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1781
Cornwallis, Charles
19th Oct Yorktown Surrenders 7,000 soldiers ending the American Revolution & the War of Independence
1803
Wellesley, Arthur
15th Dec Surrender of Gawilghur
1815
Wellesley, Arthur
3rd July St Cloud France surrenders by the treaty of St Cloud
7th July Paris The Allies enter Paris
1846
Russell
11th Mar Nearly half of the Sikh kingdom is taken over by the British
1849
Dalhousie, James
10th Mar The Sikhs lay down their arms
1849
Russell
10th Mar The Sikhs lay down their arms
1902
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert
1st June Issues a dispatch to the war office saying the Boers have accepted the surrender terms
1st June Signs with Lord Milner peace with the Boers on behalf of the British Government
1902
Milner, Alfred
1st June Signs the peace on behalf of the British with Lord Kitchener
1918
Beatty, David
Receives the surrender of the German Fleet
1918
Lloyd George, David
30th Oct Turkey surrenders to the Allies
3rd Nov Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies
11th Nov Germany surrenders to the Allies
1940
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
13th June Tours Flies to Tours where the French Government is now based
13th June London Forbids France making a separate peace with Germany
13th June Tours Informed of the imminent collapse of France
13th June London Promises the Allies will restore France after the war
1940
Montgomery, Bernard Law
28th May Westvleteren After Belgium surrenders the 3rd Division is forced to retreat from Belgium
1943
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
1st Sep London The Italian Government agrees to the Allied terms of surrender
3rd Sep London Italy surrenders to the Allies
1943
Cunningham, Andrew
Malta Cunningham's ships, Warspite & Valiant, accept the surrender of the Italian Fleet
1945
Browning, Frederick
June As COS to Mountbatten oversees the surrender of Japan
1945
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
25th April London Informed Heinrich Himmler wishes to open his own peace negotiations with the Allies
1st May German troops in Italy, Austria, Holland & Norway surrender
7th May Unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies
8th May London Announces "Victory in Europe Day"
14th Aug Hirohito announces the surrender of Japan
15th Aug The Allies celebrate 15th August as VJ Day
2nd Sep The surrender of Japan is signed
1982
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
14th June Portanley The battle of Port Stanley ends with the surrender of Argentinian forces

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