Timeline of the surrender of Axis forces at the end of World War II
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This is a timeline showing surrenders of the various fighting groups of the Axis forces that also marked ending time of World War II:
Table of surrenders
[edit]| Country | Forces it applies to | Number of soldiers surrendering (if applicable) | Commanding Officer | Date surrender document signed (if applicable) | Date surrender document took effect (if applicable) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | All forces of the Italian Social Republic | 429,000 | Maresciallo d'Italia Rodolfo Graziani | April 29 | May 1[citation needed] | |
| Netherlands | Kampfgruppen "General Seyffardt" of the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland in Halbe, Germany | 500 | Jürgen Wagner? | May 1 | May 1 | Destroyed in the Halbe pocket |
| Germany | Army Group C, in Italy and Western Austria | nearly 1,000,000 | Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff | April 29 | May 2, at 12:00 PM | |
| Belgium (Flemish) | 27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck, at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 6,000? | Thomas Müller | May 2 | May 2 | |
| Latvia | Components of the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, south of Schwerin, Germany | c. 4,500 | Karl Burk | May 2 | May 2 | |
| Germany/ France/ Other |
All forces in Berlin, Germany | 480,000 (470,970 Germans, 30 French and 9,000 other foreigners) | General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling | May 2 | May 2, at 6:00 PM | |
| Germany | XXI Army and the Third Panzer Army at Hagenow, Germany | 300,000 | General der Infanterie Kurt von Tippelskirch (XXI Army); General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel (III Panzer Army) | Night of May 2–3 | May 3 | |
| Netherlands | Kampfgruppen "de Ruys" of the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland, west of Parchim, Germany | 500 | Jürgen Wagner? | May 3 | May 3 | |
| Germany | 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS | 700 | None | May 3 | May 3 | |
| Germany | Army Group H, in Northwest Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Heligoland, the Frisian Islands, Denmark and other islands near Northwest Germany and remnants of Army Group Vistula in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 880,000 | Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg and General der Infanterie Eberhard Kinzel | May 4 | May 5, at 8:00 AM | Instrument of surrender received by Field-Marshal Montgomery at Lüneburg Heath |
| Hungary | 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian) and 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian), near Lake Attersee | c. 29,606 (19,106 in the 25th, and 10,500 in the 26th) | Józef Grassy | May 3–5 | May 5 | Part of Army Group H |
| Germany | U-291, U-779, U-883, U-1103, U-1406, U-1407, U-2341 and U-2356 | 257-306? (44-60? on U-291, 48-56? on U-779, 55-64? on U-883, 44-52? on U-1103, 19? on U-1406, 19? on U-1407, 14-18? on U-2341 and 14-18? on U-2356) | Hermann Neumeister (U-291), Johann Stegmann (U-779), Johanes Uebel (U-883), Wilhelm Eisele (U-1103), Werner Klug (U-1406), Horst Heitz (U-1407), Hermann Böhm (U-2341) and Friedrich Hartel (U-2356) | May 5 | May 5 | Surrendered in Cuxhaven |
| Germany | U-2351 | 14-18? | Werner Brückner | May 5 | May 5 | Surrendered in Flensburg |
| Germany | U-143, U-145, U-149, U-150, U-368, U-720 and U-1230 | 236-268? (25? on U-143, 25? on U-145, 25? on U-149, 25? on U-150, 44-60? on U-368, 44-60? on U-720 and 48? on U-1230) | Walter Kasparek (U-143),
Friedrich-Karl Görner (U-145), Helmut Plohr (U-149), Jürgen Kriegshammer (U-150), Götz Roth (U-368), Wolf-Harald Schüer (U-720) and Hans Hilbig (U-1230) |
May 5 | May 5 | Surrendered in Heligoland |
| Germany | U-155, U-680 and U-1233 | 144-168? (48-60? on U-155, 48-60? on U-680, and 48? on U-1233) | Friedrich Altmeier (U-155), Max Ulber (U-680), and Heinrich Niemeyer (U-1233) | May 5 | May 5 | Surrendered in Baring Bay off Fredericia |
| Germany | All forces in the Netherlands | 120,000 | Johannes Blaskowitz | May 4 | May 5, at 4:00 PM | Separate surrender from the surrender in Northwest Germany and Denmark |
| Germany | U-806 | 48? | Klaus Hornbostel | May 6 | May 6 | Surrendered in Aarhus |
| Other | 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen, at Rottach-Egern | 8,811 | Georg Bochmann | May 6 | May 6 | |
| Germany | Army Group G, in Bavaria | 400,000 | Hermann Foertsch | May 4, at 2:30 PM | May 6, at 12:00 PM | |
| Germany | All forces in Breslau | 45,000 | Hermann Niehoff | May 6 | May 6, at 6:00 PM | |
| Germany/ Soviet Union |
Twelfth Army and remnants of the Ninth Army, at Tangermünde | c. 200,000 (195,000 German, 5,000 troops from the Soviet Union) | Walther Wenck (12 Army) | May 7 | May 7 | No commander for the 9th Army |
| Germany | All forces in La Rochelle | c. 22,000? | Ernst Schirlitz | May 9, morning | May 8, morning (antidated) | |
| Germany | Army Group Ostmark | ~450,000 (as of May 1)[1]: 368 | Lothar Rendulic | May 7, at 6:00 PM | May 8, at 00:01 AM | Surrendered in Reith, near Salzburg |
| Germany/ Italy |
All forces on the Dodecanese Islands | c. 5,600 (more than 5,000 Germans and 600 Italians) | Otto Wagener | May 8 | May 8, at 10:00 AM | |
| Germany | U-1198 | 44-56? | Gerhard Peters | May 8 | May 8 | Surrendered in Cuxhaven |
| Hungary (Germans) | 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel, in Czechoslovakia | 4,000? | Heinrich Petersen | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 1st Naval Infantry Division, along the Oder | 2,000? | Wilhelm Bleckwenn | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 2nd Naval Infantry Division, in Schleswig-Holstein | 2,000? | Werner-Graf von Bassewitz-Levetzow | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 6th Parachute Division | Unknown | Hermann Plocher | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 7th Parachute Division, in Oldenburg | Unknown | Wolfgang Erdmann | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring, in Dresden | 5,000? | Max Lemke | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar, in Tangermünde | 5,000? | Hans Kempin | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 38th SS Division Nibelungen, in Alpen-Donau, Germany | 6,000? | Martin Strange | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division, along the Elbe River | c. 9,000? | Walter Harzer | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division, along the Elbe | Unknown | None | May 8 | May 8 | Commanding officer killed on April 25 |
| Germany | 10th Parachute Division, in Austria | Unknown | Hans Kreysing | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Russia (Cossacks) | XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps in Austria | 50,000 | Hermann von Pannwitz | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Hungary (German) | 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division, in Czechoslovakia | 10,000? | Wilhelm Trabandt | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS, in Klagenfurt, Austria | c. 14,000? | Otto Baum | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen, in Linz, Austria | c. 6,000? | Sylvester Stadler | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 6th SS Mountain Division Nord, in Austria | c. 2,000 | Franz Schreiber | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, in Enns, Austria | c. 10,000 | Hugo Kraas | May 8 | May 8 | Made up the bulk of the I SS Panzer Corps |
| India | Indian Legion, near Lake Constance | 2,000 | unknown | May 8? | May 8? | |
| Germany | 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg, in Teplice, Czechoslovakia | c. 15,000? | Franz Roestel | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Germany | All German forces | N/A | Wilhelm Keitel | May 8, at 22:43 PM | May 8, at 23:01 PM | |
| Germany | All forces in Norway | c. 400,000 | Franz Böhme | May 8, at 23:01 PM | May 8, at 23:01 PM | |
| Netherlands | Most of the 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland, near Oosterbeek | 5,956 | Martin Kohlroser | May 9 | May 9 | |
| Germany | U-1194 | 48-56? | Herbert Zeissler | May 9 | May 9 | Surrendered in Cuxhaven |
| Germany | U-510 | 48? | Alfred Eick | May 9 | May 9 | Surrendered in St. Nazaire |
| Germany | All forces on Jersey | 11,671 | Vice Admiral Friedrich Hüffmeier | May 9 | May 9, at 10:00 AM | |
| Hungary | 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow, in Steyr | 180 | Karl Gesele | May 9 | May 9 | |
| Germany | 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, in Steyr, Austria | c. 1,600 | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Otto Kumm | May 9 | May 9 | Made up part of the I SS Panzer Corps |
| Various | 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, in Czechoslovakia | c. 14,000? | Karl Ullrich | May 9 | May 9 | |
| Germany | 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, in Czechoslovakia | c. 2,000? | SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz | May 9 | May 9 | |
| Germany | 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf, in Czechoslovakia | c. 1,000 | Hellmuth Becker | May 9 | May 9 | |
| Yugoslav and Italian Germans |
24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger, in Yugoslavia | c. 3,000 | Adolf Wagner | May 9 | May 9 | |
| Germany | All forces in the Heiligenbeil Pocket, the Danzig beachhead, the Hel Peninsula, and in the Vistula Delta | c. 100,000[2] | Dietrich von Saucken | May 9 | May 9, at 11:00 AM | |
| Germany | All forces in Dunkirk | 20,000 | Friedrich Frisius | May 9, at 9:20 AM | May 9, at 4:00 PM | |
| Germany | All forces in Bornholm | c. 12,000 | Gerhard von Kamptz | May 9 | May 9, at 4:30 PM | |
| Germany | U-1272 | 44-52? | Hans Schatteburg | May 10 | May 10 | Surrendered in Bergen |
| Germany/ Latvia |
Army Group Courland, in the Courland Pocket | c. 180,000 (165,000 Germans, 15,000 Latvians)[2] | Carl Hilpert | May 10 | May 10 | |
| Germany | All forces in Lorient | c. 2,000? | General Wilhelm Fahrmbacher | May 8 | May 10 | |
| Germany | U-249 | 44-60? | Uwe Kock | May 10 | May 10 | Surrendered in Portland, United Kingdom |
| Germany | U-1009, U-1058, U-1105 and U-1305 | 180-216? | Dietrich Zehle (U-1009), Hermann Bruder (U-1058), Hans-Joachim Schwarz (U-1105) and Helmuth Christiansen (U-1305) | May 10 | May 10 | Surrendered in Loch Eriboll |
| Germany | U-1023 | 44-52? | Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler | May 10 | May 10 | Surrendered in Weymouth, Dorset |
| Germany | All forces on Sark | 281 | Vice Admiral Friedrich Hüffmeier | May 9 | May 10 | |
| Galicia (Ukrainians) | 1st Ukrainian Division of the Ukrainian National Army, in Italy | 25,000? | Pavlo Shandruk | May 10 | May 10 | |
| Croatia | 373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division, west of Sisak | 2,000? | Hans Gravenstein | May 10 | May 10 | |
| Germany | All forces in Saint-Nazaire | 28,000 | Major General Werner Junck | May 8 | May 11 | |
| Estonia | Most of the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, at Mělník, Czechoslovakia | 7,000? | Berthold Maack | May 11 | May 11 | Part of the III Panzer Corps |
| Estonia | Elements of the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian), in Czechoslovakia | 3,000 | unknown | May 11 | May 11 | |
| Germany | Army Group Centre | c. 580,000[2] | Ferdinand Schörner | May 11 | May 11 | Schörner himself surrendered days later. |
| Germany | U-293, U-802 and U-826 | 140-164? | Erich Steinbrink (U-293), Helmut Schmoeckel (U-802) and Olaf Lübcke | May 11 | May 11 | Surrendered in Loch Eriboll |
| Germany | U-3008 | 57? | Helmut Manseck | May 11 | May 11 | Surrendered in Kiel |
| Croatia | 369th (Croatian) Infantry Division, near Bleiburg, Austria | c. 2,000 | Fritz Neidholdt | May 11 | May 11 | |
| Germans from various areas |
7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen, in Celje, Slovenia | 20,000? | August Schmidthuber | May 11 | May 11 | |
| Germany | All forces on Crete | 10,000 | General Hans-Georg Benthack | May 9 | May 10 | Surrendered at the Villa Ariadne at Knossos. https://www.bsa.ac.uk/about-us/knossos-research-centre/history-knossos/ |
| Croatia | 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) | 12,000? | Desiderius Hampel | May 12 | May 12 | |
| Germany | All forces on Guernsey | 11,755 | Vice Admiral Friedrich Hüffmeier | May 9 | May 12, at 2:00 PM | |
| Germany | All forces under Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss | c. 6,000[2] | Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss | May 12 | May 12 | See Battle of Slivice |
| Germany | U-1109 | 44-52? | Friedrich von Riesen | May 12 | May 12 | Surrendered in Loch Eriboll |
| Germany | U-218 | 44? | Rupprecht Stock | May 12 | May 12 | Surrendered in Bergen |
| Germany | U-485 and U-541 | 92-108? (44-60? on U-485 and 48 on U-541) | Friedrich Lutz (U-485) and Kurt Petersen (U-541) | May 12 | May 12 | Surrendered in Gibraltar |
| Germany | U-532, U-825, U-956 and U-1231 | 184-216? | Ottoheinrich Junker (U-532), Gerhard Stoelker (U-825), Hans-Dieter Mohs (U-956) and Helmut Wicke (U-1231) | May 13 | May 13 | Surrendered in Loch Eriboll |
| Germany | U-739 | 44-60? | Johannes Ney | May 13 | May 13 | Surrendered in Emden, Germany |
| Germany | U-1102 | 44-57? | Erwin Sell | May 13 | May 13 | Surrendered in Hohwacht Bay |
| Germany | U-889 | 48? | Friedrich Braeucker | May 13 | May 13 | Surrendered in Shelbourne, Canada |
| Russia | Russian Liberation Army (1st Division) | c. 20,000[2] | Sergei Bunyachenko | May 14 | May 14 | Ordered to disband. |
| Germany | U-244, U-516, U-764 and U-1010 | 180-220? | Hans-Peter Mackeprang (U-244), Friedrich Petran (U-516), Hanskurt von Bremen (U-764) and Günther Strauch (U-1010) | May 14 | May 14 | Surrendered in Loch Eriboll |
| Germany | U-1110 | 44-52? | Joachim-Walter Bach | May 14 | May 14 | Surrendered in List auf Sylt |
| Germany | U-1005 | 44-52? | Hermann Lauth | May 14 | May 14 | Surrendered in Bergen |
| Germany | U-2326 | 14-18? | Karl Jobst | May 14 | May 14 | Surrendered in Dundee |
| Germany | U-190 | 48? | Hans-Erwin Reith | May 14 | May 14 | Surrendered in the Bay of Bulls |
| Germany | U-858 | 48? | Thilo Bode | May 14 | May 14 | Surrendered in Lewes, Delaware |
| Germany | Army Group E | c. 13,000[2] | Alexander Löhr | May 14 | May 14 | See Bleiburg repatriations |
| Germany | U-805 | 48? | Richard Bernardelli | May 15 | May 15 | Surrendered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
| Germany | U-901 | 48-56? | Hans Schrenk | May 15 | May 15 | Surrendered in Stavanger |
| Germany | U-2336 | 14-18? | Emil Klusmeier | May 15 | May 15 | Surrendered in Kiel |
| Germany/ Croatia/ Slovenia/ Montenegro |
A large column in Poljana, Prevalje | 29,650 (1,000? Germans, 15,250? Croatians, 11,400 Slovenes, and 2,000 Montenegrins) | N/A | May 15 | May 15, at 4 PM | See Battle of Poljana |
| Germany | All forces on Alderney | 3,202 | Vice Admiral Friedrich Hüffmeier | May 16 | May 16 | |
| Germany | U-776 | 48-56? | Lothar Martin | May 16 | May 16 | Surrendered in Portland, United Kingdom |
| Germany | U-873 | 55-64? | Friedrich Steinhoff | May 16 | May 16 | Surrendered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
| Germany | U-255 | 44-60? | Helmut Heinrich | May 17 | May 17 | Surrendered in Loch Eriboll |
| Germany | U-1228 | 48? | Friedrich-Wilhelm Marienfeld | May 17 | May 17 | Surrendered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
| Croatia | Remnants of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian), in Austria | see previous section on this division | N/A | May 18 | May 18 | |
| Germany | U-234 | 12 | Johann-Heinrich Fehler | May 19 | May 19 | Surrendered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
| Georgia | Georgian Legion on Texel | 226[2] | None (their commander, Shalva Loladze, was killed on April 23) | May 20 | May 20 | see Georgian uprising on Texel
for more details |
| Germany | All German forces on Texel | 4,000[2] | Klaus Breitner | May 20 | May 20 | Fighting against the Georgian Legion |
| Germany | A small company of soldiers on Minquiers reef[3] | 80? | N/A | May 23 | May 23 | |
| Croatia | Remnants of Croatian forces, in Odžak | c. 1,800? | N/A | May 25 | May 25 | Some soldiers became guerrillas and fought until spring 1947. Everyone else was KIA. See Battle of Odžak for more details |
| Germany | All forces on Schiermonnikoog | 730 | Thomas Wittko | June 11 | June 11 | The MS Waddenzee and MS Brakzand arrived and evacuated the Germans to Wilhelmshaven. |
| Germany | U-530 | 48? | Otto Wermuth | July 10 | July 10 | Surrendered at Mar del Plata |
| Germany | U-977 | 28-44? | Heinz Schäffer | August 17 | August 17 | Surrendered at Mar del Plata (16 left the ship) |
| Japan | All forces on Bougainville Island | 21,335[4] | Hitoshi Imamura | August 21 | August 21 | |
| Japan | All forces in Manchuria | 1,950,479[4] | Otozō Yamada | August 22 | August 22 | |
| Japan | All forces on Mili Atoll | c. 2,282[5] | Navy Captain Masanori Shiga | August 22 | August 22 | |
| Japan | Air force personnel in central Bukidnon | 4,000[4] | Unknown | August 23 | August 23 | |
| Japan | All forces on Shumshu | 8,244 | Tsutsumi Fusaki | August 23 | August 23 | |
| Japan | All forces on Sakhalin | 394,551[4] | Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi | August 25 | August 25 | |
| Japan | Personnel in the Infanta area of Southern Luzon | c, 1,500[4] | August 30 | August 30 | ||
| Japan | All forces on Marcus Island | c. 2,542 | Unknown | August 31 | August 31 | |
| Japan | All forces on Bangka Island and Billiton Island | Unknown | Unknown | September 1 | September 1 | |
| Japan | All forces in Bataan | Unknown | Unknown | September 1 | September 1 | |
| Japan | All Japanese forces | 2,354,946 | Yoshijirō Umezu | September 2 | September 2, at 12:00 AM | Formal surrender of all Japanese forces |
| Japan | All forces on Rota Island | 2,665 | Shigeo Iwagawa | September 2 | September 2, at 1:00 AM | |
| Japan | All forces on Pagan | c. 2,494[5] | Colonel Umehachi | September 2 | September 2 | |
| Japan | All forces in Penang | 26,000[6][full citation needed] | Jisaku Uozami | September 2 | September 2 | |
| Japan | All forces in Thailand | 114,351[4] | Lieutenant Colonel Hamada | September 2 | September 2 | |
| Japan | Forces in the southern Cagayan Valley, in the Philippines | Unknown | Colonel Matsui | September 2 | September 2 | |
| Japan | All forces on Truk Atoll | 28,000 | Shunzaburo Mugikura | September 3 | September 3 | |
| Japan | All forces in the Palau Islands | 44,000 | Lieutenant General Sadae Inoue | September 3 | September 3 | |
| Japan | All forces in the Bonin Islands | 23,379[4] | Lieutenant Yoshio Tachibana | September 3 | September 3 | |
| Japan | All forces in the Philippines | 151,102[4] | Tomoyuki Yamashita | September 3, at 12:10 PM | September 3 | |
| Japan | Forces in Cebu | 2,900[4] | Unknown | September 4? | September 4? | |
| Japan | Forces in the Negros Occidental | 1,400[4] | Unknown | September 4? | September 4? | |
| Japan | Forces on Mindoro | 7,000[4] | Unknown | September 4? | September 4? | |
| Japan | All forces on Wake Island | c. 4,139[5] | Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara | September 4 | September 4 | |
| Japan | All forces on Aguigan | c. 200 | Second Lieutenant Kinichi Yamada | September 4 | September 4 | |
| Germany | Garrison on Bear Island | 11 | Lieutenant Wilhelm Dege | September 4 | September 4 | see Operation Haudegen for more details |
| Japan | All forces on Yap Island | c. 5,917[5] | Colonel Daihachi Itoh | September 5 | September 5 | |
| Japan | All forces in the Kuril Islands | 70,136[4] | Tsutsumi Fusaki | September 5 | September 5 | |
| Japan | All forces on Jaluit Atoll | c. 2,311[5] | Captain Nisuke Masuda | September 5 | September 5 | |
| Japan | All forces on Ulithi | September 5 | September 5 | |||
| Japan | A small force in the Capisayan District of the Philippines | More than 2,300[4] | Unknown | September 2 | September 6 | |
| Japan | All forces in the Bismarck Islands, Christmas Island, Wewak, the Solomon Islands and other Australian territories in the South Pacific | 139,000 (41,384 in the Bismarck Islands (including 47,000 on New Britain),[4] 29.059 in the Solomon Islands,[4] 8,000 on Wewak[4] and 13,557 in other Islands) | Hitoshi Imamura (Army), Admiral Jinichi Kusaka (Navy) | September 6, at 11:27 AM | September 6 | Unknown number of soldiers in Christmas Island |
| Japan | All forces in the Ryukyu Islands | 62,414[4] | Lieutenant General Nomi Toshiro | September 7 | September 7 | |
| Japan | All forces on Kusaie | c. 4,511[5] | Lieutenant General Yoshikazu Hirada | September 8 | September 8 | |
| Japan | The Japanese Northern Fleet | September 8 | September 8 | |||
| Japan | All forces on Morotai and Halmahera | 126,000 | Heitarō Kimura | September 9 | September 9 | |
| Japan | All forces in China | 1,541,973[4] | Yasuji Okamura | Morning of September 9 | September 9 | |
| Japan | All forces in Korea south of the 38th parallel | 420,796 | Lieutenant General Yoshio Kozuki | September 9 (afternoon) | September 9 | |
| Japan | All forces in Korea, north of the 38th parallel | 595,418 | Yoshio Kozuki | September 9 | September 9 | |
| Japan | All forces in Borneo and the Dutch East Indies east of Lombok | 42,459 (in Borneo)[4] | Lieutenant General Fusataro Teshima | September 8 | September 9 | |
| Japan | A Japanese force in China[7] | c. 140,000 | N/A | September | September | Joined the Chinese Red Army |
| Japan | All forces on Wotje Atoll and Maeolap Atoll | c. 2,162 (1,066 on Wotje, 1,096 on Maeolap)[5] | September 10 | September 10 | ||
| Japan | All forces in North Borneo | 10,300 | Lieutenant General Masao Baba | September 10 | September 10 | |
| Japan | All forces in Labuan | see forces in Sarawak | see forces in Sarawak | September 10 | September 10 | |
| Japan | All forces in New Guinea | 37,658[4] | Hatazō Adachi | September 11 | September 11 | |
| Japan | Thirty-Seventh Army, in Sarawak | c. 15,000 | Lieutenant General Masao Baba | September 11 | September 11 | |
| Japan | All forces in Timor | 3,235 | Colonel Kaida Tatsuichi | September 11 | September 11 | |
| Japan | All forces on Ponape Island | c. 7,984[5] | Lieutenant General Masao Watanabe | September 11 | September 11 | |
| Japan | All forces in Singapore and the Dutch East Indies | c. 585,000 (76,700 on Singapore, 65,540 on Java,[4] 188,546 in the Malay Peninsula, and 254,214 on the other islands) | Hisaichi Terauchi | September 12 | September 12 | Formal ceremony for the forces in the Malay Peninsula took place on February 22, 1946. |
| Japan | All forces on Nauru | 3,745 | Captain Hisayuki Soeda | September 13 | September 13 | |
| Japan | All forces in Burma | 71,733[4] | Hisaichi Terauchi | September 13 | September 13 | |
| Japan | All forces in Hong Kong | 19,222 | General Takashi Sakai | September 16 | September 16 | |
| Japan | All forces on Lamotrek | September 16 | September 16 | |||
| Japan | All forces on Namoluk | September 17 | September 17 | |||
| Japan | All forces on Woleai | 1,600 | September 19 | September 19 | ||
| Japan | 38th Army in Indochina | 106,184[4] | Lieutenant General Yuitsu Tsuchihashi | September 28 | September 28 | |
| Japan | All forces in Miyako Island and on Ishigaki Island | 32,000 (in the Miyako Islands) | September 29 | September 29 | ||
| Japan | All forces on Ocean Island | c. 760 | Lieutenant Nahoomi Suzuki | October 1 | October 1 | |
| Japan | All forces on Tobi, Sonsorol, and Merir | 1,339 (439 on Tobi, 639 on Sonsoral and 269 on Merir) | October 6 | October 6 | ||
| Japan | All forces in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands | c. 600? | October 7 | October 7 | ||
| Japan | North China Area Army | Hiroshi Nemoto | October 10 | October 10 | ||
| Japan | Third Air Fleet | None | October 15 | October 15 | ||
| Japan | All forces on Puluwat | c. 1,253[5] | Tatsuo Yasui | October 16 | October 16 | |
| Japan | All forces in Sumatra | 68,764[4] | Moritake Tanabe | October 21 | October 21 | |
| Japan | All forces in the Nomoi Islands | c. 1,010[5] | Unknown | October 21 | October 21 | |
| Japan | All forces in Taiwan, the Paracel Islands, and the Spratly Islands | 488,417 (in Taiwan)[4] | Rikichi Andō | September 9 (In Taiwan) | October 25 | |
| Japan | Military personnel on Lukunor[8][full citation needed] | November | November | |||
| Japan | Twelfth Air Fleet | None | November 30 | November 30 | ||
| Japan | Captain Sakae Ōba Forces | 46 men | Sakae Ōba | December 1 |
Number of soldiers surrendering
[edit]| Ethnicity/nationality | Approximate number of soldiers surrendered |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 9,779,248 |
| Germans | 4,889,905 |
| Italians | 429,600 |
| Russians | 70,000 (including 50,000 Cossacks) |
| Foreign-born Germans (Volksdeutsche) | 37,000 |
| Croatians | 33,050 |
| Other foreigners in the SS | 31,811 |
| Hungarians | 29,786 |
| Galician Ukrainians | 25,000 |
| Latvians | 19,500 |
| Slovenes | 11,400 |
| Estonians | 10,000 |
| Dutch | 6,956 |
| Flemish | 6,000 |
| Various Soviet Union people | 5,000 |
| Indians | 2,000 |
| Montenegrins | 2,000 |
| Georgians | 226 |
| French | 30 |
| Total | 15,388,513 |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Jones, Michael (2015). After Hitler: The Last Ten Days of World War II in Europe.
- ^ Whiting, Charles (1973). The end of the war; Europe: April 15-May 23, 1945. New York: Stein and Day. p. 168. ISBN 0-8128-1605-6. OCLC 810423.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Takizawa, Akira; Alsleben, Allan (1999–2000). "Japanese garrisons on the by-passed Pacific Islands 1944-1945". The Dutch East Indies 1941-1942. Archived from the original on 2016-01-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "The Real Japanese Surrender". The Sunday Times.
- ^ "Japanese holdouts: Registry". wanpela.com.
- ^ The Typhoon of War: Micronesian Experiences in the Pacific War.