| 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
|
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 7
|
May 7, at 11:45 PM
|
|
| Germany
|
Army Group Ostmark
|
Unknown
|
Lothar Rendulic
|
May 7, at 6:00 PM
|
May 8, at 00:01 AM
|
Surrendered in Steyr, Upper Austria
|
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[1]
|
Dietrich von Saucken
|
May 9
|
May 9, at 11:00 AM
|
|
| Germany
|
All forces in Dunkirk
|
20,000
|
Friedrich Frisius
|
May 9
|
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)[1]
|
Carl Hilpert
|
May 10
|
May 10
|
|
| Germany
|
All forces in Lorient
|
c. 2,000?
|
General Wilhelm Fahrmbacher
|
May 10
|
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
|
|
| 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
|
All forces in Saint-Nazaire
|
28,000
|
Major General Werner Junck
|
May 10
|
May 11
|
|
| Germany
|
Army Group Centre
|
c. 580,000[1]
|
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[1]
|
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[1]
|
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[1]
|
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[1]
|
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[1]
|
Klaus Breitner
|
May 20
|
May 20
|
Fighting against the Georgian Legion
|
| Germany
|
A small company of soldiers on Minquiers reef[2]
|
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.
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| 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[3]
|
Hitoshi Imamura
|
August 21
|
August 21
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces in Manchuria
|
1,950,479[3]
|
Otozō Yamada
|
August 22
|
August 22
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces on Mili Atoll
|
c. 2,282[4]
|
Navy Captain Masanori Shiga
|
August 22
|
August 22
|
|
| Japan
|
Air force personnel in central Bukidnon
|
4,000[3]
|
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[3]
|
Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi
|
August 25
|
August 25
|
|
| Japan
|
Personnel in the Infanta area of Southern Luzon
|
c, 1,500[3]
|
|
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[4]
|
Colonel Umehachi
|
September 2
|
September 2
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces in Penang
|
26,000[5][full citation needed]
|
Jisaku Uozami
|
September 2
|
September 2
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces in Thailand
|
114,351[3]
|
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[3]
|
Lieutenant Yoshio Tachibana
|
September 3
|
September 3
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces in the Philippines
|
151,102[3]
|
Tomoyuki Yamashita
|
September 3, at 12:10 PM
|
September 3
|
|
| Japan
|
Forces in Cebu
|
2,900[3]
|
Unknown
|
September 4?
|
September 4?
|
|
| Japan
|
Forces in the Negros Occidental
|
1,400[3]
|
Unknown
|
September 4?
|
September 4?
|
|
| Japan
|
Forces on Mindoro
|
7,000[3]
|
Unknown
|
September 4?
|
September 4?
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces on Wake Island
|
c. 4,139[4]
|
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[4]
|
Colonel Daihachi Itoh
|
September 5
|
September 5
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces in the Kuril Islands
|
70,136[3]
|
Tsutsumi Fusaki
|
September 5
|
September 5
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces on Jaluit Atoll
|
c. 2,311[4]
|
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[3]
|
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),[3] 29.059 in the Solomon Islands,[3] 8,000 on Wewak[3] 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[3]
|
Lieutenant General Nomi Toshiro
|
September 7
|
September 7
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces on Kusaie
|
c. 4,511[4]
|
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[3]
|
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)[3]
|
Lieutenant General Fusataro Teshima
|
September 8
|
September 9
|
|
| Japan
|
A Japanese force in China[6]
|
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)[4]
|
|
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[3]
|
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[4]
|
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,[3] 188,546 in the Malay Pennsula, 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[3]
|
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[3]
|
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[4]
|
Tatsuo Yasui
|
October 16
|
October 16
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces in Sumatra
|
68,764[3]
|
Moritake Tanabe
|
October 21
|
October 21
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces in the Nomoi Islands
|
c. 1,010[4]
|
Unknown
|
October 21
|
October 21
|
|
| Japan
|
All forces in Taiwan, the Paracel Islands, and the Spratly Islands
|
488,417 (in Taiwan)[3]
|
Rikichi Andō
|
September 9 (In Taiwan)
|
October 25
|
|
| Japan
|
Military personnel on Lukunor[7][full citation needed]
|
|
|
November
|
November
|
|
| Japan
|
Twelfth Air Fleet
|
|
None
|
November 30
|
November 30
|
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