See surrender for other meanings of the word.

Muslims surrender to Spain: Boabdil gives the Granada key to Ferdinand and Isabella

Balian of Ibelin surrendering the city of Jerusalem to Saladin, from Les Passages faits Outremer par les Français contre les Turcs et autres Sarrasins et Maures outremarins, ca. Abu 'abd-Allah Muhammad XII (أبو عبد الله محمد الثاني عشر (b Balian of Ibelin (early 1140s—1193 was an important noble in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Salahadin Ayyubi ( Arabic:صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب Kurdish: سه‌لاحه‌دین ئه‌یوبی Selah'edînê Eyubî; c 1490.

General Percival marches to surrender 80,000 British troops after the Battle of Singapore in World War II. Lieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival CB, DSO and Bar, OBE, MC, OStJ, DL, (26 December 1887 The Battle of Singapore was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the Allied stronghold World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Representatives on board the USS Missouri to effect Japan's complete surrender following its defeat in World War II

German troops after surrendering to the U. USS Missouri may refer to, was a sidewheel Frigate launched in 1841 and lost to fire in August 1843 Missouri S. Third Army carry the white flag (WW2 photo). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Surrender is when soldiers, nations or other combatants stop fighting and become prisoners of war, either as individuals or when ordered to by their officers. A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority A white flag is a common symbol of surrender, as is the gesture of raising one's hands empty and open above one's head. White flags have had different meanings throughout history and depending on the locale

When the parties agree to terms the surrender may be conditional, i. e. if the surrendering party promises to submit only after the victor makes certain promises. Otherwise it is a surrender at discretion (unconditional surrender); the victor makes no promises of treatment other than those provided by the laws and customs of war — most of which are laid out in the Hague Conventions (1907) and the Geneva Conventions. Unconditional surrender is a surrender without conditions except for those provided by International law. The law of war (also law of armed conflict, LOAC) is Law concerning acceptable practices relating to war The Hague Conventions were international treaties negotiated at the First and Second Peace Conferences at The Hague, Netherlands in 1899 and The Geneva Conventions consist of four Treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland, that set the standards for International law for humanitarian Normally a belligerent will only agree to surrender unconditionally if completely incapable of continuing hostilities.

The Third Geneva Convention states that prisoners of war should not be mistreated or abused. The Third Geneva Convention (or GCIII) of 1949 one of the Geneva Conventions, is a treaty agreement that primarily concerns the treatment of Prisoners of United States Army policy states that surrendered persons should be treated according to the "5 S's" until turned over to higher authority. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. ^[1]

• Silence: so that they cannot plan an escape attempt.
• Search: for weapons or items of intelligence value. A weapon is a Tool used either in Hunting, or attack or defence in Combat for the purpose of subduing enemy personnel or to destroy enemy weapons
• Secure: tie up and/or guard carefully at all times, particularly at first.
• Safeguard: do not allow the dangers of the battlefield to hurt them
• Separate: soldiers from officers, men from women, combatants from civilians, to make them easier to control. A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority A privileged combatant is a person who takes a direct part in the hostilities of an armed conflict within the Law of war and is someone who upon capture qualifies as a Prisoner A civilian under International humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her Country 's Armed forces.

Entire nations can also surrender in an attempt to end a war or military conflict. War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units This is done through the signing of an armistice or peace treaty. An armistice is a situation where the warring parties agree to stop fighting A peace treaty is an agreement between two hostile parties usually countries or governments that formally ends an armed conflict

See also

• Capitulation
• Debellatio occurs when a war ends because of the complete destruction of a belligerent state. Capitulation (Lat capitulum, a little head or division capitulare, to treat upon terms an agreement in time of war for the surrender to a hostile armed Debellatio (also debellation) ( Late Latin "Defeating or the act of conquering or subduing" literally " warring (the enemy A belligerent is an individual group country or other entity which acts in a hostile manner such as engaging in Combat.
• No quarter occurs when a victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life of the vanquished when they surrender at discretion. A victor gives no quarter when the victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life in return for the Surrender at discretion (unconditional surrender of a vanquished Under the laws of war ". . . it is especially forbidden . . . to declare that no quarter will be given".
• Unconditional surrender is a surrender without conditions, except for those provided by international law. Unconditional surrender is a surrender without conditions except for those provided by International law.
• Strategic surrender

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