white flag
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symbol with different meanings throughout history and depending on the locale
Key facts
- Use
- Civil and war flag , naval ensign
- Adopted
- 29 July 1899 (Hague Convention I)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
White flags have had different meanings throughout history and depending on the locale.
Contemporary use
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “white flag” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.