Katanga Region. After Rand's downfall, the Katanga Region was snapped up and annexed by neighboring Rhodesia, which took in the wayward ZAK mercenaries, thus forming the core of the Rhodesian Branch of ODESSA. The rest of the ZAK remnants continued to operate independently as mercenaries in the Congo, though they maintained ties to their former compatriots in Rhodesia, engaging in smuggling and trafficking for them across the Congolese-Rhodesian border; aside from that, however, the Mittelafrikan Branch hardly cares about Nazi ideology anymore: for them, it's just about getting paid and living another day.
As a contrast to the Mittelafrikan Branch, the Nordafrikan Branch of ODESSA has its roots in the closing days of WWII, when Berlin was being destroyed by the Soviets and Hitler was trapped ranting in a bunker: with the Third Reich facing its imminent demise, many Nazi elites were preparing for their own escapes, abandoning their posts to don disguises and forged passports, and calling in favors with various collaborators and unsavory characters to smuggle them out of Germany. Like rats fleeing from a sinking ship, the "Ratlines" were an informal network of escape routes and hideouts used by the Nazis to try to evade capture by the Allies and make it abroad to neutral countries. Among those Ratlines, Libya was a prominent way-station for those heading for the Middle East or for Sub-Saharan Africa; it was where Rommel's Afrika Korps fought, after all, so it felt like a natural place to head for. With some help from the Catholic Church and the Italian Mafia, the SS at Himmler's direction established some Ratlines destined for the former Italian colony, shortly before Himmler's own death while attempting to flee through Allied lines.
After the war, when ODESSA began to coalesce among the Waffen-SS expats who've fled overseas, the old Ratlines to Libya were re-purposed as smuggling routes for the organization's criminal operations around the Mediterranean: whether it was gun-running, human-trafficking, or the drug trade, the Libyan Ratline was profitable for ODESSA, even under the Communist government of the Libyan Socialist Republic, thanks to the cooperation of the illegal Libyan Fascist Party.
The final destination for many Nazis fleeing through the Libyan Ratline, the Kingdom of Hasanid Arabia at first glance was not what you would call an ideal hiding place - being ruled by the Hashemites, who were nominally affiliated with the British, were not particularly inclined to accommodate runaway Nazi war criminals; however, there was one group in Arabia that was more than willing to shelter them: the rogue House of Saud, longtime enemies of the Hashemites and adherents to the extremist Wahhabist sect of Islam. Bent on overthrowing the Hashemites to gain the throne for themselves, and harboring a hatred of Jews and the newly-founded State of Israel, the Saudis were perfectly happy to throw money towards ODESSA's direction if it helped their own goals. Though they never would succeed in destroying their Hashemite rivals, nor the hated Israeli infidels, the Saudis were still happy to sit on their massive oil wealth and bankroll ODESSA's terrorist activities against Israel, as few and far between they are, given the ruthless pursuit of Mossad.
The only European branch of any note left, the French Branch of ODESSA is less composed of actual Nazis and more of leftover collaborators and sympathizers from the defunct French Popular Party. The purpose of the French Branch was to facilitate the escape of Nazis stationed in occupied France to South America, along with whatever Nazi gold or stolen artwork they managed to bring with them. With virtually all of the Nazis in Europe that could've escaped capture and flee Europe having already done so, what remained of the French Branch in the modern day is little more than snooty French nationalists who liked Nazi racial ideology. While ODESSA would love to just cut them loose, since Nazism is banned in modern Germany (and all of Eastern Europe despises them), they'd then be left without any foothold in Europe; as such, they're stuck with them.
One of the two big branches of ODESSA in South America, and the third largest in the entire organization, behind Rhodesia and Argentina, the Brazilian branch is composed of a sizable chunk of the Nazis who fled to South America after the end of World War II; after the chaos of the Great South American War, the post-Vargas Brazilian government was in poor shape and unable to do much in the way of screening the migrant refugees from Europe. Being too busy cleaning up the mess made from the Integralists and Communists brawling in the streets, and reeling from the humiliating loss of Rio Grande de Sul to Argentina (who arrogantly renamed themselves La Plata), the Brazilian government failed to notice the many suspiciously German-speaking immigrants from France. The Integralists, on the other hand, did notice these German-speaking newcomers, and granted them asylum within their own ranks across Brazil. Although the AIB (Brazilian Integralist Action) led by Plínio Salgado was fairly non-racial, there existed an anti-Semitic faction within it led by Gustavo Barroso, and the AIB's anti-Semitic wing was willing to bring in the Nazi expats to bolster their badly-depleted ranks after the violent street clashes during the GSAW. These Nazis would not stay with the Integralists for long, however, as shortly afterwards ODESSA would be born in La Plata; the "Boys from Brazil" would then strike out on their own to set up shop deep within the jungle to avoid detection and being visited by assassination squads from Mossad.
Second largest branch in size within all of ODESSA, but arguably the most important one, the Argentine Branch is where the ODESSA organization actually got its official start: with Argentina coming off high from its victory in the Great South American War, the newly-renamed La Plata soon received a number of German refugees fleeing from Europe after the end of WWII... said 'refugees', of course, largely consisted of Nazis fleeing prosecution from the vengeful Allies for their war crimes; La Plata, however, had no investment in the European conflict, and eager to profit from the technical expertise and stolen treasure these Nazis brought with them, allowed them into the country with open arms. The majority of these Nazi exiles proceeded to simply retire and blend into the already-present German-immigrant communities that resided in La Plata... but there were quite a few die-hards who didn't: these would be the former SS members who would go on to form the Organisation Der Ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen - ODESSA. Of course, they realized they had no real chance of success: they were all that was left of the Third Reich, a pitiful band of fugitives hiding from the Allied Nations in the backwaters of Argentina. All they could hope to do was keep the flame of the cause alive: so they built their own little isolated, hidden communities out in the countryside, staying out of sight during the Peron regime.
However, when the Piratini Republic successfully rebelled and declared independence from La Plata, ODESSA saw a chance to advance their own goals, and approached the military with an offer to assist in a coup d'etat to overthrow the Peron government; the military accepted the offer, and soon enough the Argentine League was proclaimed by a military junta in Buenos Aires. For the following decades up to the modern day, the fascist military dictatorship of the Argentine League continues to persist, in part thanks to the backing and funding of ODESSA.
And that's the story behind my take of ODESSA, as told via its branch flags! Dark and morbid the subject matter may be, but I hope you enjoyed the flags! Until next time!
To be fair, they're not the darkest and most morbid subject matter I came across, I can certainly think of worse than Nazis and Soviets combined IMO (of both the leftwing and rightwing varieties).
Got another Overheaven flag, this time for Partizanja, AKA "Yugos on Mars".
The flag features the blue-white-red tricolor of the Pan-Slavic Movement, combined with a circular device comprised of one-half semicircular Pan-Slavic flag and one-half semicircular black bar; a red disk for Mars, with a gold-bordered red star for socialism, and a blue bar with the date, 29 November 1943 printed in white.
The black semicircle represents space and its dangers, as well as the dark past, struggles, war and hardships which Yugoslavia has had to face. The tricolor semicircle rises triumphantly above the black semicircle, positively affirming the strength of unity of the Yugoslav people and their ability to rise above strife and the challenges of space. Mars is conquered by the star of socialist labor and the Yugoslav people soar above it.
29 November 1943 is the date that the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) met in Jajce and formed the basis for post-war organisation of the country, establishing a federal republic.
The flag of the Yugoslav Republic of Partizanja was originally adopted in the 1980's when the colony was established almost entirely thanks to Japanese assistance. In the 23rd century, a near-identical flag is flown in the modern Martian polity of Partizanja, minus the blue stripe or the date printed on it. The resemblance to the Rising Sun is just a happy coincidence, but it works, since most Partizanjians have at least partial Kaseian ancestry, and Japanese culture has blended into the thick stew of Balkan-Slavic bits and bobs which make up modern Partizanja.
The flag features the blue-white-red tricolor of the Pan-Slavic Movement, combined with a circular device comprised of one-half semicircular Pan-Slavic flag and one-half semicircular black bar; a red disk for Mars, with a gold-bordered red star for socialism, and a blue bar with the date, 29 November 1943 printed in white.
The black semicircle represents space and its dangers, as well as the dark past, struggles, war and hardships which Yugoslavia has had to face. The tricolor semicircle rises triumphantly above the black semicircle, positively affirming the strength of unity of the Yugoslav people and their ability to rise above strife and the challenges of space. Mars is conquered by the star of socialist labor and the Yugoslav people soar above it.
29 November 1943 is the date that the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) met in Jajce and formed the basis for post-war organisation of the country, establishing a federal republic.
The flag of the Yugoslav Republic of Partizanja was originally adopted in the 1980's when the colony was established almost entirely thanks to Japanese assistance. In the 23rd century, a near-identical flag is flown in the modern Martian polity of Partizanja, minus the blue stripe or the date printed on it. The resemblance to the Rising Sun is just a happy coincidence, but it works, since most Partizanjians have at least partial Kaseian ancestry, and Japanese culture has blended into the thick stew of Balkan-Slavic bits and bobs which make up modern Partizanja.
Got another Overheaven flag, this time for Partizanja, AKA "Yugos on Mars".
The flag features the blue-white-red tricolor of the Pan-Slavic Movement, combined with a circular device comprised of one-half semicircular Pan-Slavic flag and one-half semicircular black bar; a red disk for Mars, with a gold-bordered red star for socialism, and a blue bar with the date, 29 November 1943 printed in white.
The black semicircle represents space and its dangers, as well as the dark past, struggles, war and hardships which Yugoslavia has had to face. The tricolor semicircle rises triumphantly above the black semicircle, positively affirming the strength of unity of the Yugoslav people and their ability to rise above strife and the challenges of space. Mars is conquered by the star of socialist labor and the Yugoslav people soar above it.
29 November 1943 is the date that the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) met in Jajce and formed the basis for post-war organisation of the country, establishing a federal republic.
The flag of the Yugoslav Republic of Partizanja was originally adopted in the 1980's when the colony was established almost entirely thanks to Japanese assistance. In the 23rd century, a near-identical flag is flown in the modern Martian polity of Partizanja, minus the blue stripe or the date printed on it. The resemblance to the Rising Sun is just a happy coincidence, but it works, since most Partizanjians have at least partial Kaseian ancestry, and Japanese culture has blended into the thick stew of Balkan-Slavic bits and bobs which make up modern Partizanja.
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What if you moved the star in the middle of the circle (sun) on the second flag?
I think it would look cool.
Have fun!
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