With their fighting spirit utterly gone, the German Marine Corps' campaign in the Azores proceeded very smoothly. Lieutenant General Alexander Linsingen even optimistically estimated that the entire Azores could be taken within a week.
The surrender of the main force of the US Marine Corps' 1st Division particularly further shook the resolve of the other units. Under the German military's deliberate propaganda, many American officers and soldiers trapped in desperate straits surrendered to the German military by the unit, greatly accelerating the German advance.
Two days later, the battered remnants of the US Marine Corps also surrendered. This allowed the German military to concentrate its forces against Pico Island, where the British Marine Corps was entrenched.
The few thousand British troops on the island had no more fighting spirit than their American allies. When more than a dozen German Navy Capital Ships gathered in the waters near Pico Island, preparing to bombard it, the British on the island were scared witless.
The commander of the 7th Marine Brigade directly gave the order to surrender. Clearly, he knew that if they continued to hold out, there would be only one outcome: they would first suffer devastating losses under German Naval Gun fire, then be wiped out by the landing German Marine Corps. Rather than that, they might as well surrender early. At least that way, they could save their lives.
The Battle of the Azores ended with such an unexpected result. Germany easily won the battle. The Americans had truly lost both the lady and the army; they had originally intended to forcibly occupy the Azores before the Germans could react and create an accomplished fact. That would have allowed them to gain a certain upper hand in their confrontation with Germany.
Unfortunately, the final outcome was far less beautiful than