Capitulate means to surrender or give up a fight.

Braxton Bragg has written:

'Kentuckians. I have entered your state with the Confederate Army of the West ...' -- subject(s): Confederate Propaganda, History

'To the home guards of Kentucky' -- subject(s): Capitulations, Military, Guards troops, History, Kentucky Civil War, 1861-1865, Military Capitulations

VE Day is celebrated in May, because the last major capitulations of German resistance came in May 1945.

Maria Pia Pedani Fabris has written:

'La dimora della pace' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, International law (Islamic law), Islam, Christianity, Armistices, Relations, Capitulations

1. Limitation of open ports (Canton for China and Nagasaki for Japan)

2. Attempts to stymie trade because of European religion, culture, and goods (prominently opium)

3. Eventual capitulations because of asymmetrical military power