Japanese invasion of Thailand

Japanese invasion of Thailand
	Part of the Pacific War of World War II
	; Map of the Japanese invasion of Thailand, December 8, 1941
Date	8 December 1941; (5 hours)
Location	Thailand
Result	Ceasefire Thai alliance with Japan; Thailand declares war on the Allied Powers;
Belligerents
Thailand	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Plaek Pibulsonggram	Shōjirō Iida; Tomoyuki Yamashita; Nobutake Kondo
Units involved
Royal Thai Army; Royal Thai Air Force; Royal Thai Navy; Territorial Defense Student; Royal Thai Police	15th army; 25th army; 2nd Fleet
Strength
62,000; (23,500 reservists); 150 combat aircraft; 2 destroyers; 1 battleship; 2 submarines	100,000; 1 cruiser; 7 destroyers; 2 battleships; 2 merchant seaplane carriers; 18 transport ships

The Japanese invasion of Thailand (Thai: การบุกครองไทยของญี่ปุ่น, RTGS: Kan Buk Khrong Thai Khong Yipun; Japanese: 日本軍のタイ進駐, romanized: Nihongun no Tai shinchū) occurred on 8 December 1941. It was briefly fought between the Kingdom of Thailand and the Empire of Japan. Despite fierce fighting in Southern Thailand, the fighting lasted only five hours before ending in a ceasefire.^[1] Thailand and Japan then formed an alliance making Thailand part of the Axis alliance until the end of World War II.

^ Brecher, Michael; Wilkenfeld, Jonathan (1997). A Study of Crisis. University of Michigan Press. p. 407. ISBN 978-0472108060.

[1] Brecher, Michael; Wilkenfeld, Jonathan (1997). A Study of Crisis. University of Michigan Press. p. 407. ISBN 978-0472108060.

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