Who surrendered to Hitler?

Alfred Jodl, representing the German High Command, signed a document unconditionally surrendering all German military forces, to take effect the following day, thereby all but ending World War II in Europe.

Which countries surrendered in ww2?

Table of surrenders

Country	Forces it applies to	Date surrender document signed (if applicable)
Germany	All forces in Norway	May 8
Germany	All German forces	May 7
Netherlands	Most of the 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland, near Oosterbeek	May 9
Germany	U-1194	May 9

Who surrendered to Hitler in 1940?

France
With Paris fallen and the German conquest of France reaching its conclusion, Marshal Henri Petain replaces Paul Reynaud as prime minister and announces his intention to sign an armistice with the Nazis.

What was the last country to surrender in ww2?

Japan
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion.

Which country surrendered first in ww2?

Allied Victory Italy was the first Axis partner to give up: it surrendered to the Allies on September 8, 1943, six weeks after leaders of the Italian Fascist Party deposed Fascist leader and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

Why France surrendered to Germany in ww2?

France surrendered to the Nazis in 1940 for complex reasons. The proximate cause, of course, was the success of the German invasion, which left metropolitan France at the mercy of Nazi armies. But the German victory opened profound rifts in French society.

Why did Japan not surrender after Hiroshima?

Japan didn’t surrender after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima because both the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War (I’ll call it the Supreme War Council from here on out) and the Cabinet deadlocked on what to do next.