Surrender (military)

Surrendering British troops held at gunpoint by Japanese infantry in the Battle of Singapore.

Wilhelm Keitel signing the German instrument of surrender.

Surrender is when soldiers, nations or other combatants stop fighting and eventually become prisoners of war or POW, either as individuals or when ordered to by their officers. A white flag is a common symbol of surrender. Surrender usually occurs when one side of a battle happens to be overpowered by the other and are no longer in the condition to fight any more.^[1]

Surrender (military) Media

House of Nasrid surrenders to Spain: Boabdil gives the Granada key to Ferdinand and Isabella.
Representatives on board the USS Missouri to effect the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II
Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi signing the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender in Dacca on 16 Dec 1971, following the victory of the Mitro Bahini consisting of the Indian Army and Mukti Bahini in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War

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References

↑ "The legal and practical elements of surrender in international humanitarian law". DCAF. https://www.dcaf.ch/sites/default/files/publications/documents/LegalPracticalElementsSurrenderIHL_EN.pdf. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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[1] "The legal and practical elements of surrender in international humanitarian law". DCAF. https://www.dcaf.ch/sites/default/files/publications/documents/LegalPracticalElementsSurrenderIHL_EN.pdf. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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