Template:Country data East Germany

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Template:Country data East Germany is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`East Germany`	Main article name (East Germany)
`flag alias`	`Flag of East Germany.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of East Germany.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1949`		`Flag of Germany.svg`
`naval`		`Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg`
`navy`		`Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg`

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|East Germany}} → Volksmarine
{{flagicon|East Germany|naval}} →

This template includes a navy flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

{{naval|East Germany}} → Volksmarine
{{flagicon|East Germany|navy}} →

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag\|alias}} output	{{flagcountry\|alias}} output
`GDR` (view)	GDR	East Germany
`DDR` (view)	Template:Country data DDR	Template:Country data DDR
`German Democratic Republic` (view)	Template:Country data German Democratic Republic	Template:Country data German Democratic Republic

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|East Germany}} → East Germany
{{flagicon|East Germany}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|East Germany|1949}} → East Germany
{{flagicon|East Germany|1949}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|GDR}} →
{{flagcountry|GDR}} → East Germany
{{flag|GDR}} → GDR

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

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