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2. Potsdam Declaration - Wikipedia

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   After the receipt of the Potsdam Declaration, the Japanese government attempted to maintain the issue of the Emperor's administrative prerogative within the Potsdam Declaration by its surrender offer of August 10, but in the end, it had to take comfort with US Secretary of State James F. Byrnes' reply: "From the moment of surrender the ...

3. Berlin Declaration (1945) - Wikipedia

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   The Berlin Declaration (German: Berliner Erklärung/Deklaration) of 5 June 1945 or the Declaration regarding the defeat of Germany, [n 1] had the governments of the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France, acting on behalf of the Allies of World War II, jointly assume de jure "supreme authority" over Germany after its military defeat and asserted the legitimacy of their ...

4. Unconditional surrender - Wikipedia

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   The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken – I have answered their demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls – I shall never surrender or retreat. [22] The phrase surrender at discretion is still used in treaties.

5. U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan - Wikipedia

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   The document titled "U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan" was drafted by the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee, and approved by that committee on August 29, 1945. Its official designation was SWNCC 150/4 and was approved by the president on September 6, while it was released to the media on September 22.

6. Surrender (military) - Wikipedia

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   Surrender, in military terms, is the relinquishment of control over territory, combatants, fortifications, ships or armament to another power. A surrender may be accomplished peacefully or it may be the result of defeat in battle. A sovereign state may surrender following defeat in a war, usually by signing a peace treaty or capitulation agreement.

7. Japanese prisoners of war in World War II - Wikipedia

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   In addition, soldiers who witnessed Japanese troops surrender were more willing to take prisoners themselves. [38] Japanese POW bathing on board the USS New Jersey, December 1944. Survivors of ships sunk by Allied submarines frequently refused to surrender, and many of the prisoners who were captured by submariners were taken by force.

8. Capitulation (surrender) - Wikipedia

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   Capitulation (Latin: capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms) is an agreement in time of war for the surrender to a hostile armed force of a particular body of troops, a town or a territory. [1]

9. German Instrument of Surrender - Wikipedia

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   The German Instrument of Surrender [a] was a legal document effecting the unconditional surrender of the remaining German armed forces to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe. It was signed at 22:43 CET on 8 May 1945 [b] and took effect at 23:01 CET on the same day.