Assertion: president's decision | /r/CapableOf | surrender on behalf of his state
Facets:
value: against the will of his government
type: OTHER
value: to the invading german army
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in 1940
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Examples of heads of state in parliamentary systems using greater powers than usual, either because of ambiguous constitutions or unprecedented national emergencies, include the decision by King Leopold III of the Belgians to surrender on behalf of his state to the invading German army in 1940, against the will of his government.