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BIG OOF FOR ITALY (lemmy.world)

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Explanation: The Mexican and Italian flags are very similar, save that Mexico has a cool elaborate crest with an eagle (eating a snake, I think) in the middle.

The joke made is that in the Battle of Teutoberg Forest, the Romans lost three Legions and their accompanying legionary eagle standards (aquilae) to a German ambush, thus, the reason the Italian flag lacks an eagle is because they 'lost' their's.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 22 points 1 year ago

For a bit of irony on top, the Italian puppet state controlled by Germany after Mussolini was overthrown used a version of the Italian flag with an eagle on it, so the one time they got the eagle back was when Germany was giving them marching orders