disarmament
A disarmament is the most voluntary surrender of all weapons of one party to another. It usually takes place in the course of a war (for example after the surrender ), but one of the parties is also disarmed in the event of terrorists or hostage-taking.
From a legal point of view, disarmament is a resolved agreement, mostly between state organs and paramilitary organizations, to lay down arms and hand them over to state authority, often with a resulting amnesty for the disarmed.
Disarming is part of demobilization .
Another meaning is disarming a person, e.g. B. in close combat .
Well-known examples
In 1943 the Wehrmacht occupied Italy ( Axis case ) and disarmed thousands of Italian soldiers after Italy changed fronts in the Cassibile Armistice (signed September 3, 1943).
After the end of the Second World War , the Western Allies disarmed the Wehrmacht in the bizone they occupied in Germany (until 1945) , but let it continue to exist pro forma until 1947, so that international law with regard to prisoners of war did not necessarily have to be applied.
