unconditional surrender

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 — noun A surrender without conditions, except for those provided by international law …   Wiktionary

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