Instrument of Surrender

Instrument of Surrender

Instrument of Surrender is a name often given to surrendering documents of a military conflict, as those documents are legal instruments. Some such documents are:

;World War II
*Japanese Instrument of Surrender
*German Instrument of Surrender
*Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces

;Other conflicts
*Instrument of Surrender (1971) of Bangladesh Liberation War.


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