Nobody seems willing to be reminded, for example, of the intense loathing many Dutchbat soldiers had developed for the refugees they were supposed to protect - nor of the fact that troops manning a number of Dutchbat observation posts on the edges of the enclave surrendered without the slightest resistance.
Still, on this day, the surrender went off without a hitch.
The priests of Marduk looked to Cyrus, hoping to have better relations with him than with Nabonidus; they promised Cyrus the surrender of Babylon without a fight if he would grant them their privileges in return.
Without fiscal discipline the euro will fail; and without the surrender of some sovereignty to European institutions, fiscal cohesion won't be achieved.
The surrender of Crimea, practically without a shot, hung over all the conversations I had in these days.
"What I fear most is that when we look back in twenty-five years' time at this moment, what we will have seen is the surrender of the West, without a shot being fired.
The complicated operation went off with textbook ease: The gliders made hard landings on the plain; the paratroopers stormed the hotel; the local commander agreed to surrender without a fight, and Mussolini was released.
From 6 09 p.m., when the specially equipped tactical police officers from Oslo arrived at the pier, it took 16 minutes for them to arrive on Utoeya, and only another two minutes before the gunman surrendered without resistance, the police said.
The battery surrendered without resistance to the Croatian National Guard on 14 September 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, and played a pivotal role in 16 22 September Battle of Šibenik, helping defend the city of Šibenik against the JNA.
For all the day's drama, the surrender appeared to go off without a hitch.
