• Last to Surrender is a 1998 Canadian action-adventure film written, produced and directed by David Mitchell and starring Roddy Piper, Ong Soo Han, Andy...
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    Confederate States Navy, was the last to surrender when he lowered the Confederate flag in Liverpool and surrendered his vessel to the British government on...
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    German Instrument of Surrender was a legal document effecting the unconditional surrender of the remaining German armed forces to the Allies, ending World...
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  • continued to surrender across the Pacific, with the last major surrender occurring on October 25, 1945, with the surrender of Japanese forces in Taiwan to Chiang...
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    surrendered over the next few days. On 8 May, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signed the German Instrument of Surrender, an unconditional surrender to the...
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    The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the...
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    The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that formalized the surrender of the Empire of Japan, marking the end of hostilities in...
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    six states; Han was the first to fall in 230 BCE, while Qi was the last to surrender in 221 BCE. Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, created the new title of...
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    With From First to Last for New Song 'Surrender'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 11, 2020. "Make War - Single by From First to Last on Apple Music". iTunes...
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    local surrender negotiations might buy time for troops and refugees in the east to seek refuge from the Red Army, whilst holding open a pocket to provide...
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  • unconditional surrender is a surrender in which no guarantees, reassurances, or promises (i.e., conditions) are given to the surrendering party. It is...
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  • for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974. He was the last known Japanese holdout to surrender after the end of hostilities in 1945....
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    ended. He eventually surrendered his vessel to British authorities in Liverpool on November 6, marking the last official surrender of the Civil War. Waddell...
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    surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox Court House, by General Robert E. Lee and concluded with the surrender...
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  • "Beat Surrender" was the Jam's final single, and was released on 22 November 1982. It became the band's fourth and last No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart...
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    only the last word – "surrender" – does not have Old English roots. It is said that immediately after giving the speech, Churchill muttered to a colleague...
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    of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with the last verified holdout, Private Teruo Nakamura, surrendering on the island of Morotai in 1974. Although newspapers...
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    Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (category Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class)
    last will), and was promoted to General admiral on 1 May 1945. In early May 1945, von Friedeburg was ordered by Dönitz to negotiate the surrender to the...
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  • demise of the abbey came in March 1539, the last to surrender in Dorset. Elizabeth Zouche surrendered the abbey to John Tregonwell on Passion Sunday, 23 March...
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  • No Retreat, No Surrender is a 1985 martial arts film directed by Corey Yuen in his American film directorial debut. It is the first title in the No Retreat...
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    side, but was one of the last to surrender, and refused submission to Philip Augustus. His lands were taken away, and given to Philip Hurepel. Dammartin...
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    Battle of Wizna (category Last stands)
    swore to hold his position as long as he was alive. When the last two shelters under his command ran out of ammunition, he ordered his men to surrender their...
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    War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official surrender of all German military operations...
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    The last stage of the Falklands War was the surrender of the Argentine Governor at Port Stanley. At 21:00 on 14 June 1982, the commander of the Argentine...
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    This is a timeline showing surrenders of the various fighting groups of the Axis forces that also marked ending time of World War II: End of World War...
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    day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. The term has been applied to both of the days on which the...
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    was one of the last to surrender (following Tene-angopte's advice), in January 1875, to the United States, before Guipago's surrendering on February 25...
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    He also fought in the Philippine–American War and was one of the last to surrender together with Gen. Manuel Tinio, after the capture of Aguinaldo. He...
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  • "Cheese-eating surrender monkeys", sometimes shortened to "surrender monkeys", is a pejorative term for French people. The term was coined in 1995 by...
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    Hiroo Onoda (category Japanese emigrants to Brazil)
    to surrender until he was formally relieved of duty by his former commanding officer, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi, who flew from Japan to the island to issue...
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