Can you help me understand this sentence please?


I just came across a sentence about the National Flag of Japan. I don't think
I fully understood it. So here it is:

>
> 話題の旭日旗です。長野県1滋野村2(現3ｰ東御市4、小諸市5)にあった軍6の後援7組織8「滋野軍友会」の旗9。戦前、軍関連の場合は旭日旗を使うのが常識だったのでしょう。そして旭日の光房は16あります。皇室の菊の紋章の16弁に合わせてあるのです。天皇直属の軍隊の象徴であったことを、明確に伝えています。

What I understand is this:

> The topic is The Rising Sun Flag. The rising sun flag used by army support
> organization in the Nagano Prefecture's Shigeno Village (now Toumi and
> Komoro city). Before the battle and in case of the battle(軍関連の場合?), this
> flag was used commonly. There are 16 shining lines around the rising sun
> flag and the armada of Imperial Household is a gold chrysanthemum consisted
> of 16 petals. This chrysanthemum is in correlation with the 16 shining lines
> in the flag. Because this symbol symbolizes that the Emperor has a direct
> control over the army.

Did I understand it well?

> 旭日旗を使うのが常識だったの ''でしょう''

And does this phrase grammatically state a probability because of ''deshou''?

Like, Probably the flag was used commonly...




The word 戦前 normally refers specifically to the pre-WWII period. To say
"before the battle", 戦闘前 or 戦いの前 is used.

> 戦前、  
>  In the prewar period,
>
> 軍関連の場合は  
>  if an organization was military-related,
>
> 旭日旗を使うのが常識だったのでしょう。  
>  I suppose the use of The Rising Sun (as the flag design of the
> organization) was taken for granted.

Your rough understanding of the remaining sentences seems okay. (光房 seems to
be a typo for 光条 or something, although its meaning is self-evident in the
context.)




The word 戦前 normally refers specifically to the pre-WWII period. To say
"before the battle", 戦闘前 or 戦いの前 is used.

> 戦前、  
>  In the prewar period,
>
> 軍関連の場合は  
>  if an organization was military-related,
>
> 旭日旗を使うのが常識だったのでしょう。  
>  I suppose the use of The Rising Sun (as the flag design of the
> organization) was taken for granted.

Your rough understanding of the remaining sentences seems okay. (光房 seems to
be a typo for 光条 or something, although its meaning is self-evident in the
context.)

