What is Surrender (military)?
[[File:Bosbritsurrendergroup.jpg|right|thumb|Surrendering British troops held at gunpoint by Japanese [[infantry]] in the [[Battle of Singapore]].]] [[File:Field Marshall Keitel signs German surrender terms in Berlin 8 May 1945 - Restoration.jpg|thumb|[[Wilhelm Keitel]] signing the German instrument of surrender.]] '''Surrender''' is when [[soldiers]], [[nation]]s or other [[combatant]]s 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. Surrender usually occurs when one side of a battle happens to be overpowered by the other and are no longer in the condition to fight any more.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The legal and practical elements of surrender in international humanitarian law|work=DCAF|url=https://www.dcaf.ch/sites/default/files/publications/documents/LegalPracticalElementsSurrenderIHL_EN.pdf|access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[Peace treaty]] *[[Summary execution]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{military-stub}} [[Category:Military terminology]]