Surrender (military) facts for kids

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La Rendición de Granada - Pradilla
Muslims surrender to Spain: Boabdil gives the Granada key to Ferdinand and Isabella

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.

Images for kids

  • Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

    Surrender of Lord Cornwallisby John Trumbull, depicting the British surrendering to French (left) and American (right) troops. Oil on canvas, 1820.

  • 1971 Instrument of Surrender

    Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi signing the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender in Dhaka on 16 Dec 1971, following India's victory in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.


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