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The Franco-Thai War (October 1940 – 28 January 1941, Thai: ... Thailand would be allied with Japan until 1945. After the war, in October 1946, ...
In October 1940, the Franco-Thai War broke out. The war was a sporadic battle between Thai and French forces along Thailand's eastern frontier and culminated in an invasion of Laos and Cambodia in January 1941.
The 1940–41 Franco-Thai War left the French Indochinese colonial authorities in a position of weakness. The Vichy government signed an agreement with Japan to allow the Japanese military transit through French Indochina and to station troops in Northern Vietnam up to a limit of 25,000 men.
Franco-Thai War (1940-1941) Location: French Indochina. French Indochina: Thailand ... World War II (1941-1945) Location: Southeast Asia (clockwise from top left)
The Settlement Agreement between France and Siam was concluded in Washington DC on November 17, 1946 in order to settle the consequences of the Franco-Thai War of 1940-1941. The agreement went into effect on the day of its conclusion and was registered in the United Nations Treaty Series on October 16, 1959. [1]
The Franco-Thai War was going quite poorly for the French land forces, who were ill-equipped to deal with the larger Thai Army.The French Governor General of Indochina and Commander-in-Chief Naval Forces, Admiral Jean Decoux, decided Indochina's best chance at stopping the incursions would be attempt a naval attack on the Thailand's fleet and coastal cities.
Thailand entered World War II in October 1940, initially against Vichy French forces in the Franco-Thai War. But Japan intervened and forced the Thai government to align with Axis forces; relations with Japan remained tense until the end of the war. This page lists military equipment used during the Franco-Thai War, Malaya and Burma campaign as ...
The most important events occurring in the 1940–1946 period were: (1) The creation of the Việt Minh by Ho Chi Minh and other communist leaders in 1941; (2) The Japanese takeover of the government of Vietnam from France in March 1945; (3) The partition of Indochina into two occupation zones to be pacified by the British in the south and ...