Sentence examples for before the surrender of from inspiring English sources

Long before the surrender of Confederate armies or even the emancipation of the slaves, Andrew Johnson set out the basic terms through which the seceded states could return to the federal fold.

The announcement coincidentally came hours before the surrender of a group of Chechen rebels who had taken guests and a Swissair crew hostage in the company's Istanbul hotel on Sunday.

It would also be reassuring if American or Afghan forces could find Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban leader who fled into the hills just before the surrender of Kandahar this month.

The jury in the trial - which began on the day after the US launched the first attacks on Afghanistan and ended the day before the surrender of Kandahar - found them guilty by 10 to one majorities of hijack and unanimously of false imprisonment of passengers and crew and possessing weapons.

The division arrived in New York City on 23 August, but did not leave the United States before the surrender of Japan in September 1945.

Even before the surrender of Nazi Germany on May 8 , 1945 plans were underway for the largest operation of the Pacific War, Operation Downfall, the invasion of Japan.

Camby's mother and two sisters were held at knife point for hours before the ordeal ended with the surrender of a man who the police said knew the family.

They remained in operation throughout the Second World War, before being abandoned in August 1945 after the surrender of Japan.

The division was then slated to move to the Pacific theater of operations to participate in the invasion of mainland Japan on the island of Honshu, but these plans were scrubbed before the division could depart after the surrender of Japan, on V-J Day.

Gulf states believe that Russia remains determined to enforce the surrender of eastern Aleppo before the more hawkish Hillary Clinton succeeds Barack Obama as US president and in response aim to do all they can – including providing extra arms – to prevent the city falling.

The Royalists claimed that they had twice requested the surrender of the town before they attacked and that the Queen forbade any violence against the townsfolk.