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Surrender at discretion was also used at the Battle of the Alamo, when Antonio López de Santa Anna asked Jim Bowie and William B. Travis for unconditional surrender. Even though Bowie wished to surrender unconditionally, Travis refused, fired a cannon at Santa Anna's army, and wrote in his final dispatches:
A conquered people who were dediticii did not individually lose their freedom, but the political existence of their community was dissolved as the result of a deditio, an unconditional surrender. [3] In effect, their polity or civitas ceased to exist. Their territory became the property of Rome, public land on which they then lived as tenants. [4]
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht. The term debellatio or "debellation" (Latin 'defeating, or the act of conquering or subduing', literally, 'warring (the enemy) down', from Latin bellum 'war') designates the end of war caused by complete destruction of a hostile state.
Unconditional surrender – surrender without conditions, except for those provided by international law. Victory. Debellatio – when a war ends because of the complete destruction of a belligerent state. No quarter – when a victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life of the vanquished when they surrender at discretion ...
Worded as an unconditional surrender; on account of its doubtful legality, no peace was signed Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre: 14 July 1941 14 July 1941 United Kingdom: Vichy France: Also known as the Convention of Acre; ended the Syria–Lebanon campaign: Armistice of Cassibile: 3 September 1943 8 September 1943 Kingdom of Italy
But during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, it proved especially hard to maintain a sense of moral balance. These wars lacked the moral clarity of World War II, with its goal of unconditional surrender. Some troops chafed at being sent not to achieve military victory, but for nation-building (“As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down”). The ...
Alex’s difficulty in relationships was profoundly affected by his loss of Bryan. With Bryan, real or not, Alex believed in Bryan’s complete understanding, universal and unconditional commitment, honesty and love. The standard set in this relationship proves to be unrealistic in just about any other relationship at any level.
At the end of September, Balian rode out with an envoy to meet with the sultan, offering surrender. Saladin told Balian that he had sworn to take the city by force, and would only accept an unconditional surrender. [9] Saladin told Balian that Saladin's banner had been raised on the city wall, but his army was driven back.