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The Z flag is one of the international maritime signal flags.
The Z flag (upper left) is still flown daily from the signal yardarm of Mikasa, now a museum ship
Members of Shuken Kaifuku wo Mezasu Kai bearing the Z flag and the Rising Sun flag
"England expects that every man will do his duty" was a signal sent by Vice-Admiral of the White Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, from his flagship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar was about
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…皇國ノ興廢此ノ一戰ニ在リ、各員一層奮勵努力セヨ). The Battle of Tsushima was one of the most important naval battles of history and this signal is, along with Nelson's signal "England expects that every man will do his duty" at the Battle of Trafalgar, one of the two most famous naval flag signals; the battle is of especial importance in Japanese national mythology. According…
The Battle of Trafalgar by J. M. W. Turner shows the last three letters of the signal flying from the Victory.
Nelson's signal, "England expects that every man will do his duty", flying from Victory on the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005
A World War II poster intended to increase industrial production on the home front