On this day in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of about 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown. Cornwallis marched his army into the Virginia port town ...
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Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor's surrender speech 80 years ago
TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about ...
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The secret history of 1971: Inside the report that blamed sex and alcohol for Pakistan's biggest surrender
The instrument of surrender signed in Dhaka on December 16th in the year 1971 is commemorated both for the birth of Bangladesh and indeed as the most shameful military defeat in the history of ...
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