German civilians with raised arms - sign of no hostility - pass a Churchill tank of the British 6th Guards Tank Brigade in the town of Uelzen, 40 miles south east of Hamburg, Germany; 18 April 1945. 

We surrender...

Men of the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers are carried forward on Sherman tanks near the city of Ferrara, just south of the PO river, 20 miles from the Adriatic sea; Italy, 22 April 1945.

British Forces in Italy

Lt. J. Blease of the Royal Navy reviews the surrendered personnel of the Japanese seaplane base of Penang Island, off the Malaysian peninsula. He is accompanied by surrender liaison officer Lt. Cdr. Nagaki of the Imperial Japanese Navy; September, 1945. 
