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A surrender without conditions, except for those provided by international law.
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Unconditional surrender — is a surrender without conditions, except for those provided by international law. Announcing that only unconditional surrender is acceptable puts psychological pressure on a weaker adversary. The most notable uses of the term have been by the… … Wikipedia
Unconditional Surrender — [ʌnkən dɪʃənl sə rendə], englische Bezeichnung für bedingungslose Kapitulation, bekannt v. a. als Kriegsziel der Alliierten gegenüber den Achsenmächten im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1943 vereinbart von F. D. Roosevelt und W. Churchill auf der Konferenz … Universal-Lexikon
Unconditional Surrender — At the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, the Allies agreed that negotiations with Germany would be based on its “unconditional surrender” as the prerequisite for concluding the war. This meant that the Allies would neither barter nor… … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
unconditional surrender — giving up completely, absolute submission … English contemporary dictionary
Unconditional Surrender Grant — General Ulysses Simpson Grant, USA … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Unconditional — Un con*di tion*al, a. Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender. [1913 Webster] O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentence unconditional. Dryden. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unconditional — (adj.) 1660s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + CONDITIONAL (Cf. conditional). Unconditional surrender is attested from 1830. Related: Unconditionally … Etymology dictionary
Surrender of Japan — The surrender of Japan in August 1945 brought World War II to a close. On August 10, 1945, after the invasion of Manchuria by the Soviet Union and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan s leaders at the Imperial conference (… … Wikipedia
Surrender (military) — Muslims surrender to Spain: Boabdil gives the Granada key to Ferdinand and Isabella … Wikipedia
surrender — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ unconditional ▪ immediate VERB + SURRENDER ▪ demand … Collocations dictionary
