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
Date8 December 1941
(5 hours)
Location
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
Empire of Japan 15th army
Empire of Japan 25th army
Empire of Japan 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, RTGSKan Buk Khrong Thai Khong Yipun; Japanese: 日本軍のタイ進駐, romanizedNihongun 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.

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