In World War II (1 September 19391to1September 2, 1945), Siam (Thailand) at that time was inclined to Japan, and was occupied by Japan in 194 1 year, and announced to join the Axis countries.
19411On February 7th, Japan launched the Pacific War, and Japan and Siam signed the Treaty of Japan-Thailand Offensive and Defensive Alliance.
1942 65438+1On October 25th, Thailand declared war on Britain and the United States, and Japan once ceded part of its land occupied in Myanmar and northern Malaya Peninsula to Siam.
1945 Japan surrendered on 15 in August, and Siam immediately declared the following day that "Siam 10/942 declared war on Britain and America invalid", and Siam's "declared war invalid" was recognized by the Allies. 1949 Siam was renamed Thailand.
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Thailand-Japan's accomplice in World War II
Japan-Thailand alliance treaty, also known as "10 alliance treaty". The military alliance treaty between Japan and Thailand was concluded in19411221. The treaty stipulates that the Thai army should stop resisting as soon as possible so that the Japanese army can peacefully pass through Thai territory. In this treaty, there is also a secret agreement.
The protocol stipulates: Japan guarantees Thailand to recover the territory occupied by Britain and France in the19th century; Thailand, on the other hand, promised to help Japan fight against the British and American troops in the war. According to this treaty, Thailand declared war on Britain and the United States on125. The signing of the treaty led to the internal division of the Thai government, and its foreign minister and Ministry of Finance successively withdrew from the government because of their anti-Japanese stance.
After the outbreak of the Burma War, Thailand established the Burma Army, which was composed of the Thai Army 1 Division, the 3rd Division and an aviation wing (the elite of Thailand's 600,000 troops at that time), and was commanded by the Japanese Lieutenant General. This means that the Japanese army has one more thug, and it also means that the expeditionary force has one more enemy.
Some Thai troops also participated in the Malaysian campaign with the Japanese army, but most of the time, the Thai army was responsible for low-intensity tasks such as prisoner of war management and public security.
1944, with the frustration of the Japanese army in various battlefields, the Japan-Thailand alliance was overshadowed by failure, and Bangkok was attacked by the allies. In July, Yan Piwen? Songkan resigned as prime minister.
On August 1945, Japan surrendered. The next day, Thailand declared the Declaration of Thailand's War on Britain and the United States invalid, and the Allies recognized it. Although Britain tried to bring Thailand under its own military protection after the war, France also opposed Thailand's entry into the United Nations.
But thanks to social welfare? Thanks to Ba Maw's diplomatic mediation, Thailand maintained its independent status after the war and joined the United Nations on 1946. Thailand has changed from an ally of Japan to a military ally of the United States.
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