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These ships would remain in Siamese control for several months before the largest seven were handed over to the Allies, with Siam keeping the smallest two. German businesses, assets and property were also seized. [6] Siam was the sole country in Southeast Asia to maintain full independence from the various colonial empires during the colonial ...
Clockwise, from top left: U.S. combat operations in Ia Đrăng, ARVN Rangers defending Saigon during the 1968 Tết Offensive, two A-4C Skyhawks after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, ARVN recapture Quảng Trị during the 1972 Easter Offensive, civilians fleeing the 1972 Battle of Quảng Trị, and burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Huế Massacre.
The Siamese military state emerged from the disintegration in the 14th century of the once powerful Khmer Empire.Once a powerful military state centred on what is today termed Cambodia, the Khmer dominated the region through the use of irregular military led by captains owing personal loyalty to the Khmer warrior kings, and leading conscripted peasants levied during the dry seasons.
During World War I, conflict on the Asian continent and the islands of the Pacific included naval battles, the Allied conquest of German colonial possessions in the Pacific Ocean and China, the anti-Russian Central Asian revolt of 1916 in Russian Turkestan and the Ottoman-supported Kelantan rebellion in British Malaya.
During the First Indochina War, the United States increasingly focused on securing Thailand's long term status as an anti-communist state through psychological programmes. In September 1953, a key architect of the CIA, William Donovan was sent to Thailand to win the support of Thailand's nationalist elite.
Thailand: 6 November 1767: King Taksin the Great reunifies Thailand, establishing a new kingdom and repelling Burmese invasions Timor-Leste: 28 November 1975: East Timor declares its independence but was occupied by Indonesia: 20 May 2002: Independence was recognised by the international community following the UN-sponsored act of self ...
Thailand remains neutral in the Myanmar conflict and is able to accept up to 100,000 people displaced by the turmoil, Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said on Tuesday. Ahead of a ...
Britain's holdings on the Indian subcontinent were granted independence in 1947 and 1948, becoming five new independent states: India, Burma, Ceylon, Sikkim, and Pakistan (including East Bengal, from 1971 Bangladesh). 1945 — The Republic of China have Taiwan and Penghu retroceded.